Update (April 11): Even more dates have been added to Boston’s 2016 tour including a second hometown show. And there are still several gaps in the schedule to presumably fill with more.
Update (March 28): Boston has added a significant number of dates to their 40th anniversary victory lap. The tour ends, fittingly, back home (see dates below).
Hard to believe but it’s been four decades since Boston first stormed onto the music scene with their 1976 eponymous debut on Epic Records. To this day, Boston remains one of the best-selling debut albums in U.S. history, a surprise hit from Tom Scholz and the late Brad Delp – two virtual unknowns at the time – that ended up selling over 17 million copies. The classic rock band is still going strong, with a 40th anniversary tour scheduled for this year, featuring not just the hits – though there will surely be plenty – but also extended live arrangements of songs culled from all six of their studio albums. (See dates below.)
Scholz previously announced that he will join the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart at Symphony Hall for two nights – May 10 and 11 – for “Classic Rock from Beatles to Led Zeppelin.” Scholz will play some of Boston’s biggest hits, including “More Than a Feeling,” and the Pops will perform famous rock’n’roll classics, including songs by Chuck Berry, Queen, and the Grateful Dead. Tickets are on sale here.
Joining Scholz on stage for the 40th anniversary tour are 30-year veteran Gary Pihl on guitar, keyboards and vocals; Tommy DeCarlo on lead vocals, keys and percussion; Tracy Ferry on bass and vocals; and Beth Cohen on keys, vocals and guitar. Curly Smith will be the tour’s drummer through mid-June; Jeff Neal takes over when the tour resumes at the end of June.
Many songs on that debut album – “More Than a Feeling,” “Peace of Mind,” “Smokin'” and “Foreplay/Long Time” – remain classic rock radio staples.
In an amazing chart fluke, despite the debut album’s phenomenal and durable success, the album never hit #1 in any individual week. Their second album, Don’t Look Back, topped the sales chart, followed by Third Stage, which also hit #1, delivering their sole #1 single, “Amanda.”
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Boston’s 40th Anniversary Tour
April 29 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock
April 30 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
May 01 – Savannah, GA – Johnny Mercer Theatre
May 04 – Charlotte, NC – Uptown Amphitheatre
May 05 – Greensboro, NC – White Oak Amphitheatre
May 06 – Raleigh, NC – The Red Hat Amphitheatre
May 07 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion
May 17 – Fort Wayne, IN – Foellinger Theatre
May 18 – Cleveland, OH – Jacob’s Pavilion at Nautica
May 21 – New Buffalo, MI – Silver Creek Event Center
May 22 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center
May 24 – Bloomington, IL – US Cellular Coliseum
May 25 – Huber Heights, OH – Rose Music Center
May 26 – Richmond, KY – EKU Center for the Arts
June 2 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
June 3 – St. Charles, MO – The Family Arena
June 4 – Sioux City, IA – Hard Rock
June 5 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
June 7 – Southhaven, MS – Snowden Grove
June 9 – Catoosa, OK – The Joint, Hard Rock
June 10 – Grand Prairie, TX – Verizon Theater
June 11 – Austin, TX – Skyline Theater
June 12 – Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 23 – Rapid City, SD – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
June 24 – Englewood, CO – Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre
June 25 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheater
June 26 – Boise, ID – Memorial Stadium
June 28 – Pocatello, ID – Portneuf Amphitheatre
June 29 – Billings, MT – Rimrock Arena
June 30 – Missoula, MT – Big Sky Amphitheater
July 01 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater
July 08 – Saratoga, CA – Mountain Winery
July 09 – Saratoga, CA – Mountain Winery
July 11 – San Diego, CA – Humphreys Concerts
July 12 – San Diego, CA – Humphreys Concerts
July 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
July 15 – Las Vegas, NV – LV Downtown Event Center
July 16 – Costa Mesa, CA – Pacific Amphitheatre
July 17 – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Amphitheater
July 20 – Omaha, NE – Baxter Arena
July 22 – Red Wing, MN – Treasure Island Casino
July 23 – Walker, MN – Moondance Jam
July 30 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theater
July 31 – Grand Rapids, MI – Devos Hall
Aug 02 – Nashville, TN – Woods Amphitheatre at Fontanel
Aug 04 – Baton Rouge, LA – River Center Arena
Aug 05 – Biloxi, MS – Beau Rivage Theatre
Aug 06 – Alpharetta, GA – Amphitheatre at Encore Park
Aug 09 – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest
Aug 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Coney Island Amphitheater
Aug 11 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
Aug 13 – Atlantic City, NJ – Mark G Etess Arena
Aug 14 – Boston, MA – Wang Theater
Aug 15 – Boston, MA – Wang Theater
Boston released their most recent record in 2013 (the first in over 10 years), called Life, Love & Hope, which includes some of Delp’s final singing sessions prior to his tragic death in 2007. Vocalist Tommy DeCarlo has been the lead singer since 2008 and did the 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2015 tours, and will do the 40th Anniversary tour. Boston teamed up with the Doobie Brothers for a small summer tour in 2014, and followed that one up with a much larger 35-date North American tour last summer.
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Check out our On This Day story about the history of the Boston classic “More Than a Feeling,” released in 1976.
