The Doobie Brothers this week announced a 50th anniversary tour featuring Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and John McFee.
The band, teaming up for the first time in 25 years, performs at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach on June 23. Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 6 at livenation.com.
The Doobie Brothers, recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees, are celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary with a 30-city tour.
The announcement came at the conclusion of the band’s performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, in which they played two of their iconic albums, “Toulouse Street” and “The Captain and Me.”
Michael McDonald took to the stage during the band’s encore and gave a surprise performance of The Doobie Brothers’ smash hit single, “Takin’ It To The Streets,” before Pat Simmons announced that the entire band would be teaming up for a North American tour.
Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m.
Selling nearly 50 million albums worldwide, The Doobie Brothers have had five top-10 singles, 16 top-40 hits, 3 multi-platinum albums, 7 platinum albums, 14 gold albums and own a rare diamond record for their 1976 album, Best of the Doobies.
The Doobie Brothers’ collection of hits will once again be played by the artists who wrote them, providing fans the rare opportunity to see these Rock and Roll legends performing their full catalog of songs on stage.
The tour kicks off June 9 in West Palm Beach, Florida and will make stops in Virginia Beach, Nashville, Toronto, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles and more, including a special hometown show in Mountain View, California at the Shoreline Amphitheatre on Sept. 12. The tour is being produced by Live Nation.
Fans who attend can expect to hear wide range of the band’s hit songs, including “Listen To The Music,” “Takin’ It To The Streets,” “Long Train Running,” “Black Water,” “What A Fool Believes,” “China Grove,” “Minute By Minute,” “It Keeps You Runnin’,” “Jesus Is Just Alright With Me” and many more.
