Bad Company add more dates in Japan and North America
Music News | Sep 16th, 2010
The original members of legendary rock band Bad Company have added new concert dates to both their North American and Japan concert tours. The band will extend their 2010 North American tour with a new date confirmed for October 1st in Sacramento, California. Following the band’s final U.S. dates in 2010, Bad Company will embark on their first tour of Japan in more than three decades, recently adding a third show in Tokyo due to am overwhelming demand for tickets. In addition, Rhino/Warner Bros/Universal will release a greatest hits set “The Very Best of Free and Bad Company featuring Paul Rodgers” on September 22 in Japan, to coincide with the tour. For up-to-date information, please visit: www.BadCompany.com
Selling over 90 million records during his career, Paul Rodgers is and has been one of the most sought-after and recognizable vocalists in rock music. “The Very Best of Free and Bad Company featuring Paul Rodgers” greatest hits collection features Rodgers’ greatest works during the legendary ’68-’73 era of Free and ’73-’82 era of Bad Company, the album collects 15-tracks from the very best of the chart-topping hits during that 14-year musical tenure. An exclusive iTunes deluxe version of the album, featuring bonus recordings, is also available. Alongside the UK release earlier this year, the original members of Bad Company reunited for their first concert tour of the UK in over three decades. The highly anticipated tour run culminated with a sold-out show at Wembley Arena. The collection became Bad Company’s first top 10 chart appearance since 1979, Free’s first since 1991 and was Rodgers’ return to the charts following his 2007 certified Gold debut solo DVD “Live in Glasgow” which charted at #1 in Canada*, #2 in Japan, #3 in the US* and #4 in the UK.
Bad Company confirmed 2010 tour dates:
October 1 Thunder Valley Casino Resort Sacramento, CA – new date added
October 2 LA County Fair Pomona, CA
October 4 Potawatomi Casino/Northern Light Milwaukee, WI
October 5 Potawatomi Casino/Northern Light Milwaukee, WI
October 7 Hard Rock – The Joint Catoosa, OK (Tulsa)
October 9 Little Creek Casino Resort Shelton, WA +
October 18 Zepp Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan
October 20 Zepp Nagoya Nagoya, Japan
October 21 Namba Hatch Osaka, Japan
October 23 Hitomi Kinen Kodo Tokyo, Japan – new date added
October 25 Tokyo International Forum Tokyo, Japan
October 26 Tokyo International Forum Tokyo, Japan+ denotes Paul Rodgers last solo date of 2010
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