Bob Seger uninjured in Halloween house fire

Bob Seger and his wife were uninjured in an early morning fire at their Michigan home on Halloween morning.

According to The Detroit News, smoke detectors alerted the couple to the incident at their Orchard Lake Village residence before firefighters arrived to deal with the issue, which was confined to a chimney flue off the family room, investigators said Monday.

"The homeowners were present," said West Bloomfield Township fire inspector Dave Goff, when an alarm sounded around 6 a.m. and smoke was discovered erupting from an electrical outlet.

Firefighters had to break through some walls and ceilings in the home on Upper Straits Lake to douse the flames in the metal flue, Goff said, adding that there was water damage in the family room and a room underneath it.

“Now the task ahead of us is trying to determine, if we can, what caused the fire,” said fire marshal Byron Turnquist.

The 76-year-old Seger completed his Roll Me Away farewell tour in Philadelphia, PA in November of 2019; the 72-date series was ranked by Pollstar as the No. 3 North American Tour that year as it was seen by nearly 1 million fans.

With more than 75 million records sold worldwide, Seger was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Earlier this year, the rocker released a vinyl reissue of the Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band’s “Live Bullet” album to mark its 45th anniversary.
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Alice Cooper streams Bob Seger cover from Breadcrumbs EP

Alice Cooper is streaming a cover of the 1966 Bob Seger single, “East Side Story”, from his forthcoming EP “Breadcrumbs.”

Billed as “a tribute to the garage rock heroes from his hometown of Detroit,” the project is inspired by music from his time in the Motor City back in the day, before his family moved to Phoenix, AZ when he was an adolescent.

Due September 13, Cooper is joined on the EP by a host of fellow Michigan natives, including the MC5's Wayne Kramer, former Grand Funk Railroad member Mark Farner, ex-Detroit Wheels drummer Johnny "Bee" Badanjek, Mick Collins and jazz singer Paul Randolph.

"When people say, 'Well, what is your music?' I say it's Detroit rock - we just put a different slant on it," Seger tells Billboard. "At the bottom of it, all Alice Cooper records are Detroit, Chuck Berry, hard rock and then twisting it up into what we are lyrically and performance-wise. But you take the bottom of all those songs and they're all guitar-driven rock n' roll songs, which is what I associate as the Detroit sound. I wanted to use all Detroit players and songs either about Detroit or written by (Detroit musicians)."

Cooper got a chance to tell Seger about the recording when he caught him in Arizona on his current Farewell tour.

"I said, 'We're gonna do one of your songs,' and he probably thought I wanted to do one of the hits," Cooper recalls. "I told him 'East Side Story,' and he goes, 'What?!' I said, 'Yeah, we're gonna do that one.'

“I hope he likes it. I'm glad we gave it a second life."

Cooper is currently on tour across Europe.

Alice Cooper
"Breadcrumbs" EP
Release date: September 13

01. Detroit City 2020
02. Go Man Go
03. East Side Story
04. Your Mama Won't Like Me
05. Devil With A Blue Dress / Chains Of Love
06. Sister Anne


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Bob Seger tops the hennemusic Hot 10

Bob Seger tops this week’s hennemusic Hot 10.

The Detroit rocker has added some final North American shows to his Roll Me Away farewell tour this fall.

Read all about it in this week’s top story!

The HH10 is a list of the most-viewed rock news stories in the past week by hennemusic readers.

For a full list of hennemusic Hot 10 charts, check out the archives here.

hennemusic Hot 10
week ending September 8, 2019

01 – Bob Seger adds final shows to farewell tour
02 – Motley Crue to release 30th anniversary edition of Dr. Feelgood
03 – Guns N’ Roses announce guest lineup for fall tour
04 – VIDEO: The Scorpions preview fall tour dates
05 – Led Zeppelin rock 1969 UK tour on 50th anniversary video series
06 – KISS postpone farewell tour concerts in Oakland and Los Angeles
07 – David Bowie box set Conversation Piece explores early years
08 – VIDEO: The Who debut new song Big Cigars in New York
09 – VIDEO: Gene Simmons breathes fire during KISS show in St. Louis
10 – Buckcherry release Radio Song video


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Sep 01: Buckcherry
Aug 25: Neil Young
Aug 18: Aerosmith
Aug 11: The Rolling Stones
Aug 04: Alice Cooper

Bob Seger adds final shows to farewell tour

Bob Seger has added four final North American shows to his Roll Me Away farewell tour this fall.

The Detroit rocker will now play his final concerts in Boston, MA (October 24), Toronto, ON (October 26), New York City (October 30) before wrapping up the series in Philadelphia, PA on November 1.

A presale for Seger’s Bullet Club members will begin Tuesday, September 10 at 10 AM local time, while general public tickets will go on sale Saturday, September 14 at 10 AM local time.

Seger, who launched the farewell tour in Grand Rapids, MI last November, has played 57 shows across North America so far, while the fall series will add another 18 dates to the total.

The singer’s most recent studio album is 2017’s “I Knew You When”, which features a mix of original tracks and covers of tunes by Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen.

Last fall, Seger issued a collection of vintage material on the compilation “Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967.”

The package presents the series of singles Seger issued with his band, The Last Heard, one of several local Detroit groups the rocker worked with prior to his 1969 breakthrough with the Bob Seger System and the hit, “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” – currently featured on the soundtrack to the new Quentin Tarantino film, “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.”

Bob Seger
Roll Me Away
North American tour 2019

Sep 12 – Rapid City, SD @ Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
Sep 14 – Fargo, ND @ Fargodome
Sep 17 – Bozeman, MT Brick @ Breeden Fieldhouse
Sep 19 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena
Sep 21 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
Sep 24 – Eugene, OR @ Matthew Knight Arena
Sep 26 – San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sep 28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
Oct 03 – Columbia, MO @ Mizzou Arena
Oct 05 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Oct 10 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Raising Cane’s River Center
Oct 12 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum
Oct 17 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
Oct 19 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Oct 24 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden **
Oct 26 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena **
Oct 30 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden **
Nov 01 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center **

** new date added


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Metallica and Fleetwood Mac among top 2019 tours

Metallica, Fleetwood Mac and KISS are among the highest-grossing tours of 2019, according to a mid-year report by Pollstar.

Elton John’s farewell series leads the live industry with $82.6 million during the period between November 2018 and May of this year, with pop singers Pink ($81.8 million) and Justin Timberlake ($75.5 million) not far behind in second and third spot respectively.

Among rockers, Metallica led the way at No. 4 with $69.7 million based on more than 635,000 tickets sold, Fleetwood Mac earned $67.7 million to land in fifth place, KISS finished seventh at $58.1 million while Bob Seger came in at No. 9 with $52.8 million.

Now in its fourth year, Metallica’s World Wired tour is in support of the band’s tenth studio record, “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct”, which debuted atop the charts in two dozen countries while earning sales of more than five million copies worldwide.

Fleetwood Mac’s 2018/2019 trek marks their first without guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, while KISS’ farewell End Of The Road series is in its first of a multi-year run, and Seger performs dates on his final tour, which was recently extended to include new shows this fall.

Check out the 2019 midyear worldwide tour report at pollstar.com.
Pollstar
Highest-grossing Worldwide Tours
2019 Mid-Year Report

01. Elton John – $82.6 million
02. Pink – $81.8 million
03. Justin Timberlake – $75.5 million
04. Metallica – $69.7 million
05. Fleetwood Mac – $67.7 million
06. Ed Sheeran – $63.6 million
07. KISS – $58.1 million
08. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – $57.3 million
09. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – $52.8 million
10. Travis Scott – $51.7 million


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Bob Seger adds final Detroit hometown shows to farewell tour

Following news of four consecutive sell-outs, Bob Seger had added a final pair of shows in his hometown of Detroit, MI to his farewell tour.

“Thank you, Detroit!,” says Seger. “The fourth Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band show at DTE sold out during the fan club presale, so there will not be a Saturday on sale. We have booked two more shows for Detroit fans on Wednesday, June 19 and Friday, June 21.

“While we wish we could go on forever, these two additional shows will be Seger’s final ‘Pine Knob’” shows of the Roll Me Away Tour.”

A presale for Seger’s Bullet Club members will begin Tuesday, March 12 at 10 AM local time, while general public tickets will go on sale Saturday, March 16 at 10 AM local time.

The pair of new dates will mark Seger’s 33rd and 34th concerts at the venue, originally known as the Pine Knob Music Theatre due to its proximity to a nearby ski area and golf course of the same name.

Fans continue to await confirmation if the series will mark the final concerts by the music legend after six decades of live performances.

Travelin Man: The Final Tour is named after a song from the singer’s 1975 album, “Beautiful Loser.”

Bob Seger
The Travelin’ Man US tour 2019

Mar 12 – Bossier City, LA @ CenturyLink Center
Mar 15 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
Mar 17 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center
Apr 30 – Springfield, MO @ JQH Arena
May 02 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion.
May 04 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
May 10 – North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Coliseum
May 12 – Jacksonville, FL Daily’s @ Place
May 16 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
May 18 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Ampitheater
May 23 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union At Walnut Creek
May 25 – Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live
May 30 – Jones Beach, NY @ Jones Beach Theater
Jun 01 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
Jun 06 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jun 08 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jun 12 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jun 14 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jun 19 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre **
Jun 21 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre **

** new date added


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Bob Seger adds fourth Detroit hometown show to farewell tour
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Bob Seger adds dates to farewell tour
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Bob Seger adds fourth Detroit hometown show to farewell tour

Bob Seger had added a fourth show in his hometown of Detroit, MI to his farewell tour.

Following three previously-announced sold out dates – scheduled for June 6, June 8 and June 12 – the rocker will also perform at the city’s DTE Energy Music Theatre on Friday, June 14.

The event will mark Seger’s 32nd show at the venue, originally known as the Pine Knob Music Theatre due to its proximity to a nearby ski area and golf course of the same name.

A presale for Seger’s Bullet Club members will begin Tuesday, March 5 at 10 AM local time, while general public tickets will go on sale Saturday, March 9 at 10 AM local time.

Travelin Man: The Final Tour is named after a song from the singer’s 1975 album, “Beautiful Loser.”

A current leg will wrap up in mid-March and, following a 6-week break, Seger is scheduled to perform 15 concerts that end with the four-night stand in Detroit; to date, there’s been no confirmation if the series will mark the final concerts by the music legend after six decades of live performances.

Bob Seger
Travelin Man: The Final Tour
US tour 2019

Mar 02 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden
Mar 05 – Albuquerque, NM @ Tingley Coliseum
Mar 07 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin
Mar 09 – Dallas, TX @ Ford Center at The Star
Mar 12 – Bossier City, LA @ CenturyLink Center
Mar 15 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
Mar 17 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center
Apr 30 – Springfield, MO @ JQH Arena
May 02 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion.
May 04 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
May 10 – North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Coliseum
May 12 – Jacksonville, FL Daily’s @ Place
May 16 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
May 18 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Ampitheater
May 23 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union At Walnut Creek
May 25 – Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live
May 30 – Jones Beach, NY @ Jones Beach Theater
Jun 01 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
Jun 06 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jun 08 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jun 12 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jun 14 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre **

** new date added


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Bob Seger extends farewell tour
Bob Seger adds dates to farewell tour
Bob Seger announces farewell tour
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Bob Seger extends farewell tour

Bob Seger has extended his farewell tour with the addition of 12 more shows this spring.

The rocker’s current leg wraps up in mid-March and, following a 6-week break, Seger is scheduled to perform 13 concerts that end with a two-night stand in his Detroit hometown in early June.

The Travelin Man: The Final Tour is named after a song from his 1975 album, “Beautiful Loser.”

A Bullet Club pre-sale for the newly-added shows begins Tuesday, February 19, with general public tickets going on sale Saturday, February 23; for complete details, visit bobseger.com.

Seger’s most recent studio album is 2017’s “I Knew You When”; recorded in Nashville and Detroit and produced by the singer, the project – which features a mix of original tracks and covers of tunes by Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen - peaked at No. 25 on the US Billboard 200.

Last fall, Seger released a collection of vintage material on the compilation “Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967.”

The package presents the series of singles Seger issued with his band The Last Heard, one of several local Detroit groups the rocker worked with prior to his 1969 breakthrough with the Bob Seger System and the hit, “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man.”

Bob Seger
The Travelin’ Man US tour 2019

Feb 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort
Feb 17 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
Feb 21 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
Feb 23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
Feb 28 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
Mar 02 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden
Mar 05 – Albuquerque, NM @ Tingley Coliseum
Mar 07 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin
Mar 09 – Dallas, TX @ Ford Center at The Star
Mar 12 – Bossier City, LA @ CenturyLink Center
Mar 15 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
Mar 17 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center
Apr 30 – Springfield, MO @ JQH Arena **
May 02 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion.
May 04 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center **
May 10 – North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Coliseum **
May 12 – Jacksonville, FL Daily’s @ Place **
May 16 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion **
May 18 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Ampitheater **
May 23 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union At Walnut Creek **
May 25 – Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live **
May 30 – Jones Beach, NY @ Jones Beach Theater **
Jun 01 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center **
Jun 06 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theater **
Jun 08 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theater **

** new date added


See also:

Bob Seger adds dates to farewell tour
Bob Seger announces farewell tour
Vintage Bob Seger recordings highlight Heavy Music compilation
Bob Seger announces rescheduled US concert dates
Search Bob Seger at hennemusic

Bob Seger adds dates to farewell tour

Bob Seger has added five more shows to his farewell trek.

