Multi-Platinum Rock Legends Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms Announce Return To The Road For Co-Headlining Summer Tour With Special Guest Spin Doctors join Gin Blossoms, whose quadruple-platinum album New Miserable Experience helped define ’90s alternative radio, for this highly-anticipated run.
In addition, returning from last year’s lineup, the tour features legendary Alternative Rock band Spin Doctors, commemorating this year the 35th anniversary of their multi-platinum debut Pocket Full of Kryptonite, home to the chart-topping, GRAMMY®-nominated hit “Two Princes.” For Blues Traveler, the run is a celebration of long-standing friendships forged on the road. “It’s rare when a package feels so much like home that it carries a spirit which becomes tangible to an audience,” frontman John Popper reflects. “That was the case – by all accounts – regarding our summer tour last year with Spin Doctors and Gin Blossoms.
We grew up with Spin Doctors as pups in the same litter… ours is a shared origin story.
But working with Gin Blossoms was a first.
Their music was everywhere when we were coming up, and yet only last summer did we have the opportunity to learn how fun it is playing with them – and to discover how much energy our three bands put out in combination.
So we’ve decided to take this show everywhere we missed last year.
We’re excited to bring it to you.” That enthusiasm carries over from last summer’s shows.
Guitarist Chan Kinchla adds, “Back by popular demand!
We had such a blast last summer with Gin Blossoms and Spin Doctors and all of you beautiful people that we decided to bring the tour to the half of the country we missed.
Can’t wait for another amazing summer!” Members of Gin Blossoms echo the sentiment, highlighting both nostalgia and momentum. “Same tour 2 summers in a row,” says vocalist Robin Wilson. “I’ve never even heard of this happening before.
It is a testament to the strength of the lineup.
We’re all friends, we’re going to sell a lot of tickets, and it will be a blast.” Guitarist Jesse Valenzuela puts it simply: “Let’s do it again, part deux!
Another summer of great music with our brothers in Blues Traveler and Spin Doctors.” Guitarist Scott Johnson adds,”Blues Traveler and Spin Doctors is the best package we have ever been a part of, something for everyone!” For Spin Doctors, the decision to return for a second consecutive summer speaks for itself. “As far as I know, it’s pretty unprecedented for the same tour to go out two s…
