Guitar Maestro John McLaughlin Reveals North American Tour scheduled for June 2013

Renowned guitarist John McLaughlin announced his first U.S. tour in three years, set for June 2013. The tour will begin June 11th in Durham, North Carolina. It includes performances in Asheville, North Carolina; Washington DC; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston; and a 3-night stand in New York City at the Blue Note before ending in Toronto on June 23rd. McLaughlin and his legendary 4th Dimension band will also play at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tennessee on June 14th.

“Since I last visited the US, there has been a change in my band ‘The 4th Dimension’. Ace drummer Ranjit Barot became a permanent member of the band and I know our friends and listeners over there will be thrilled to see and hear him with Etienne M’Bappe, Gary Husband and myself,” said McLaughlin. “We recorded a new CD a short while back called ‘Now Here This‘, and I’m very, very happy with this recording. This is another reason I’m delighted to bring this new lineup to the US since we’ve played all over Western and Eastern Europe and had such enthusiastic audiences.”

After celebrating his 70th birthday year, McLaughlin released Now Here This (Abstract Logix) last October. Our affiliated world music site has just published an exclusive interview with John McLaughlin.

Now Here This – 2013 North American Tour itinerary:

June 11 – Carolina Theater Durham, NC
June 13 – The Orange Peel Asheville, NC
June 14 – Bonnaroo Festival Manchester, TN
June 16 – The Howard DC Jazz Festival Washington, DC
June 17 – MusikFestCafe/River Jazz Festival Bethlehem, PA
June 18 – Blue Note Club (2 sets) New York, NY
June 19 – Blue Note Club (2 sets) New York, NY
June 20 – Blue Note Club (2 sets) New York, NY
June 22 – Berklee Performance Center Boston, MA
June 23 – Toronto Jazz Festival, Toronto, Canada

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