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Steely Dan to play Capitol Theatre on “Absolutely Normal” Tour

Steely Dan are ready to rock the East Coast this fall with their new “Absolutely Normal” tour. The tour starts in Miami Beach as the band works their way up to Boston. They will play a two-night stint at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester on November 9 and 10. Tickets for the Cap shows are available for purchase here.

Along with their extensive tour, Steely Dan is releasing two new live albums. The first is a live recording of Donald Fagen’s acclaimed solo album The Nightfly, complete with instrumentation by the Steely Dan Band. The other, Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!, is the first live album by the band in 25 years and was recorded at various venues like the Beacon Theatre in NYC and the Met in Philadelphia. Both live albums will release September 1, with vinyl releases October 1.

Steely Dan’s New York roots run deep. Founded by Fagen and the late Walter Becker when they were students at Bard College in Annendale-on-Hudson, the duo later moved to Brooklyn before settling for many years in Los Angeles. The hit “My Old School” is inspired by Fagen and Becker’s Bard days, chronicling their arrest for marijuana possession with tounge-in-cheek lyrics. Steely Dan have performed at countless iconic New York venues beyond the Cap and the Beacon, including SPAC, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, and Madison Square Garden.

Becker and Fagen in their Bard College days, photo credit unknown.

Fagen and the band will play through Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! along with additional hits at the first Cap show (Nov. 9), and through the entirety of their iconic fifth studio album The Royal Scam on Nov. 10. Fagen most recently played the Cap in 2017, supporting his solo project, Donald Fagen & The Nightflyers. All tour dates are listed below.

Steely Dan: Absolutely Normal Tour Dates

Oct. 5 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater

Oct. 6 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater

Oct. 8 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater

Oct. 9 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater

Oct. 12 – Orlando, FL – Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Oct. 13 – Orlando, FL – Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Oct. 15 – St. Petersburg, FL – Duke Energy Center for the Arts – Mahaffey Theater

Oct. 16 – St. Petersburg, FL – Duke Energy Center for the Arts – Mahaffey Theater

Oct. 19 – Jacksonville, FL – Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts – Moran Theater

Oct. 20 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center

Oct. 22 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium

Oct. 23 – Richmond, VA – Altria Theater

Oct. 25 – Baltimore, MD – Hippodrome Theatre at France-Merrick Performing Arts

Oct. 27 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia

Oct. 29 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia

Oct. 30 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia

Nov. 1 – Red Bank, NJ – Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center

Nov. 3 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center

Nov. 4 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center

Nov. 6 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center

Nov. 7 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center

Nov. 9 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre

Nov. 10 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre

Nov. 13 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre

Nov. 14 – Bethlehem, PA – The Wind Creek Event Center

Nov. 17 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre

Nov. 19 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre

Nov. 20 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre

August 8, 2021
Capitol Theatre to Reopen September 10 with Pixies and all-star Fall Lineup

Port Chester’s historic Capitol Theatre has announced its fall season lineup of shows, with the venue slated to reopen on September 10 with a performance by Boston alt-rock band Pixies. Other big upcoming names include Sheryl Crow, Phil Lesh & Friends, Billy Idol, The Beach Boys and Foreigner.

This is a big year for the Capitol Theatre, which is celebrating 95 years on August 18. To commemorate this milestone, the venue will launch a new line of merchandise, which can be purchased here. The 2,000-capacity theater, known as “the original rock palace,” is located in Westchester County, only 30 miles north of NYC. Access is easy from the Metro-North and I-95.

The Cap boasts a rich history since its opening in 1926, showcasing notable musicians (and comedians) over the years, including the Grateful Dead who performed thirteen shows there in a one year span (1970-71). Other legendary performers that have taken the Cap stage include Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Ringo Starr, David Bowie and the Rolling Stones. The venue itself is aesthetically intricate, designed by famous architect Thomas Lamb. In 1984, The Capitol Theatre was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The full lineup is listed below and includes some rescheduled dates. Tickets for all shows can be purchased on Ticketmaster.com.

