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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Umphrey's McGee with Brock Butler - House of Blues New Orleans - June 2, 2010

Umphrey's McGee plus Brock Butler (of Perpetual Groove)
House of Blues New Orleans
Wednesday 06/02/2010
Doors: 08:00 PM
Show: 09:00 PM

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Umphrey's McGee Announces Full Summer Schedule

On the heels of big plays in Amsterdam and Australia, and still buzzing from the ground-breaking first annual UMBowl in Chicago, pop prog rockers Umphrey's McGee today unveil their complete summer 2010 tour schedule.

The band's summer plans include stops at festivals throughout the country: Bonnaroo, Summer Camp, Wakarusa, Summerfest, and All Good, among others. Additional tour highlights include a highly anticipated Colorado visit - for a July 3 "Red Rocks & Blue" show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre with Galactic (w/ Cyril Neville) and The Wailers and an intimate play on the 4th of July at the Gothic Theatre, and an opening stint for Widespread Panic on July 13 at LC Outdoor Amphitheater in Columbus, OH. Umphrey's McGee's complete summer tour schedule is included below.

The always forward-thinking Umphrey's McGee recently carved out new terrain in musical interactivity with fans, when they hosted the first annual "UMBowl" - an unprecedented 4-quarter evening-long concert at Lincoln Hall in the group's hometown of Chicago. For the April 24th event, fans determined the show's entire set list via real time text messaging and pre-show balloting. Complete with (quite funny) ESPN style videos in between quarters, UMBowl football jersey-styled t-shirts, and "overtime", the venue roared with the energy of an NFL Playoff game. Each quarter offered a unique approach to fan interaction – such as an acoustic "1st quarter" with songs determined by pre-show balloting, and a wholly improvised 2nd quarter performance driven by real time texting from the fans to the soundboard, where it was reviewed and delivered to the band (and the crowd) by "offensive coordinator/sound caresser" Kevin Browning. A Blogritics.org review hailed UMBowl as "…challenging, fan-centric and courageous."

Umphrey's McGee also recently released their song "1348" on the Rock Band Network. This marks the first time Umphrey's McGee's music has been part of any video game, and the progressive-rock influenced music proves to be a great fit. For "1348" Umphrey's McGee worked with former Harmonix Music Systems employee and current Rock Band Network freelancer Andrew Buch. In addition to "1348", Buch is helping to prepare several Umphrey's McGee songs for the program that will be made available soon.

Umphrey's McGee's complete list of summer tour dates is as follows:

Fri, May 28 - Sunday, May 30 Summercamp Chillicothe IL
Wed, Jun 02 House of Blues New Orleans LA w/ Brock Butler
Thu, Jun 03 House of Blues Dallas TX w/ Brock Butler
Fri, Jun 04 - Saturday, June 5 Wakarusa Festival Ozark AR
Thu, Jun 10 - Sunday, June 13 Bonnaroo Manchester TN
Wed, Jun 30 Summerfest Milwaukee WI
Fri, Jul 02 Nateva Music & Arts Festival - Oxford Fairgrounds Oxford ME
Sat, Jul 03 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison CO w/ Galactic and The Wailers
Sun, Jul 04 Gothic Theatre Englewood CO
Wed, Jul 07 Centennial Terrace Sylvania OH Co-headlining w/ moe.
Thu, Jul 08 Party in the Park Rochester NY w/ Cornmeal
Fri, Jul 09 All Good Music Festival Masontown WV
Sat, Jul 10 Forecastle Festival Louisville KY
Sun, Jul 11 Jamboozle Big Flats NY
Tue, Jul 13 LC Outdoor Amphitheater Columbus OH Opening for Widespread Panic
Thu, Jul 15 Lafayette Square Buffalo NY w/ Tea Leaf Green
Fri, Jul 16 Frederick Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids MI
Sat, Jul 17 White River Lawn Indianapolis IN w/ Rusted Root
Thu, Jul 29 South Shore Music Circus Cohasset MA w/ Rebelution
Fri, Jul 30 Cape Cod Melody Tent Hyannis MA w/ Rebelution
Sat, Jul 31 Gathering of the Vibes Bridgeport CT
Sun, Aug 01 Hampton Beach Casino Room Hampton Beach NH w/ Rebelution
Wed, Aug 04 Saranac Brewery Utica NY w/ Rebelution
Thu, Aug 05 Theatre at Westbury Westbury NY w/ Rebelution
Fri, Aug 06 Penn's Peak Jim Thorpe PA
Sat, Aug 07 Stone Pony Asbury Park NJ
Wed, Aug 11 The Norva Norfolk VA
Thu, Aug 12 House of Blues Myrtle Beach SC w/ Rebelution
Fri, Aug 13 Raleigh Amphiteater Raleigh NC w/ Rebelution
Sat, Aug 14 Masquerade Music Park Atlanta GA w/ Rebelution
Thu, Nov 11 - Fri, Nov 12 Bear Creek Music & Art Fest Live Oak FL
Thu, Jan 20 - Sun, Jan 24 Mayan Holidaze Mayan Riviera, Mexico w/ The Disco Biscuits and STS9

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