Think Fast, Steely Dan Summer TourAugust 26 and 27 at Santa Rosa Arts Center
Tickets on sale Friday, June 27th at Noon
Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have announced that STEELY DAN will bring their THINK FAST, STEELY DAN SUMMER TOUR 2008 to Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa on August 26 and 27 at 8:00 pm. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, June 27 at Noon. Buy Tickets >
Sonoma County Concerts Offer Rare, Intimate Experience
The two-night-only Steely Dan summer appearance at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts represents one of the most intimate opportunities to experience the iconic music of Steely Dan in the bands’ 30+ year performance history. Presented in the 1600 seat main theater at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, the concert will feature Steely Dan’s incredible roster of hits, with no seat further than 75-feet from the stage!
“Steely Dan is one of the most popular and historically significant classic rock bands of all time and yet they rarely tour,” said Rick Bartalini, who oversees entertainment programming for the Santa Rosa Arts Center. “Other stops on the band’s Summer tour include the 5000 seat Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, the 7100 seat Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, the 8500 seat Greek Theatre in Berkeley, and the 9400 seat Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver. These venues are three to five times as big. So, to see and hear Steely Dan in our intimate 1600 seat theater is going to be an extremely rare and special experience. We’re fortunate and proud to be able to present the opportunity to Sonoma County.”
Becker and Fagen will draw from their deep, powerful, three-decade-plus catalog of signature hits and album favorites, all of uncompromising quality. The dapper duo will be supported, as always, by their tight, sophisticated band of world-class R&B and jazz players. Set lists may also sample from Fagen’s just released Nightfly Trilogy, and Becker’s newly released solo album, Circus Money, just out on June 10, 08. Knowing the duo’s subversive tastes, a few surprises are likely to pop up in the set as well. In addition, concertgoers will be treated to stellar opening acts, hand-selected by connoisseurs Becker and Fagen, including rising jazz star Sam Yahel and his Organ Trio, The Bill Charlap Trio, The Chris Cheek Group and other acts to be announced.
STEELY DAN have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and helped define the soundtrack of the '70s with hits including “F.M.,” “Bodhisattva,” “Reelin’ in the Years,” “Rikki Don't Lose That Number,” “Deacon Blues,” “Peg,” “Babylon Sisters,” and “Hey Nineteen,” culled from their seven platinum albums issued between 1972 and 1980 (including 1977's groundbreaking Aja). They reunited in the early '90s and have toured throughout the decade and beyond, releasing multi-Grammy winner Two Against Nature in 2000 and its acclaimed follow-up Everything Must Go in 2003. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Visit Steelydan.com for more information.
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