All Capitol Theatre shows have 6:30 pm doors, 8:00 pm show unless noted otherwise:

Sep 10: Pixies

Sep 11: The Struts: Strange Days Are Over Tour (6:00pm doors, 7:30pm show)

Sep 14 & 15: Sheryl Crow

Sep 22: Billy Idol: 101.7 The Peak Presents

Sep 25: Jessie’s Girl: ‘Turn Back the Cap 1980s’

Oct 2: Melvin Seals and JGB

Oct 8 & 9: Umphrey’s McGee: Presents UMBowl 2021

Oct 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31: Phil Lesh & Friends

Oct 15 & 16: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

Oct 17: Blue October

Oct 21: Spoon

Oct 22: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: 101.7 The Peak’s ½ Birthday Show

Oct 25 + 26: Elvis Costello

Oct 27: Foreigner: The Greatest Hits Tour

Oct 28: J.I.: The Young and Restless Tour

Nov 7: Cheap Trick

Nov 11: Little Feat

Nov 17: Jason Bonham: Led Zeppelin Evening

Nov 22: Joe Bonamassa: The Guitar Event of the Year

Nov 26 & 27: Twiddle: Friendsgiving

Dec 4: Hot Tuna: Acoustic and Electric with Special Guest David Grisman Trio

Dec 10 + 11: moe.

Apr 9, 2022: The Beach Boys

Apr 10, 2022: Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Apr 29, 2022: Nate Bargatze: The Raincheck Tour (TWO shows: 6:00pm doors, 7:00pm show & 9:00pm doors, 9:30pm show)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoOqawKQj0s

July 25, 2021
moe plans 2021 Fall Tour, with stops in Buffalo, Long Island, Port Chester

New York, they’re comin home again. moe. will head out on their 2021 Fall Tour in October, making stops at four venues across their home state of New York.

After stopping Upstate at Apple Valley in early August, moe. heads out to Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, IL. They’ll headline ADK Independence Festival over Labor Day weekend, and the head to the rescheduled New Orleans Jazz Fest in early October.

Town Ballroom hosts moe. for three nights in the town where they started, followed by a three night run in Chicago. moe. performs on Long Island at The Paramount in Huntington in late October, with a Halloween-Eve show at The Fillmore in Philadelphia the next night.

In December, moe. will stop at Brooklyn Bowl for an intimate show, followed by two nights at The Capitol Theatre and four nights at The Sinclair in Boston.

Tickets go on sale Friday, July 16 at 10 AM ET – get tickets here.

moe. Fall Tour 2021

Oct. 8-9 – The Civic Theatre – New Orleans, LA

Oct. 14 -16 – Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY

Oct. 21-23 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL

Oct. 28 – College Street Music Hall – New Haven, CT

Oct. 29 – The Paramount – Huntington, NY

Oct. 30 – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA

Dec. 9 – Brooklyn Bowl – Brooklyn, NY

Dec. 10-11 – The Capitol Theatre – Port Chester, NY

Dec. 15-18– The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA

moe fall tour 2021

July 15, 2021
Pixies Cancel Fall Tour Amid Delta Varient surge

UPDATE: Monday, August 23, 2021- Pixies have announced that they are cancelling their 11-date U.S. September run that also included scheduled appearances at Summerfest in Milwaukee, and Chicago’s Riot Fest. Pixies have determined that with the current surge in COVID cases made worse by the Delta variant, this is the right decision for their fans, crew members and themselves, and ask that their fans stay safe and healthy.

Pixies’ cancelled dates are below; ticket holders can obtain refunds from point of purchase.

The Pixies – Black Francis, Joey Santiago, David Lovering, and Paz Lenchantin – return to the road on Friday, September 10 at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY to kick off an 11-date trek, the band’s first U.S. shows since December 2019. The tour consists of headline theatre dates, festival appearances, and multiple concerts with Nine Inch Nails.

Photo Credit: Travis Shinn

On this tour, the band will draw from their entire catalogue for their setlist, and, as is the norm with Pixies, there will be no firm, nightly setlist – the band will play a different set at each show, with every song determined just before its first note is played. That said, fans can expect to hear many of their favorites such as “Here Comes Your Man,” “Wave of Mutilation,” “Where is My Mind,” “Gouge Away,” “Hey,” “Bone Machine,” “Debaser,” and “Gigantic.”

Tickets are now on sale at pixiesmusic.com.

SEPTEMBER

10 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY

11 Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA

13 Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, Louisville, KY

14 Foellinger Theatre, Fort Wayne, IN

16 Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI

17 The Factory at The District, Chesterfield, MO

18 The Waiting Room/Outdoors – Omaha, NE

19 Riot Fest, Chicago, IL

21 Jacobs Pavilion, Cleveland, OH (with NIN)

23 Jacobs Pavilion, Cleveland, OH (with NIN)

26 Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, OK

June 13, 2021
Joe Bonamassa Announces Fall 2021 Tour

Acclaimed Utica-based guitarist and songwriter Joe Bonamassa has announced an extensive 33 tour dates for fall 2021. Bonamassa’s latest project, a live album entitled Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman, comes out Friday, June 11.

