Rick Springfield has introduced plans to hit the highway in August and September for a tour celebrating the fortieth anniversary of his Working Class Canine album.
The 18-city trek kicks off on Aug. 5 in St. Augustine, Fla., and runs by Sept. 3 in Las Vegas.
Males at Work will co-headline the dates, which additionally function particular visitor John Waite. Tickets will probably be accessible beginning on March 30 for SiriusXM subscribers; normal public tickets go on sale on April 1. You’ll find extra info on Springfield’s website. The total record of tour dates is beneath.
The Australian singer-songwriter hit pay dust with the discharge of Working Class Canine in 1981. He scored his first No. 1 single with “Jessie’s Woman,” which spent 19 weeks touring to the highest of the chart. The album spawned two extra Prime 20 hits, “Love Is Alright Tonite” and a canopy of Sammy Hagar’s “I’ve Achieved Every little thing for You.”
Working Class Canine was recorded for $60,000 throughout off-hours at Sound Metropolis, which was owned by Joe Gottfried, Springfield’s supervisor. As Springfield advised this author in 2013, it was an excellent alternative for him to hone his sound and never should stress concerning the funds. “I combined my crappy four-track demos on that Neve board,” he stated. “Which was type of like placing a Ferrari engine in a Volkswagen.”
The upcoming tour additionally finds Males at Work frontman Colin Hay celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the band’s 1981 album Enterprise as Regular, a No. 1 hit within the States. It’s the group’s first in depth run of dates within the U.S. in 20 years. Hay not too long ago launched his newest solo album, Now and the Evermore, which options Ringo Starr on the title observe.
Rick Springfield, Males at Work, John Waite Tour 2022
Aug. 5 – Saint Augustine, FL @ The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
Aug. 6 – Stockbridge, GA (Atlanta) @ Stockbridge Amphitheater
Aug. 7 – Raleigh, NC @ Crimson Hat Amphitheater
Aug. 10 – Catoosa, OK @ Exhausting Rock Resort & On line casino
Aug. 12 – Newkirk, OR @ 7 Clans First Council On line casino
Aug. 13 – Irving, TX (Dallas) @ The Pavilion @ Toyota Music Manufacturing unit
Aug. 14 – Sugar Land, TX (Houston) @ Sensible Monetary Theatre
Aug. 18 – Gilford, NH @ Financial institution of New Hampshire Pavilion
Aug. 19 – Atlantic Metropolis, NJ @ The Borgata On line casino Resort
Aug. 20 – Grantville, PA @ Hollywood On line casino
Aug. 25 – Kettering, OH @ Fraze Pavilion
Aug. 26 – Toledo, OH @ Toledo Zoo Amphitheater
Aug. 29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Superstar Theatre
Aug. 27 – Bay Metropolis, MI @ Wenonah Park
Aug. 30 – Inglewood, CA (Los Angeles) @ YouTube Theatre
Sept. TBA – Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Vineyard
Sept. 2 – Lincoln, CA @ Thunder Valley Resort & On line casino
Sept. 3 – Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Road Expertise (free to the general public)
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