COUNTING CROWS - their upcoming schedule turning into a full-blown summer tour!

June 2009

26 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
27 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park

July 2009
1 - Muskegon, MI - Muskegon Summer Celebration
3 - St. Louis, MO - Live on the Levee
4 - Sioux City, IA - Grandview Park
6 - Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center
8 - Rochester Hills, MI - Meadow Brook Music Festival
9 - Sarnia, Ontario - Rogers Bayfest Rock Weekend
11 - Minneapolis, MN - Basilica Block Party
16 - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Amphitheater
17 - Goldendale, WA - Maryhill Winery
19 - Friant, CA - Table Mountain Casino
21 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
26 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
29 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater

August 2009
1 - Houston, TX - The Showgrounds at Sam Houston Racepark
3 - Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall
4 - Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theater

6 - Biloxi, MS - Beau Rivage Theatre
7 - Orange Beach, AL - The Amphitheater at the Wharf
8 - Tunica Resorts, MS - Harrah’s Casino
11 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
12 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
14 - St. Augustine, FL - St, Augustine Amphitheater
15 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
17 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
18 - Miami, FL - Bayfront Amphitheater
20 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
21 - Charlotte, NC - The Uptown Amphitheater
26 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater
28 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Casino
29 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
31 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion

September 2009

3 - New York, NY - Rumsey Playfield at Central Park Summerstage
5 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
6 - Canandaigua, NY - CMAC

With their angst-filled hybrid of Van Morrison, the Band, and R.E.M., Counting Crows became an overnight sensation in 1994. Only a year earlier, the band was a group of unknown musicians, filling in for the absent Van Morrison at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony; they were introduced by an enthusiastic Robbie Robertson. Early in 1993, the band recorded their debut album, August and Everything After, with T-Bone Burnett. Released the fall, it was a dark and somber record, driven by the morose lyrics and expressive vocals of Adam Duritz. The only up-tempo song, “Mr. Jones,” became their ticket to stardom, and Counting Crows enjoyed a significant amount of success throughout the ’90s and beyond.

What made Counting Crows unique was how they were able to balance Duritz’s tortured lyrics with the sound of the late ’60s and early ’70s; it made them one of the few alternative bands to appeal to listeners who thought that rock & roll died in 1972. Recovering the Satellites followed in 1996, and “A Long December” was a Top 10 hit on both the Modern Rock and Adult Top 40 charts. The band issued the two-disc Across a Wire: Live in New York in 1998, and the following year saw the release of Counting Crows’ third studio album, This Desert Life. In the midst of recording and collaborating with Ryan Adams on his sophomore album, Gold, Duritz joined his band in the studio as well. The fruit of those sessions was the Steve Lillywhite-produced fourth album, Hard Candy. The next year saw the release of the best-of Films About Ghosts, and in 2004 Counting Crows reminded fans of their ability to write a hit single with “Accidentally in Love,” which appeared on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. Two years later, New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall, recorded from a show on February 6, 2003, was made available to the public. Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings appeared in 2008. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide