Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton Plot Summer Tour
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Steve Miller Band will hit the road this summer with special guest Peter Frampton for a 32-date trek.
The jaunt launches June 15th in Holmdel, New Jersey and stretches from Florida to Washington State before concluding two months later in Murphys, California on August 13th.
In a statement, Miller praised Frampton, a frequent tourmate over the past five decades. “Peter and I first met at Olympic studios in London in the late Sixties when we were both just starting our recording careers. He was a wonderful guitarist and songwriter then and he is even more so today. Over the years, we’ve played together in venues from theatres to football stadiums and everything in between,” Miller said.
“He always sets the musical bar high, his band always knocks me out and I’m thrilled we are going to spend the summer together doing a great run of concerts. This is the kind of quality and talent we both strive to present and I’m looking forward to a summer of great music, exceptional performances and fun. Peter is remarkable musician.”
“Steve Miller was in a recording studio vocal booth stacking incredible harmonies the first time we met in London, circa 1970,” Frampton said in a statement. “From that moment on, I have been a huge admirer of his multiple talents: singing, writing and of course his amazing guitar playing.”
Check out the Steve Miller Band’s site for full ticket information.
Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 and, soon after the ceremony, notably lashed out at Rock Hall organizers for the way he was treated leading up to and during the event.
“The whole process needs to be changed from the top to the bottom,” Miller told Rolling Stone after the induction ceremony. “Starting from who you can invite, what you can do, how long you can play, what you can say. The whole thing is sort of an amateur production and doing this is harder than doing a 20-city tour.”
Miller also called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a “private boys’ club” of “fucking gangsters and crooks” and lamented how the Black Keys, a group he never met, inducted him into the Rock Hall.
“I never was introduced to the Black Keys,” Miller told Howard Stern. “I didn’t know who they were personally. I walked in through security, and there’s this guy [Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach] looking at me, making goo-goo eyes at me or something. I walk up to him, and I go, ‘What are you doing tonight?’ And he says, ‘I’m reading your speech.’ I say, ‘Oh, great. I can’t wait to get the fuck out of here.’ And I didn’t know who he was!”
Steve Miller Band & Peter Frampton Tour Dates
June 15 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
June 17 – Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
June 18 – Hunter, NY @ Mountain Jam Festival
June 20 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
June 21 – Canandaigua, NY @ Constellation Brands Marvin PAC
June 23 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 24 – Mashantucket, CT @ The Grand Theater At Foxwoods Casino
June 25 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
June 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center PAC
June 30 – Verona, NY @ Turning Stone Resort and Casino
July 1 – Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Theater at Freedom Hill
July 14 – Hollywood, FL @ Seminole Hard Rock Live
July 15 – Estero, FL @ Germain Arena
July 16 – Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 18 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart Amphitheatre
July 19 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
July 20 – Aurora, IL @ River Edge Park
July 22 – Walker, MN @ Moondance Jam
July 23 – Welch, MN @ Treasure Island Resort & Casino
July 25 – Park City, KS @ Hartman Arena
July 28 – Tulsa, OK @ River Spirit Casino
July 29 – Thackerville, OK @ WinStar World Casino
July 31 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks
August 2 – Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
August 4 – Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheatre
August 5 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
August 6 – Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield
August 8 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
August 9 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Pacific Amphitheatre
August 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
August 12 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 13 – Murphys, CA @ Ironstone Amphitheatre