Umphreaks rejoice. Chicago's favourite jamband will be returning to their home city for a 3 night run at the Riviera Theatre. Umphrey's will play December 29 and finish on the 31. The band, who typically plays Chicago during the New Year had this to say. “We’ve played nearly every room in Chicago over the course of our career, to continue keeping things interesting, we’ve chosen one of our favorite venues in the city this year, the Riviera Theatre, with a perfect combination of lots of open floor for dancing and seats in the balcony with great sight lines,” keyboardist Joel Cummins said in a statement. “We can’t wait to feel the energy in this legendary Chicago haunt explode!”.
Watch Umphrey's cover the Beatles' classic "With A Little Help From My Friends" with some Joe Cocker flare on NYE 2009.
Last night Trey Anastasio inducted Genesis into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Phish also covered two Genesis songs, "Watcher of the Skies" and "No Reply At All", the latter of which I expect to be covered again some point in the near future. And by the near future I mean on Phish's up-coming SUMMER TOUR which was just announced no more than a few minutes ago. That's right, everybody's favourite jamband will be gearing up for a solid 29 show summer tour which will kick off in Chicago and end in New York City. Check out the awesome video announcement too!
Dates: June 11 Chicago, IL Toyota Park June 12 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center June 13 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium June 15 Portsmouth, VA nTelos Pavilion at Harbor Center June 17 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre June 18 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre June 19 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center June 20 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center June 22 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center June 24 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center June 25 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center June 26 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion June 27 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion June 29 Canandaigua, NY CMAC July 1 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion July 2 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre July 3 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park July 4 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park August 5 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre August 6 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre August 7 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre August 9 Telluride, CO Telluride Town Park August 10 Telluride, CO Telluride Town Park August 12 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center August 13 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center August 14 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre August 15 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre August 17 Wantagh, NY Nikon Theater at Jones Beach August 18 Wantagh, NY Nikon Theater at Jones Beach
