Didn't someone sing good things don't ever last? The Black Crowes have announced that they will take an indefinite hiatus at the end of this year. This is sad news for me, The Crowes have, in the last 5 years, become one those bands that, frankly, I just can't seem to get enough of. Its gonna be hard to not have "the next show" to look forward to for a long time. Thankfully, the rest of the year will be full of Black Crowes shows, including a 6 night run at the Fillmore in SF to close out the year.
The band members have put a lot of collective thought into this and have probably been planning it for some while, based on the fact that their soon to be released album and the 2010 tour are being presented as a massive and heartfelt "thank you" to every fan the Black Crowes have ever had. Even better news is that most of the shows in the late summer and fall will be three hour affairs, with an hour and a half acoustic set and then an hour and a half electric set.
Full tour details on cities, dates, on-sale dates as well as news about the soon-to-be-released acoustic greatest hits double album Croweology can be found in this press release.
Bummer news. Good push, though, for me to see them this summer at the Mountain Winery - a very sweet venue http://www.mountainwinery.com/
ReplyDeleteRich,
ReplyDeleteBe aware that the shows on this tour prior to Aug 13 will NOT be the two set, 3 hour kind. They are just warming up with a few festival and one-off kind of shows from now until mid August when the "Say Goodnight To The Bad Guys" tour kicks off for real.
So you should go see them at the Winery AND at the Fillmore in December!