Given Rob Thomas’s stature as one of modern music’s most compelling and commercially successful artists for well over a decade – between Matchbox Twenty, his solo work, and his various collaborations with iconic artists like Santana and Mick Jagger, his tally now stands at more than 80 million albums sold worldwide – it’s easy to let the charts and numbers overshadow the essential reason he’s come so far in the first place.
He says, “I’m a guy who hears songs in his head, and I have to write them down, and I have to get them out. I’m just lucky enough that I can make it my life’s work.”
Arguably the most accomplished singer/songwriter of his generation, for Rob it all comes back to the creative source. “I have to separate the idea of what I do for a living versus what I do. Songwriting is the only thing that makes sense to me."
Passes remain available for the balance of his US tour thru early December. This is your chance to meet and get to know one of today's great songwriters and performers.
Members should just log-on and make their request; newbies need to sign up ASAP. Here are the dates and venues:
Sun 10/04/09 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
Mon 10/05/09 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre At Grand Prairie
Wed 10/07/09 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center
Fri 10/09/09 Council Bluffs, IA Harrah's Casino - Stir Concert Cove
Sat 10/10/09 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre
Sun 10/11/09 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Thu 10/15/09 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
Sat 10/17/09 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
Sun 10/18/09 San Jose, CA Event Ctr. At San Jose State Univ.
Tue 10/20/09 Universal City, CA Gibson Amph. At Univ. CityWalk
Wed 10/21/09 San Diego, CA SDSU Open Air Theatre
Fri 10/23/09 Temecula, CA Pechanga Resort & Casino
Sat 10/24/09 Las Vegas, NV Pearl Concert Theater
Sun 10/25/09 Tucson, AZ Tucson Convention Center
Tue 10/27/09 Denver, CO Magness Arena
Thu 10/29/09 Kansas City, MO The Midland By AMC
Fri 10/30/09 Hammond, IN The Venue At Horseshoe Casino
Sat 10/31/09 St. Louis, MO Fabulous Fox Theatre
Mon 11/02/09 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
Fri 11/06/09 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa / Event Ctr.
Sat 11/07/09 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Mon 11/09/09 Boston, MA Citi Performing Arts Center
Tue 11/10/09 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
Thu 11/12/09 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Fri 11/13/09 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Sat 11/14/09 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Sat 12/05/09 Biloxi, MS IP Casino, Resort & Spa
Tue 12/08/09 Verona, NY Turning Stone Resort & Casino