Travelin Man: The Final Tour – which began in Grand Rapids, MI on November 21 – has been expanded with new dates in Saginaw, MI (Jan 3), Las Vegas, NV (Mar 2), Bossier City, LA (Mar 12), Tampa, FL (Mar 15), and Fort Lauderdale, FL (Mar 17).

Tickets for the newly-added concerts will go on sale Friday, December 14 at 10 AM local time via the usual outlets.

The farewell series is currently scheduled to wrap up in Houston, TX on May 2.

Named after the song from his 1975 album, “Beautiful Loser”, Seger’s final run of live shows follows the postponement of several dates in the fall of 2017 after the Detroit rocker underwent surgery on a ruptured disc in his back.

The 2017 run was in support of the singer’s latest studio album, “I Knew You When”; recorded in Nashville and Detroit, the project featured a mix of original tracks and covers of tunes by Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen.

Bob Seger
The Travelin’ Man US tour

Dec 08 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
Dec 12 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Arena
Dec 14 – Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
Dec 20 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Dec 22 – Atlanta, GA @ Infinite Energy
Jan 03 – Saginaw, MI @ Dow Event Center **
Jan 05 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
Jan 09 – Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center
Jan 11 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Jan 15 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Jan 17 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
Jan 19 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
Jan 22 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center
Jan 24 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
Jan 26 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center
Jan 29 – Billings, MT @ Rimrock Auto Arena
Jan 31 – Boise, ID @ Ford Center
Feb 02 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
Feb 07 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
Feb 09 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
Feb 12 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Arena
Feb 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort
Feb 17 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
Feb 21 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
Feb 23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
Feb 28 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
Mar 02 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden **
Mar 05 – Albuquerque, NM @ Tingley Coliseum
Mar 07 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin
Mar 09 – Dallas, TX @ Ford Center at The Star
Mar 12 – Bossier City, LA @ CenturyLink Center **
Mar 15 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena **
Mar 17 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center **
May 02 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

** new date added


See also:

Bob Seger announces farewell tour
Vintage Bob Seger recordings highlight Heavy Music compilation
Bob Seger announces rescheduled US concert dates
Bob Seger streams I Knew You When lyric video
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Bob Seger announces farewell tour

Bob Seger has announced dates for his farewell US tour.

The Detroit rocker – who postponed concerts last fall when he underwent surgery on a ruptured disc in his back in the middle of the Runaway Train tour, with some shows rescheduled recently – has expanded the series and renamed the trek Travelin Man: The Final Tour after a song from his 1975 album, “Beautiful Loser.”

Set to begin in Grand Rapids, MI on November 21, tickets for the new dates in Buffalo, Cleveland, Louisville, Fort Wayne, Peoria, Grand Rapids and rescheduled shows in Dallas and Houston will go on sale Friday, September 28, with tickets for new dates in Toledo and Nashville available Saturday, September 29.

Additional shows will be announced in the coming weeks, including stops in Las Vegas, Fresno, San Diego, Vancouver, Florida and more.

A Bob Seger fan club presale starts September 25; details and tickets for all shows are available via BobSeger.com and the usual outlets.

A collection of vintage Seger material is featured on the newly-released set, “Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967.”

The package presents the series of singles Seger issued with his band, The Last Heard, one of several local Detroit groups the rocker worked with prior to his 1969 breakthrough with the Bob Seger System and the hit, “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man.”


Bob Seger
Travelin Man: The Final Tour
2018/2019 US dates

Nov 21 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
Nov 24 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center **
Nov 27 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena **
Nov 30 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center **
Dec 06 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
Dec 08 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
Dec 12 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Arena **
Dec 14 – Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena **
Dec 20 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena **
Dec 22 – Atlanta, GA @ Infinite Energy **
Jan 09 – Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center
Jan 11 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Jan 15 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Jan 17 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
Jan 19 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena **
Jan 22 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center
Jan 29 – Billings, MT @ Rimrock Auto Arena **
Jan 31 – Boise, ID @ Ford Center **
Feb 02 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
Feb 09 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
Feb 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort **
Feb 17 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center **
Feb 23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum **
Mar 07 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin
Mar 09 – Dallas, TX @ Ford Center at The Star
May 02 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

** previously announced


See also:

Vintage Bob Seger recordings highlight Heavy Music compilation
Bob Seger announces rescheduled US concert dates
Bob Seger streams I Knew You When lyric video
Bob Seger offers free download of unreleased song Finding Out
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Vintage Bob Seger recordings highlight Heavy Music compilation

A collection of vintage Bob Seger material is featured on “Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967”, a new compilation set for release on September 7.

