The Steve Miller Band are streaming a live performance video of the Elmore James track, “Stranger Blues”, with Peter Frampton as a preview to the pair’s summer US tour.
The duo teamed up on the late bluesman’s 1962 single in Costa Mesa, CA on a joint trek last year that went so well that they decided to head out again in 2018.
"Music is ethereal – it moves back and forth between the past and the future," says Miller. "I'm very excited to announce that 2018 is our 50th anniversary of recording and touring together as the Steve Miller Band, and we plan to travel between the psychedelic sixties through the future with a vengeance!"
Frampton will again join Miller onstage for some mid-set jamming for the three-month summer 2018 tour, which will begin in Evansville, IN on June 12.
Ahead of the summer series, Miller and Frampton will perform a handful of shows in western Canada and the US that also includes Miller’s appearance on the final day of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Sunday, May 6.
The Steve Miller Band are celebrating their landmark anniversary with the May 18 release of a vinyl box set entitled “Complete Albums Volume 1 (1968-1976).”
The set presents remastered editions of the group’s first nine studio records - from 1968’s “Children Of The Future” to 1976's “Fly Like An Eagle” – on 180-gram vinyl; they’ll also be available individually on the same day of the project’s spring release.
The albums have also been newly-remastered for HD digital audio (96kHz/24-bit and, since February 16, are being released weekly in chronological order ahead of the box set’s arrival.
Steve Miller Band and Peter Frampton
2018 US Tour
Jun 12 - Evansville, IN @ The Ford Center
Jun 14 - Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Jun 15 - Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
Jun 17 - Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jun 20 - Burgettstown, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion
Jun 21 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
Jun 22 - Erie, PA @ Presque Isle State Park
Jun 24 - Baltimore, MD @ Pier Six Pavilion
Jun 26 - Oxon Hill, MD @ MGM National Harbor
Jun 27 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
Jun 29 - Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Jun 30 - Watertown, NY @ Watertown Fairgrounds Arena
Jul 02 - Lenox, MA @ Tanglewood
Jul 03 - Lewiston, NY @ Artpark Amphitheatre
Jul 05 - Bangor, ME @ Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
Jul 06 - Boston, MA @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Jul 14 - Mashantucket, CT @ The Grand Theater at Foxwoods
Jul 15 - Bensalem, PA @ Xcite Center at Parx Casino
Jul 17 - Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Amphitheatre
Jul 18 - Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena
Jul 20 - St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
Jul 21 - Hollywood, FL @ The Event Center at Hard Rock
Jul 23 - Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry House
Jul 27 - Allen, TX @ Allen Event Center
Jul 28 - Sugar Land, TX @ Smart Financial Centre
Jul 30 - Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theatre
Aug 02 - Lincoln, NB @ Pinewood Bowl Amphitheatre
Aug 04 - Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Aug 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
Aug 12 - Costa Mesa, CA @ OC Fair and Event Center / Pacific Amphitheater
Aug 15 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
Aug 17 - Stateline, NV @ Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
Aug 18 - Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion
Aug 20 - Boise, ID @ Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden
Aug 21 - Bend, OR @ Edgefield Amphitheatre
Aug 23 - Troutdale, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheatre
Aug 25 - Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle
Aug 26 - Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle
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