"What we're preparing to do for this tour is perhaps even more complex than what we did on the first tour"
June 20, 2007- Frank Zappa's son, guitarist Dweezil Zappa, will be bringing the music
of his father once again into theaters and mid-sized venues around the
world as part of the Zappa Plays Zappa Summer 2007 Tour.
This summer's tour comes on the heels of last summer's successful road
trip. "What we're preparing to do for this tour is perhaps even more
complex than what we did on the first tour," says Dweezil. "Last year
we learned about 40 songs from a very popular period of Frank's career
and this year we will be learning about 30 more new ones that are
somewhat more obscure. The tour will include material from We're Only In It For The Money, Absolutely Free, Weasels Ripped My Flesh, Joe's Garage, You Are What You Is, The Yellow Shark and much more, including orchestral works."
During the performances large screen videos of Frank Zappa will
accompany the music, with Dweezil rotating the video elements over the
course of the tour.
The band Dweezil (lead guitar) has assembled for this year's Zappa
Plays Zappa is composed of veterans of last year's tour including Joe
Travers (drums), Billy Hulting (percussion), Scheila Gonzalez
(keyboards, saxophone, vocals), Aaron Arntz (keyboards/trumpet), Peter
Griffin (bass) and Jaime Kime (rhythm guitar). Joining the tour this
year is Ray White, the vocalist who toured and recorded with Frank
Zappa during the period of such albums as Tinsel Town Rebellion, You Are What You Is, and Zappa in New York.
Zappa Plays Zappa 2007 Tour Dates
July
18 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Centennial Concert Hall
19 - Detroit Lakes, MN - 10,000 Lakes Festival
20 - Chicago, IL - Civic Opera House
21 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
22 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room
24 - Cincinnati, OH - Moonlite Gardens
25 - Erie, PA - Warner Theatre
26 - Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion
27 - Detroit, MI - Meadow Brook Festival
28 - Cleveland, OH - Cain Park
30 - Toronto, Ontario - Hummingbird
31 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
August
1 - Quebec City, Quebec - Albert Rousseau Hall
2 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino
4 - Boston, MA - Fleet Boston Pavilion
5 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre
6 - Westbury, NY - North Fork Theatre at Westbury
8 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
9 - Baltimore, MA - Ram's Head Tavern
10 - Norfolk, VA - NorVa
11 - Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
13 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
15 - Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium
16 - Tucson, AZ - Fox Theatre
17 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
18 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
20 - Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Community Theatre
21 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
22 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
23 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
September
25 - London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire
26 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Koncerthus
27 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - New Melkweg
29 - Fribourg, Switzerland - Le Fri-Son
30 - Munich, Germany Circus Krone
October
1 - Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle
3 - Stuttgart, Germany - Beethovensaal
4 - Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle
5 - Paris, France - Grand Rex
6 - Antwerp, Belgium - Elisabeth Hall
8 - Arhus, Denmark - The Music House
9 - Stavanger, Norway - Koncerthus
10 - Bergen, Norway - Peer Gynt
12 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene
13 - Lund, Sweden - Olympen
14 - Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus