November – December 2017
GUITARIST JOHN MCLAUGHLIN REVISITS THE LEGACY OF
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA ON HIS FAREWELL U.S. TOUR WITH GUITARIST JIMMY HERRING
(Los Angeles, CA – January 31, 2017) — In a career that spans over five decades, John McLaughlin, one of music’s most influential and prolific guitarists, composers, and bandleaders, will begin his farewell U.S. tour on November 1 in Buffalo, NY. McLaughlin will be joined by Jimmy Herring, who has been in the creative forefront of the American rock-jam movement for 25 years. The Meeting of the Spirits tour will hit 23 cities before ending in Los Angeles on December 9.
Highlighting this musical adventure will be John McLaughlin revisiting the pioneering music he introduced with his genre-defying Mahavishnu Orchestra. In addition, McLaughlin is expected to release a new album just before the tour launches. More details to be announced.
McLaughlin’s first extensive U.S. tour in seven years, The Meeting of the Spirits also marks his first extended exploration of the Mahavishnu Orchestra material from seminal albums such as Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire, Between Nothingness and Eternity, Visions of the Emerald Beyond and more since the band’s original heyday in the 1970s.
Jimmy Herring, best known for his inspired contributions to the Aquarium Rescue Unit, The Allman Brothers, Widespread Panic, The Dead, and others, will be co-headlining each show with his new band ‘The Invisible Whip,’ comprised of Jeff Sipe-Apt Q258 (drums), Matt Slocum (B3 and Clavinet), Jason Crosby (Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer) and Kevin Scott (bass).
On The Meeting of the Spirits tour, separate sets by Herring and McLaughlin will be followed by the two joining forces for an expansive closing jam based on classic Mahavishnu Orchestra material. The tour will feature the first extended collaborations between two of world’s foremost guitarists. McLaughlin will be backed by his current band, the 4th Dimension – Ranjit Barot (drums), Gary Husband (keyboards, drums), and Etienne M’Bappé (bass) – each an established composer and recording artist in his own right. Expect special surprise guests to be added when available.
The Meeting of the Spirits Tour Itinerary:
11/1/17 Buffalo, NY, University at Buffalo Center for the Arts
11/2/17 Albany, NY, The Egg
11/3/17 New York, NY, Town Hall
11/4/17 Port Chester, NY, Capitol Theatre
11/5/17 Cranston, RI, Park Theatre/Rhode Island Center for the Performing Arts
11/8/17 Boston, MA, The Wilbur Theatre
11/9/17 Philadelphia, PA, Keswick Theatre
11/10/17 Newark, NJ, Prudential Hall,New Jersey Performance Art Centre
11/11/17 Washington DC, Lincoln Theatre
11/12/17 Durham, NC, Duke Performances at DPAC
11/15/17 Ann Arbor, MI
11/17/17 Chicago, IL, Vic Theatre
11/19/17 Indianapolis, IN, Clowes Memorial-Hall-Butler University
11/21/17 Nashville, TN, Schermerhorn Symphony Center-Laura Turner Concert Hall
11/22/17 Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Symphony Hall
11/24/17 Jacksonville, FL, Florida Theatre
11/25/17 Clearwater, FL, Ruth Eckerd Hall
11/27/17 New Orleans, LA, The Joy Theater
11/30/17 Austin, TX, Paramount Theatre
12/5/17 Seattle, WA, Moore Theatre
12/6/17 Portland, OR, Revolution Hall
12/8/17 San Francisco, CA, The Warfield
12/9/17 Los Angeles, CA, Royce Hall-UCLA
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Epic. I’ll be at the Cap and NJPAC. Maybe some kind of meet and greet? JM was off the charts at the Blue Note in Dec we sat stage side and met briefly after.
The second concert I ever attended was JM & Carlos Santana at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for Love, Devotion & Surrender. I think it was mid August, 1973…the late show that evening (they did two performances). The first show I ever saw at Royce Hall was the Mahavishnu Orchestra (version 2). Now, all these years later, it comes to an end where it began, revisiting that songbook.
I shall be there.
I have personally vowed not to enter Trump’s USA so it is with some regret that I see no Canadian dates on your tour. Please set up something for Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal. I have no doubt you can sell out all 3. For me 1 will do the trick. For the meantime I remain abjectly disappointed.
Tant pis!!!
Please please add a Colorado date to the Meeting of the Spirits tour!!!!!!
I am pissed off. I asked to be notified for when tix go on sale for Nov 3 2017 and I was not. Now nothing is left but crappy seats. I counted on you and you let me down
What? No UK tour? We would love to see you in Newcastle or the Sage in Gateshead. Revisit your old haunting ground!
Pls. add Dallas to your tour dates, Johnny! That would be awesome
John, we so wish you would stop by in Montreal one more time before retiring.
Any chance the meeting of the spirits tour will come to europe ?
What? No tour date in my back yard? This is crap. Come one!
John, I was studying music in Canada when the first 2 Mahavishnu Orchestra albums came out. I remember sitting there with my friends being completely blown away be this great ensemble. As an aside: picture placing speakers of a PA system facing out the windows of a college dorm blasting Birds of Fire at full volume at 5:00AM!! That was us!! LOL!! Will be catching you in Boston, tonight, Nov. 8th. Peace and long life, John!
Nice circuit made by the two and a special respect for what I do!
Hello,
I have 4 Tickets for the LA Show on December 8th. Third Row, Center Stage.
This is Row C. Unfortunately, due to a conflict of Dates, I can not make it to the show. I am looking to sell the tickets for the price I paid for them, from Ticket Master. If anyone is interested, please contact me.