Capital Region rockers Wild Adriatic recently rolled out dates for a Eurotrip and U.S. tour as well. The three-piece group will head out on the road beginning Feb. 11 in Boston and wrapping up May 15 in Spain.
Fresh off the heels of their debut voyage on the Rock Boat, where they played an all-Zeppelin set and jammed onstage with Sister Hazel, Michael Franti and Gavin Degraw, WA’s upcoming tour includes Northeast-heavy dates with home state stops in Corning, Saratoga Springs, Rochester, Syracuse, Brooklyn, Buffalo and Jamestown before returning to Europe for a four-week headlining run.
The blues-rock band consists of Travis Gray (vocals, guitar), Rich Derbyshire (bass) and Mateo Vosganian (drums); supporting groups that will share the bill with WA during this winter/spring tour will be the Mallett Brothers Band, Let’s Be Leonard, Turkuaz, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, the Suitcase Junket and Animal Years.
This January, WA released their first full-length live album from their two-night performance in Albany last October and will record the upcoming Feb. 20 show at Putnam Den for a possible future album. The band’s self-titled EP dropped in 2011, and their most recent collection debuted May 2015 as the five-song Never Enough. Although, according to the press release, WA has a new record in the works:
We’ll be back in the studio making our second full length record in Fall 2016. Hoping to release Early 2017 and we have never been more excited to get in the studio and create! So much inspiration over the last few months, I know we have a few more tunes in us to get out before we hit the studio but we are very excited with how the material has come together so far!”
Tickets for all 2016 show dates are on sale through Wild Adriatic’s official website.
Wild Adriatic 2016 Tour Dates:
2/11 – Boston, MA – Lansdowne Pub^
2/12 – Burlington, VT – Nectar’s^
2/13 – Sugarloaf, ME – Sugarloaf Mountain^
2/18 – Corning, NY – Corning Museum of Glass 2300 Series
2/19 – Portsmouth, NH – Birdseye^
2/20 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Putnam Den*
2/25 – Rochester, NY – Flour City Station
2/26 – Syracuse, NY – Funk N Waffles Downtown*
2/27 – Stratton, VT – Grizzly’s%
3/3 – Worcester, MA – Electric Haze
3/4 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl#
3/10 – Sellersville, PA – Sellersville Theater
3/11 – Mifflinburg, PA – Rusty Rail
3/12 – Asbury Park, NJ – Wonder Bar
3/16 – Washington, DC – Black Cat~
3/17 – Mercersburg, PA – Mansion House~
3/18 – Philadelphia, PA – Milkboy~
3/24 – Hartford, CT – Arch Street Tavern
3/25 – Manchester, VT – The Perfect Wife
3/26 – Stratton, VT – Grizzly’s*
3/31 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Cafe
4/1 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Iron Works
4/2 – Jamestown, NY – Shawbucks
^ – w/ The Mallett Brothers Band
* – w/ Let’s Be Leonard
% – w/ Turkuaz
# – w/ Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds & The Suitcase Junket
~ – w/ Animal Years
4/14 – Oostende, Belgium – Bada Bing
4/15 – Kortrijk, Belgium – Den Trap
4/16 – Krefeld, Germany – Kulturrampe
4/17 – Turnhout, Belgium – Dax Cafe
4/19 – Norderstedt, Germany – Music Star
4/20 – Malmo, Sweden – St Gertrund
4/21 – Hamburg, Germany – Sound Yard
4/22 – Bordesholm, Germany – Albatros
4/23 – Singwitz, Germany – Kesselhaus
4/26 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Muzeum Obchodu
4/27 – Kufstein, Austria – Eggers
4/28 – Besancon, France – Passengers Du Zinc
4/29 – Alencon, France – La Luciole
4/30 – Rouen, France – Hipster Cafe
5/2 – St Etienne, France – Thunderbird Lounge
5/4 – Bilbao, Spain – Antzokia
5/5 – Ourense, Spain – Cafe Auriense
5/6 – Cangas, Spain – Salason
5/7 – Aviles, Spain – Centro Niemeyer
5/8 – Leon, Spain – Gran Cafe
5/11 – Estepona, Spain – Louie Louie
5/12 – Murcia, Spain – Garaje Beat Club
5/13 – Castellon, Spain – Veneno Stereo
5/14 – Valencia, Spain – Pabersematao
5/15 – Torredembara, Spain – La Traviesa
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