Boston to tour with new line-up

Boston has set up a 42-date tour with a brand new line-up. The announcement comes a year after the death of singer Brad Delp, who committed suicide last March. According to the band's website, former Stryper frontman Michael Sweet will be on vocals and guitar. He'll join Gary Pihl and band mastermind Tom Scholz, along with Tommy DeCarlo, a fan who posted his own Boston covers on his MySpace page and ended up on stage with the group. The outing kicks off June 6th in Thunder Bay, Ontario and wraps August 17th in Atlanta. Some dates are still being finalized.

It usually goes years between Boston albums, and Scholz why it takes him so long to finish an album, while other acts get their records out much faster, and he said it has nothing to do with the artists: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "Some producer is pushing it, some manager is pushing it, somebody that's interested just in the bottom-line dollar is usually calling the shots and forcing that they have a limited amount of time, they have a limited budget, they can't do it. I don't think there's a lot of artists that go into a studio and think, 'I wanna finish this in three months because I'll make a lot more money if I do that.' That's the farthest thing from my mind when I go into the studio, and it takes me a long time to get something that I'm willing to have millions of copies made of and have circulating around."

Boston tour dates (subject to change):
June 13 - Hinckley, MN - Grand Casino
June 15 - Detroit, MI - DTE Amphitheater
June 18 - St. Louis, MO - The Family Arena
June 20 - Kinder, LA - Grand Casino Coushatta
June 21 - San Antonio, TX - Verizon Amphitheater
June 22 - Houston, TX - Woodlands
June 24 - Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Live Theater
June 25 - Oklahoma City, OK - Zoo Amphitheatre
June 27 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
June 28 - Las Vegas, NV - Thomas and Mack
June 29 - Tucson, AZ - Anselmo Valencia Ampitheater
July 1 -San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
July 2 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheater
July 4 - Wendover, NV - Peppermill Casino
July 5 - Reno, NV - Peppermill - Tuscany Ballroom
July 6 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery
July 8 - Portland, OR - Clark County Amphitheater
July 9 - Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
July 10 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
July 12 - Calgary, AB - TBA
July 13 - Regina, SK - TBA
July 15 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks
July 17 - Cadott, WI - Rock Fest
July 18 - Monticello, IA - Great Jones Fair
July 20 - Chicago, IL - Charter One Pavilion
July 25 - Indianapolis, IN - Deer Creek
July 26 - West Bend, WI - TBA
July 29 - Toronto, ON - TBA
Aug 1 - Big Flats, NY - Summer Stage
Aug 2 - Guilford, NH - US Cellular Pavilion
Aug 3 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
Aug 4 - Bethlehem, PA - Musikfest
Aug 6 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
Aug 7 - Long Island, NY - TBA
Aug 9 - Salamanca, NY - Seneca Allegany Casino
Aug 10 - New Jersey - TBA
Aug 11 - Vienna, VA - Wolftrap
Aug 13 - Baltimore, MD - The Pier
Aug 15 - Atlantic City, NJ - Etess Center
Aug 16 - Roanoke Rapids, NC - Carolina Crossroads Amphitheater
Aug 17 - Atlanta, GA - TBA
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