The package presents the series of singles Seger issued with his band, The Last Heard, one of several local Detroit groups the rocker worked with prior to his 1969 breakthrough with the Bob Seger System and the hit, “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man.”

The band delivered its first single, “East Side Story”, as a Top 5 local hit before releasing four more singles for the Cameo label over the course of the next year, culminating with “Heavy Music” in July of 1967.

Landing another local hit, Seger & The Last Heard appeared on the Detroit TV show “Swingin’ Time”, as “Heavy Music” climbed and peaked at No. 103 on the Billboard charts.

“Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967” marks the first time that all of the group’s recorded output will be made available since their original mid-60s releases as 45rpm singles.

The collection will be available as a single CD, a single 180-gram vinyl LP, and on all digital platforms.

“Heavy Music” is being previewed with the track, “Persecution Smith.”

Seger recently announced the first series of rescheduled shows from his Runaway Train tour that were postponed last fall when he underwent surgery “to attend to an urgent medical issue concerning his vertebrae”; the rocker will resume the US trek in Kansas City, MO on November 24.


Bob Seger & The Last Heard
“Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967”
Release date: September 7

01. Heavy Music (Part 1)
02. East Side Story (Vocal)
03. Chain Smokin’
04. Persecution Smith
05. Vagrant Winter
06. Very Few
07. Florida Time
08. Sock It To Me Santa
09. Heavy Music (Part 2)
10. East Side Sound (Instrumental)


See also:

Bob Seger announces rescheduled US concert dates
Bob Seger streams I Knew You When lyric video
Bob Seger offers free download of unreleased song Finding Out
Bob Seger previews songs from new album I Knew You When
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Bob Seger announces rescheduled US concert dates

Bob Seger has announced the first series of rescheduled shows from his Runaway Train tour that were postponed last fall when he underwent surgery “to attend to an urgent medical issue concerning his vertebrae.”

Seger will resume the US trek in Kansas City, MO on November 24 as part of 13 rescheduled events, with more dates to be announced soon.

Tickets from the original shows will be honored at the make-up dates.

Recovering from the back issue, which sidelined the Detroit rocker while on the road in support of his 2017 release, “I Knew You When”, has been a frustratingly slow and steady process for the singer.

"They aren't letting me lift anything over five pounds,” Seger told Rolling Stones in January. “I can't do anything: no piano, no guitar, no nothing. But as soon as the pain stops, I'll be playing again."

Recorded in Nashville and Detroit and produced by Seger, “I Knew You When” features a mix of original tracks and covers of tunes by Lou Reed and Loenard Cohen; the set peaked at No. 25 on the US Billboard 200.

Bob Seger
Runaway Train tour

2018

Nov 24 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
Nov 27 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
Nov 30 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Arena
Dec 12 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Arena
Dec 14 – Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
Dec 20 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Dec 22 – Atlanta, GA @ Infinite Energy Arena

2019

Jan 19 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
Jan 29 – Billings, MT @ Rimrock Auto Arena
Jan 31 – Boise, ID @ Ford Center
Feb 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
Feb 17 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
Feb 23 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum


See also:


Bob Seger streams I Knew You When lyric video
Bob Seger offers free download of unreleased song Finding Out
Bob Seger previews songs from new album I Knew You When
Bob Seger updates health status following tour postponement
Search Bob Seger at hennemusic

Bob Seger streams I Knew You When lyric video

Bob Seger is streaming a lyric video for the title track to his latest album, “I Knew You When.”

Written by Seger as a tribute to his late friend, Glenn Frey of The Eagles - who passed away in 2016 and to whom the album is dedicated to – the video presents a series of animated black-and-white sketches of Seger through the years and ends with an image of the pair together.

Seger and Frey grew up in Detroit and were part of the same local rock scene of the mid-1960s.

Seger previewed the fall 2017 release of his eighteenth album last January with a free download of “Glenn Song” as a tribute to the late Eagles guitarist on the first anniversary of his passing; the tune is available on the album's expanded deluxe edition.

