[todbnla]

Anyone hear anything about this, I cant find any info...?

[Philip Hamm]

Donald Fagan is currently touring.

[Matt Fisher]

Ya, and I believe nowhere near Florida, this thread got my excited for a moment there...

[Matt Fisher]

(sorry double post)

[Brian Magnuson]

The last show of the short Donald Fagen solo tour is tonight, 3/31, at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA. The only news I have seen of a Steely Dan tour this summer was mentioned in an article in Entertainment Weekly (Issue 869) a couple of weeks ago titled "Back to Annadale: The origins of Steely Dan -- Donald Fagen returns to campus and revisits the origin of his old grudge". In that article, it stated:

Quote:

Becker produced and played on Fagen's last solo album, Kamakiriad, but he was completely uninvolved with Morph. "We just decided to take a break and do separate projects for a while," says Fagen, who doesn't rule out another Steely Dan record but says there are no firm plans at the moment. And the band will continue to tour, most likely playing dates this summer after Fagen completes a solo road outing (his first ever).

Take that for what you will. I was certainly surprised to read it, and was quite excited, until I remember just how often these guys plan things and then take forever to execute said plans.

However, it takes a lot of pre-planning to string together a series of consecutive dates reserving amphitheaters and/or arenas in several cities within a couple of days of each other. In scheduling a summer tour, a band doesn't just go out touring "on a whim," so perhaps something is in the pipeline. We will just have to wait and see.

[Philip Hamm]

I've seen Steely Dan in concert twice, and I have to say - once you've seen them live, you've seen everything they've got. Spontanaity is not exactly their strong suit. Great to see, but once you've seen them, there's no need to go back. You might as well just play the record again.

[Andrew 'Ange Hamm' Hamm]

Or you can just get the Two Against Nature DVD!

[Brian Magnuson]

The only thing that has me concerned about this pairing is that since there is now a "shared bill" whether Steely Dan goes from a two-set show to a one-set show. In the past, Steely Dan has always toured as a one-act show playing two sets. Adding Michael McDonald and his band to the bill may cause a one-set Steely Dan show, which after all the two-set touring they've done, would be disappointing.

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Steely Dan and Michael McDonald Announce Summer 2006 Tour

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen reunite with a bandmate of the early '70s when Steely Dan shares the bill with Michael McDonald and his band for a summer circuit of U.S. venues.

The as-yet unnamed tour is slated to open in the midwest in early July.

More details are coming soon, so bookmark http://steelydan.com/tour06.html for all the updates and on-sale dates as they become available.

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Preliminary Tour Schedule
All Entries Are Subject To CHANGE!

Jul 08 Chicago IL / First Midwest Bank
Jul 10 Nashville TN / Starwood
Jul 12 Dallas TX / Smirnoff
Jul 14 Houston TX / Cynthia Woods
Jul 15 San Antonio TX / Verizon Wireless
Jul 18 Phoenix AZ / Cricket
Jul 19 Irvine CA / Verizon Wireless
Jul 21 San Jacinto CA /Soboba * Steely Dan Only
Jul 22 Las Vegas NV / Aladdin
Jul 24 San Diego CA / Bayside * Steely Dan Only
Jul 25 Mt. View CA / Shoreline
Jul 27 Portland OR / Clark County
Jul 28 Seattle-Tacoma / White River
Jul 31 Denver CO / Red Rocks
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Aug 07 Atlanta GA / Chastain
Aug 09 Hollywood FL / Seminole Hard Rock
Aug 10 Tampa FL / Ford Amph
Aug 12 Charlotte NC / Verizon Wireless
Aug 13 Bristow, VA / Nissan
Aug 15 Virginia Beach VA / Verizon Wireless
Aug 17 Wantagh NY / Jones Beach
Aug 19 Camden NJ /Tweeter Waterfront
Aug 20 Scranton PA / Toyota Pavilion
Aug 23 Holmdel NJ / PNC Bank Arts
Aug 24 Hartford CT / NE Dodge
Aug 26 Atlantic City NJ / Taj Mahal
Aug 27 Boston MA / Tweeter
Aug 29 Cincinatti OH / Riverbend
Aug 30 Pittsburgh PA / Post Gazette
Sep 01 Cleveland OH / Blossom
Sep 02 Detroit MI / DTE

[Matt Fisher]

That's pretty exciting, I've been wanting to see Steely Dan for quite some time now, I'm not a huge McDonald fan but I'm sure it will be an entertaining show.

[Jan H]

As long as McDonald does the background vocals for 'Peg,' I'm alright with this. I caught McDonald's show in Henderson, Nevada in the summer of '04, and it was pretty good. He did a lot of his Doobie Bros. material, as well as his Motown covers. McDonald is not a deal-breaker for me on this tour, though I would definitely only like to see him as an opener, rather than a co-headliner.

I'm going to try to catch the Irvine and Soboba shows, with the Vegas show at the Aladdin a distinct possibility (Yet another excuse for blackjack).

'Going to Lost Wages,' 'Going to Lost Wages,' ...

[Philip Hamm]

Not just Peg, Jan. I want to hear McDonald come out and sing backing vocals with the Dan on a bunch of the classic 70s songs that his singing was so important to. "Peg" is a must, but I also want to hear "Kid Charlemagne", and "Bad Sneakers" among others.

I'll go back and see Steely Dan, though I probably wouldn't if they weren't touring with McDonald.

[Andrew 'Ange Hamm' Hamm]

Phil--

Meet you at Nissan Pavilion?