The Troubador Reunion is on. Originally scheduled for Australia and Japan, James Taylor and Carole King have now booked a series of dates here in the US beginning May 7 in Portland.The set list will include a breadth of material including songs they performed during their 1969 debut show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, which helped propel them both to the world stage.
The idea for the "Troubadour Reunion" tour came together in 2007 after Taylor and King performed at the famed Los Angeles venue for the first time since 1969 to celebrate the Troubadour's 50th Anniversary. The shows sold out immediately and garnered rave reviews from fans and critics alike.
"When James and I first played together, we connected immediately, both musically and personally, with an effortless, comfortable familiarity," says Carole King. "After we reunited in 2007 with Danny Kortchmar, Lee Sklar, and Russ Kunkel, the original band from our early Troubadour shows, none of us wanted the fun to stop. We can't wait to bring our Troubadour Reunion tour to the States."
"This tour, our Troubadour Reunion, has been waiting to happen for a long time and the years seem to have vanished, where does the time go?" asks Taylor. "When we reunited for the Troubadour's 50th Anniversary celebration, it felt like yesterday. It was and still is all about the music and the songs that we get to perform together."
Here are the dates and venues:
Fri 05/07/10 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena
Sun 05/09/10 Seattle, WA KeyArena At Seattle Center
Tue 05/11/10 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion At San Jose
Thu 05/13/10 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
Fri 05/14/10 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
Sat 05/15/10 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
Wed 05/19/10 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
Fri 05/21/10 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Sat 05/22/10 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
Mon 05/24/10 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
Tue 05/25/10 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Thu 05/27/10 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace Of Auburn Hills
Fri 05/28/10 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Sun 05/30/10 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
Wed 06/02/10 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
Thu 06/03/10 Duluth, GA The Arena At Gwinnett Center
Sat 06/05/10 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
Sun 06/06/10 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
Tue 06/08/10 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Thu 06/10/10 Philadelphia, PA The Wachovia Center
Sat 06/12/10 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Tue 06/15/10 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
Sat 06/19/10 Boston, MA TD Garden
Sat 07/03/10 Lenox, MA Tanglewood
Sun 07/04/10 Lenox, MA Tanglewood
If you want to see these two legends from the intimacy of backstage, you'll need to act early. Make your requests today. Not yet a member? That's easy to fix.