The Michigan rocker postponed the remaining 19 dates on his Runaway Train tour last fall “upon receiving his doctor’s orders to attend to an urgent medical issue concerning his vertebrae.”

"I'm feeling better all the time," the 72-year-old rocker told Rolling Stone last month as he continues to recover at home. "They aren't letting me lift anything over five pounds. I can't do anything: no piano, no guitar, no nothing. But as soon as the pain stops, I'll be playing again."


See also:

Bob Seger offers free download of unreleased song Finding Out
Bob Seger previews songs from new album I Knew You When
Bob Seger updates health status following tour postponement
Bob Seger streams Lou Reed cover from new album I Knew You When
Search Bob Seger at hennemusic

Bob Seger offers free download of unreleased song Finding Out

Bob Seger is offering fans a free download of his previously-unreleased track, “Finding Out.”

Available via Seger’s website, the tune was originally planned for inclusion on the singer’s 2006 album, “Face The Promise”, but was shelved and reportedly recorded during sessions for last year's “I Knew You When” release.

“I write a lot of songs that people don’t hear,” Seger told the Detroit Free Press in 2003. “I just try to take the ones that sound the best - maybe have the best lyric, or the best melody. I really just enjoy the process. I fall in love with every single one of them. I finish ’em all, and I don’t think there’s a whole lot of difference between the bad ones and the good ones. But every now and then you hit something that you really like a lot. Every now and then you’ll nail one that’s really, really special. And that’s what you live for.

“I’ve got a ballad on the new album called ‘Finding Out,’ where I really nailed the lyric,” he said of the song. “So that’s real good. The whole process is a lot of fun. When I have time to do it.”

Seger postponed the remaining 19 dates on his Runaway Train tour last fall “upon receiving his doctor’s orders to attend to an urgent medical issue concerning his vertebrae.”

"I'm feeling better all the time," the 72-year-old rocker tells Rolling Stone as he continues to recover at his rural Michigan estate. "They aren't letting me lift anything over five pounds. I can't do anything: no piano, no guitar, no nothing. But as soon as the pain stops, I'll be playing again."

Seger produced and released his eighteenth album, “I Knew You When”, last November.


See also:

Bob Seger previews songs from new album I Knew You When
Bob Seger updates health status following tour postponement
Bob Seger streams Lou Reed cover from new album I Knew You When
Bob Seger halts tour to address urgent medical issue
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Bob Seger previews songs from new album I Knew You When

Bob Seger is previewing the November 17 release of his latest album, “I Knew You When”, with a teaser video featuring snippets of five songs from the project.

Fans can hear clips of the lead single – a cover of Lou Reed’s 1989 track, “Busload Of Faith” – alongside the title track, “Blue Ridge”, his take on Leonard Cohen’s “Democracy”, and “Gracile.”

Recorded in Nashville and Detroit and produced by Seger, the project is the follow-up to 2014’s “Ride Out”, which marked the singer’s highest US chart debut when that record entered the Billboard 200 at No. 3.

The standard version of “I Knew You When” will be available on 130 gram vinyl and CD, while the deluxe version will be offered on CD, digital download and via select streaming services.

The Deluxe Edition adds three tunes, including “Forward To The Past”, “Blue Ridge” and “Glenn’s Song”, Seger’s tribute to longtime friend and Eagles cofounder Glenn Frey, who passed away in 2016 and to whom the album is dedicated to.

Seger offered the song as both a free download and tribute to the late Eagles guitarist on the first anniversary of his passing in January.

Seger recently postponed the remaining 19 dates on his Runaway Train tour “upon receiving his doctor’s orders to attend to an urgent medical issue concerning his vertebrae.”

The rocker “is pleased to report that his recovery from surgery last month is progressing very well”, and that an announcement regarding rescheduled shows is expected soon.



Bob Seger
“I Knew You When”
Release date: November 17

01. "Gracile"
02. "Busload of Faith"
03. "The Highway"
04. "I Knew You When"
05. "I'll Remember You"
06. "The Sea Inside"
07. "Marie"
08. "Runaway Train"
09. "Something More"
10. "Democracy"
11. "Forward Into The Past" (Deluxe Album only)
12. "Blue Ridge" (Deluxe Album only)
13. "Glenn Song" (Deluxe Album only)


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Bob Seger updates health status following tour postponement

Bob Seger is sharing an update on his health after recently postponing the remaining dates on his Runaway Train tour “to attend to an urgent medical issue concerning his vertebrae.”

“Bob is on the road to recovery after undergoing surgery on Friday to address the medical issue causing the postponement of his tour,” posted the singer’s team to his social media sites on October 23. “According to his doctors. the surgery ‘couldn’t have gone better.’

"Bob wants to thank all his fans for the outpouring of well wishes and support. We hope to have news regarding dates for the tour soon.”

Seger launched the 2017 North American shows in Toledo, OH on August 24.

19 concerts in total were postponed recently, with rescheduled dates to be announced when available.

The Detroit rocker will release a new album, “I Knew You When”, on November 17.

The package features eight Seger originals and covers of tunes by Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen.


Bob Seger
“I Knew You When”
Release date: November 17

01. "Gracile"
02. "Busload of Faith"
03. "The Highway"
04. "I Knew You When"
05. "I'll Remember You"
06. "The Sea Inside"
07. "Marie"
08. "Runaway Train"
09. "Something More"
10. "Democracy"
11. "Forward Into The Past" (Deluxe Album only)
12. "Blue Ridge" (Deluxe Album only)
13. "Glenn Song" (Deluxe Album only)


See also:

Bob Seger streams Lou Reed cover from new album I Knew You When
Bob Seger halts tour to address urgent medical issue
Bob Seger catalog now available via streaming services
Bob Seger announces North American tour
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Bob Seger streams Lou Reed cover from new album I Knew You When

Bob Seger is streaming audio of his cover of Lou Reed’s 1989 track, “Busload Of Faith”, as a preview to the November 17 release of his latest album, “I Knew You When.”

Recorded in Nashville and Detroit and produced by Seger, the project is the follow-up to 2014’s “Ride Out”, which marked the singer’s highest US chart debut when that record entered the Billboard 200 at No. 3.

Alongside the Reed cover, the standard 10-track edition of “I Knew You When” delivers eight Seger originals and his take on Leonard Cohen’s 1992 song, “Democracy.”

The Deluxe Edition adds three tunes, including “Forward To The Past”, “Blue Ridge” and “Glenn’s Song”, Seger’s tribute to longtime friend and Eagles cofounder Glenn Frey, who passed away in 2016 and to whom the album is dedicated to.

Seger offered the song as both a free download and tribute to the late Eagles guitarist on the first anniversary of his passing in January.

"It's obviously not meant to be a hit," said the singer at the time. "There's no chorus per se or title section or anything. The idea was just to honor his memory and talk, very specifically, about my impression of him in 1966 when we first met."

The pair grew up in Detroit and were part of the same local rock scene of the mid-1960s.

Seger sang "Heartache Tonight" (a song he co-wrote for The Eagles in 1979) at Frey’s memorial ceremony, a performance he revived when the group received the Kennedy Center Honors last December.

The standard version of “I Knew You When” will be available on 130 gram vinyl and CD, while the deluxe version will be offered on CD, digital download and via select streaming services.

Seger recently postponed the remaining 19 dates on his Runaway Train tour “upon receiving his doctor’s orders to attend to an urgent medical issue concerning his vertebrae.”


Bob Seger
“I Knew You When”
Release date: November 17

01. "Gracile"
02. "Busload of Faith"
03. "The Highway"
04. "I Knew You When"
05. "I'll Remember You"
06. "The Sea Inside"
07. "Marie"
08. "Runaway Train"
09. "Something More"
10. "Democracy"
11. "Forward Into The Past" (Deluxe Album only)
12. "Blue Ridge" (Deluxe Album only)
13. "Glenn Song" (Deluxe Album only)


See also:

Bob Seger halts tour to address urgent medical issue
Bob Seger catalog now available via streaming services
Bob Seger announces North American tour
Bob Seger issues free song tribute to Glenn Frey of The Eagles
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Bob Seger tops the hennemusic Hot 10

Bob Seger tops this week’s hennemusic Hot 10.

The Detroit rocker has postponed the remaining 19 dates on his Runaway Train tour to attend to an urgent medical issue.

Read all about it in this week’s top story!

The HH10 is a list of the most-viewed rock news stories in the past week by hennemusic readers.

