Singer/songwriter and five-time Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald is set to hit the road this summer for a co-headlining U.S. tour with R&B legend Chaka Khan. Tour highlights include performances at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and Chicago’s Ravinia Festival. Prior to the start of the tour with Chaka Khan, McDonald will headline a number of venues including the Fountainebleau Hotel in Miami and Family Gras in New Orleans (alongside John Oates and Brett Eldredge); see below for a complete list of dates. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets in select markets before the general public from now through February 7 at 10 p.m. local time.
The tour comes on the heels of a successful run of holiday performances in support of McDonald’s recent holiday compilation, Season of Peace: The Christmas Collection (out now via BMG) as well as a rare, intimate solo residency at New York’s legendary Café Carlyle last fall.
McDonald celebrated the release of Wide Open with a pair of appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” performing the album track “Find It In Your Heart” as well as collaborating with Thundercat and Kenny Loggins on the trio’s hit single “Show You The Way” from Thundercat’s critically acclaimed LP Drunk. McDonald was also featured on CBS “Sunday Morning” in the wake of the album’s release, watch/share the segment at http://cbsn.ws/2yTgJdN.
With a career that encompasses five Grammys, numerous chart successes and personal and professional accolades, as well as collaborations with some of the world’s most prominent artists, Michael McDonald remains an enduring force in popular music. Hailing from St. Louis, McDonald arrived in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, honing his talents as a studio musician before becoming an integral part of Steely Dan. In the mid-’70s McDonald was invited to join the Doobie Brothers as the band redefined their sound with McDonald serving as singer, keyboardist and songwriter on such Top 40 singles as “Takin’ It To The Streets,” “It Keeps You Runnin’,” “Minute By Minute” and “What A Fool Believes.” Throughout the ’80s and ’90s McDonald’s solo career took off with a string of hits including “I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near),” “Sweet Freedom,” “On My Own” (with Patti LaBelle) and the Grammy-winning James Ingram duet “Yah Mo B There,” plus he co-wrote the Van Halen hit “I’ll Wait.” McDonald has performed with a who’s-who of critically acclaimed artists across a number of genres, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Vince Gill and Grizzly Bear.
MICHAEL MCDONALD LIVE
* with Chaka Khan
June 19 /// Detroit, MI /// Motor City Casino
June 20 /// Huber Heights, OH /// Rose Music Center at The Heights*
June 22 /// Canandaigua, NY /// Constellation Brands Marvin Sands PAC*
June 23 /// Mashantucket, CT /// Foxwoods Resort Casino*
June 25 /// Bethlehem, PA /// Sands Bethlehem Event Center*
June 26 /// Hampton Beach, NH /// Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
June 28 /// Westbury, NY /// NYCB Theatre at Westbury*
June 29 /// Atlantic City, NJ /// Tropicana Atlantic City*
July 4 /// Columbus, OH /// City of Dublin Independence Day Celebration*
July 6 /// Highland Park, IL /// Ravinia Festival*
July 7 /// Prior Lake, MN /// Mystic Lake Casino Hotel*
July 10 /// San Antonio, TX /// Majestic Theatre
July 12 /// Houston, TX /// Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
July 13 /// Dallas, TX /// The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory*
July 15 /// Boulder, CO /// Chautauqua Auditorium
July 17 /// Beaver Creek, CO /// Vilar Performing Arts Center
July 23 /// Airway Heights, WA /// Northern Quest Resort & Casino*
July 25 Seattle, WA TBA
July 27 /// Reno, NV /// Grand Sierra Resort & Casino*
July 28 /// Portland, OR /// Oregon Zoo Amphitheater*
July 30 /// Saratoga, CA /// The Mountain Winery*
July 31 /// Los Angeles, CA /// Hollywood Bowl*
August 2 /// Costa Mesa, CA /// OC Fair—Pacific Amphitheatre*
August 3 /// Ojai, CA /// Libbey Bowl
August 4 /// Rohnert Park, CA /// Green Music Center*
