New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Gin Blossoms and
Sugar Ray have announced their co-headlining summer tour with special guests
Tonic and Fastball. The 12-date trek kicks off Thursday, August 31 in Wisconsin and will see the "Hey Jealousy" and "
Every Morning" hitmakers, respectively, take amphitheater and theater stages across the Midwest and East Coast - with additional dates to be announced. Ticket on-sales begin on Friday, May 12 at 10:00am local time (see below for exact dates and times for each show).
Visit Gin Blossoms' website or Sugar Ray's website for more information and to purchase tickets.
"I'm so excited to tour with Sugar Ray,
Tonic and Fastball," says
Robin Wilson of Gin Blossoms. "They're some of my favorite bands to be on the road with. We're looking forward to doing some rock'n'roll shows."
Mark McGrath of
Sugar Ray shares, "I can't think of anything better than spending the summer with great friends playing music! This tour is a giant cavalcade of hits that just keeps delivering, and I'm always honored to share a stage with Gin Blossoms,
Tonic and Fastball." Sugar Ray's guitarist and co-founder Rodney
Sheppard adds, "I am most looking forward to this tour because all of these bands have a history and a friendship. I can't wait for the backstage acoustic guitar sing-alongs."
Emerson Hart of
Tonic adds: "We are so excited to get back out there this summer and play rock and roll with our friends Gin Blossoms,
Sugar Ray and Fastball. That's a lot of great music in one night!"
Tour Dates:
Thur, August 31 La Crosse, WI Copeland Park FRI 5/12 @ 10AM
Fri,
September 1 Cedar Rapids, IA McGrath Amphitheatre FRI 5/12 @ 10AM
Sat,
September 2 Beaver Dam, KY Beaver Dam Amphitheater FRI 5/12 @ 10AM
Sun,
September 3 Peachtree City, GA The Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater^ FRI 5/12 @ 10AM
Wed,
September 6 Kettering, OH Fraze Pavilion SAT 5/13 @ 10AM
Thur,
September 7 Niagara Falls, ON Fallsview Casino Resort FRI 5/12 @ 10AM
Sat,
September 9 Midlothian, VA AfterHours Southside at the River City Sportsplex FRI 5/12 @ 10AM
Sun,
September 10 Bethlehem, PA Wind Creek Event Center FRI 5/12 @ 10AM
Tue,
September 12 Huntington, NY The Paramount^ FRI 5/12 @ 10AM
Wed,
September 13 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theater^ FRI 5/12 @ 10AM
Thur,
September 14 Medford, MA Chevalier Theatre FRI 5/12 @ 10AM
Fri,
September 15 Frederick, MD The Great Frederick Fair FRI 6/30 @ 10AM
(^) denotes without Sugar Ray
Gin Blossoms, an American alternative rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona. The band rose to prominence following the 1992 release of their first major label debut album, New Miserable Experience, and the first single released from that album, "Hey Jealousy" became a Top 25 hit and went gold. New Miserable
Experience eventually went quadruple platinum and three other charting singles were released from the album including "Allison Road" and "Until I Fall Away." The band's follow-up album, Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996), went platinum including the GRAMMY-nominated "As Long as It Matters" and the Top 10 single "Follow You Down." Gin Blossoms continue to tour every year and in recent years have shared the stage with
Collective Soul,
Barenaked Ladies and Hootie & The Blowfish.