For a full list of hennemusic Hot 10 charts, check out the archives here.

hennemusic Hot 10
week ending October 8, 2017

01 – Bob Seger halts tour to address urgent medical issue
02 – Tom Petty dead at 66
03 – Steven Tyler updates health status following Aerosmith tour cancellation
04 – Black Sabbath farewell concert film to debut on Showtime
05 – VIDEO: Ghost reveal new frontman in Sweden
06 – Judas Priest, Dire Straits, The Cars among 2018 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominees
07 – VIDEO: The Rolling Stones rock 1971 classic on Sticky Fingers Live
08 – VIDEO: Royal Blood rock My Sharona on BBC Radio 1
09 – Scorpions to be honored by Los Angeles City Council
10 – VIDEO: The Rolling Stones stream Wild Horses from Sticky Fingers Live


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Oct 01: Robert Plant
Sep 24: David Lee Roth
Sep 17: Van Halen
Sep 10: Metallica
Sep 03: David Gilmour

Bob Seger halts tour to address urgent medical issue

Bob Seger has postponed the remaining 19 dates on his Runaway Train tour “upon receiving his doctor’s orders to attend to an urgent medical issue concerning his vertebrae.”

“I’m so disappointed to have to suspend the tour as the band is on a great roll,” says Seger. “It’s a privilege to play for our amazing fans. Hoping to be back out on the road very soon.”

The news comes after the Detroit rocker postponed a September 30 concert in Columbus, OH following a performance in Pittsburgh, PA on September 28.

Rescheduled dates will be announced when available; tickets sold for concerts that are being rescheduled will be honored at the new dates.

Seger launched the 2017 North American shows in Toledo, OH on August 24.

In June, the singer made the majority of his catalog available to streaming services after years as one of the last major artist holdouts to the format, while also releasing ten of his albums via digital download for the first time.

Bob Seger
Runaway Train tour 2017

Postponed dates (as of October 3)

Sep 30 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
Oct 05 - Greenville, SC - Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Oct 07 - Atlanta, GA - Infinite Energy Arena
Oct 10 - Des Moines, IA - Wells Fargo Arena
Oct 12 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
Oct 14 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
Oct 19 - The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Oct 21 - Frisco, TX - Ford Center at The Star
Oct 24 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
Oct 26 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
Oct 28 - Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Arena
Nov 02 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
Nov 04 - Inglewood, CA - The Forum
Nov 07 - Boise, ID - Ford Center
Nov 09 - Portland, OR - Moda Center
Nov 11 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena
Nov 13 - Billings, MT - Rimrock Auto Arena
Nov 15 - St. Paul, MN - XCEL Energy Center
Nov 17 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena


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Bob Seger announces North American tour
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Bob Seger catalog now available via streaming services

Bob Seger has made the majority of his catalog available to streaming services after years as one of the last major artist holdouts to the format.

The Detroit rocker has released thirteen albums – including three greatest hits sets – to streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Napster and Slacker Radio.

Ten of Seger’s albums are also available via digital download for the first time, including his 1969 debut, “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man”, 1975’s “Beautiful Loser”, 1976’s “Night Moves” and “Live Bullet”, 1978’s “Stranger In Town”, 1980’s “Against The Wind”, 1986’s “Like A Rock”, 1991’s “The Fire Inside”, and his 1994 US Diamond-selling (10 million copies) “Greatest Hits” package and it’s 2003 companion, “Greatest Hits 2.”

Also issued to streaming services are 1981’s live set, “Nine Tonight”, 1982’s “The Distance” and 2011’s “Ultimate Hits” – all previously available for download.

Seger has been looking forward to making his music available to stream and download for years, and he explained to Rolling Stone in 2014 what the holdup was in getting the situation resolved.

"It's an ongoing issue with my manager and Capitol Records," he said. "They agreed to something many years ago about new media and they don’t want to live up to it. Until that's resolved, we let very little out ... It does [frustrate me]. I wish people could get any song at any time."

There appears to be more work ahead, as several albums from Seger’s extensive catalog remain unavailable, including 1969’s “Noah”, 1970’s “Mongrel”, 1971’s “Brand New Morning”, “Smokin O.P.'s” (1972), 1973’s “Back In 72” and 1974’s “Seven” – and his three most recent releases: 1995’s “It’s A Mystery”, 2006’s “Face The Promise” and 2014’s “Ride Out.”

Last month, Seger’s “Greatest Hits” received the RIAA’s Diamond Award commemorating sales of 10 million units. In celebration of the achievement, he re-released the project as a 2LP double album in 150gram and 180gram black vinyl, with a 150gram purple vinyl version available exclusively via BobSeger.com for a limited time.

The singer’s debut, “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man”, was also re-released in 150gram black and for the first time in 150gram blue vinyl.

Seger recently revealed the initial dates for a 2017 North American tour that will begin in Toledo, OH on August 24, with shows running to the end of October and more to be announced – including stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis and more.



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