Photo by Robert Sutton

Bonamassa will stop in New York twice on his fall tour. He is set to play the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester on November 22 and the Rochester Auditorium Theatre in Rochester on November 24. The full list of tour dates is listed below.

Bonamassa is one of the biggest modern names in blues-rock and was even named “the world’s biggest blues guitarist” by Guitar World Magazine. He, like other live musicians, is marking his return to the stage in over a year. The fall tour kicks off October 8 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, where Bonamassa recorded his latest live album.

Throughout the pandemic and during the pause of live music, Bonamassa focused on raising money for his non-profit Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation through the Fueling Musicians Program. The nonprofit centers on providing financial assistance to touring musicians who had their income streams cut off in this tumultuous time.

Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman comes out Friday and tickets for the fall tour will be available on the same day. Links for purchase can be found here.

TOUR DATES

October 8-9: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium

October 11: Little Rock, AR – Robinson Performance Hall

October 13: Shreveport, LA – Shreveport Municipal Auditorium

October 15: San Antonio, TX – Majestic Theatre

October 16: Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre

October 17: Grand Prairie, TX – Texas Trust CU Theatre

October 19: Fayetteville, AR – Walton Arts Center

October 21: Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Theater

October 22: Memphis, TN – Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

October 23: Louisville, KY – The Louisville Palace

October 25: Evansville, IN – Old National Events Center

October 27: Fort Wayne, IN – Embassy Theatre

October 29: Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre at Old National Centre

October 30: St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theatre

October 31: Cincinatti, OH – Taft Theatre

November 19: Springfield, MA – Symphony Hall

November 20: Providence, RI – Providence Performing Arts Center

November 22: Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre

November 24: Rochester, NY – Rochester Auditorium Theatre

November 26: Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre

November 27: Youngstown, OH – Covelli Centre

November 28: Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre

November 30: Easton, PA – State Theatre

December 1: Reading, PA – Santander Performing Arts Center

December 3: Roanoke, VA – Berglund Performing Arts Theatre

December 4: Baltimore, MD – The Lyric

December 5: Richmond, VA – Dominion Energy Center

December 7: Savannah, GA – Johnny Mercer Theater

December 8: Sarasota, FL – Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

December 10: St. Augustine, FL – The St. Augustine Ampitheatre

December 11: Estero, FL – Hertz Arena

December 12: Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live

June 10, 2021
Flashback: String Cheese Incident at The Capitol Theatre – May 26, 2019
On May 26, 2019, The String Cheese Incident played the second night of their Memorial Day Weekend run at the legendary Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. 2019 marked the band’s 25th anniversary. SCI is Michael Kang, Michael Travis, Bill Nershi, Kyle Hollingsworth, Jason Hann and Keith Moseley.

They opened the show with their 2018 single “Vertigo”. Kyle then kicked off a 16 minute version of “Black And White”. That was transitioned very nicely into “Can’t Wait Another Day”. They then kicked off the first of many cover songs with Peter Rowan’s “Midnight Moonlight”, followed by “Valley of the Jig” and “Siren’s”. Both songs were on their 2003 album “Untying The Knot”. The first set ended with “Restless Wind” from the 1998 album “Round the Wheel”. That really highlighted Nershi tearing it up on acoustic guitar.

The second set began with “Just One Story” that got the crowd immediately charged back up after a quick break. Next up was “Rosie” and the title track to the 2014 album “Song In My Hand”, which both songs also appeared on. Then came the second cover of the night, The Jerry Garcia’s Band’s “Tore Up Over You”. Some of The Grateful Dead’s most legendary shows happened at The Capitol Theatre in the early seventies. That was long before most of the people in the audience, including myself were even born. Then there was a lengthy version of “45th of November” from the 2005 album “One Step Closer”.

Another highlight of the night was the band’s’ cover of The Talking Heads “Burning Down the House”. They also performed “Wheel Hoss” which was written by one of the founders of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe in 1955. The set then ended with a cover of The Weather Report’s classic “Birdland” before they circled back to the sets first song, “Just One Story.” The 4 hour plus show ended with a one song encore of “Barstool.”

