Photo: Bryan Adams
Chickenfoot, the supergroup featuring former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, the Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ drummer Chad Smith and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, have announced their first tour dates. The live gigs will lead up to the June 9th release of their self-titled debut album. While the band formed during jam sessions and performances at Hagar’s Cabo Wabo venue in Mexico, the dates reflect the first time the group has hit the road.
“We spent a lot of time together in the recording studio working long hours to make Chickenfoot live up to expectations,” Satriani — or as his lawyer jokingly called him, the “little guitar player” who is suing Coldplay — said in a statement. “We really feel like we’ve mastered it and recorded a great album but now we’re especially excited to take the show on the road and see how the fans react to it live. I think we are really going to feed off of the fan’s energy. We’re really that type of band.”
Sammy Hagar recently talked to Rolling Stone about his new band, calling their music, “Kind of like who we are. Like kind of Zeppelin, Van Halen — you know, hard rock-y, Rush-y, kind of progressive a little bit. Hard rock. Hard sophisticated rock.” Chickenfoot hits shelves of “all major retailers and digital services” on July 9th. Check below for their tour dates:
May 14 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
May 15 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
May 17 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
May 19 - West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
May 22 - Chicago, IL @ Park West
May 24 - Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club Theatre
May 26 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs
May 28 - New York, NY @ The Fillmore
May 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
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