String Cheese Incident – The Capitol Theatre – May 26, 2019

Set 1: Vertigo, Black and White > Canât Wait Another Day > Midnight Moonlight, Valley Of The Jig, Sirens > Restless Wind
Set 2: Just One Story > Rosie, Song In My Head, Tore Up Over You, 45th of November > Burning Down The House > Birdland > Wheel Hoss > Birdland > Just One Story
Encore: Barstool
May 26, 2021
Flashback: Tedeschi Trucks Band Heats Up The Capitol Theatre in 2018

February of 2018 happened to be the warmest February on record in New York State, and part of the reason was probably due to the Tedeschi Trucks Band two sold out shows at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester on the 20th and 21st. I was at the first show and, as usual, the band was on fire during their impressive set just shy of 20 songs, opening with a tight version of “Do I Look Worried” from the 2013 album Made Up Mind.

Much like Derek’s former band The Allman Brothers, TTB gets right down to business with very little talk directed to the audience, if any. Susan is an absolute powerhouse. She proved this once again during the epic “Until You Remember” from the 2011 album Revelator. The first set had a few covers such as Neil Young’s “Alabama” and Charles Segar’s “Key to the Highway.”

The set closed with an amazing “Idle Wind” jam from the group’s second album Made Up Mind. The second set started with “Statesboro Blues” which is actually a Blind Willie McTell song that was made famous by The Allman Brothers Band. The rest of the second set was very blues heavy and included some great covers like “Goin Down Slow” by St. Louis Jimmy Oden and “How Blue Can You Get” by Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers in which Susan played lead guitar and thanked their late friend B.B. King at the conclusion. The second set ended with a gospel song written by Bill Taylor called “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free.”

The encore started with a fantastic cover of “You Don’t Know How It Feels” by Tom Petty who had passed away suddenly just 3 months earlier. The show ended with a extraordinary version of “Laugh About It.” During the chorus, Susan said, “Put your hands up for those kids,” referring to the tragedy at Parkland High School in Florida.

TTB was scheduled to tour in 2020, but due to Covid19, The Wheels of Soul Tour has been rescheduled to start in the summer of 2021. Starting on February 18th, the band is presenting a six-episode series of home performances called Fireside Sessions available on nugs.net. For more info visit the band’s website.

Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Capitol Theatre, February 20, 2018

Set 1: Do I Look Worried, Just as Strange, Until You Remember, Key To The Highway (Charles Segar cover), Don’t Miss Me (The Derek Trucks Band cover), Alabama (Neil Young cover), Talking About, Idle Wind

Set 2: Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell cover), Part of Me, It’s So Heavy, Let Me Get By, Right On Time, Goin Down Slow (St. Louis Jimmy Oden cover), Made Up Mind, How Blue Can You Get (Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers cover), I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Bill Taylor cover)

Encore: You Don’t Know How It Feels (Tom Petty cover), Laugh About It

February 20, 2021
Billy Strings channels Grateful Dead ESP shows with Deja Vu Experiment

In 1971, the Grateful Dead performed at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester over six nights – February 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, and 24. Billy Strings will present The Deja Vu Experience on FANS and The Relix Channel on those same nights, 50 years later, with a six-night livestream.

With a nod to those historic shows, Billy Strings will perform on these same dates as the Grateful Dead did, adding an aire of deja vu to the run of streams, in hopes of tapping into the musicianship and fearlessness that the Dead did 50 years ago.

Much like the Dead, Billy Strings has the potential to unlock the improvisational boundaries of music and psychedelia in a familiar yet unique way.

During the 1971 shows, the Grateful Dead conducted ESP Experiments, prompting Deadheads in the audience to focus on imagery shown by the band and telepathically send the imagery to a test subject.

The Deja Vu Experiment is aiming to similarly tap into a sense of clairvoyance and togetherness by asking the streaming audience to use their minds to collectively “see” and send imagery to special guest receivers.

Concerts in the age of streaming beg fans to transport their mind; to feel connected to a live performance when we cannot physically be together. This experiment is not scientifically backed, rather, a hypothesis that the collective mind has the power to tap into extrasensory perception and manifest connection.

Tickets to February 19, 20, 21, and 23 are on sale now. February 18 + 24 are FREE on The Relix Channel, exclusively on Twitch. A portion of proceeds will benefit The Rex Foundation and Backline.

January 13, 2021