The Official Blues Brothers Revue — produced by Dan Aykroyd, Judith Belushi and original Blues Brothers musical director Paul Shaffer—recently wrapped a 31-date fall tour to critical praise.
The show has been called “…a raucous, fun-filled evening of great songs” that “maintains every ounce of the original band’s integrity” (Positively Naperville), and “a knock-out performance” (News Herald).
The tour will resume in 2014 with another 31 shows kicking off Thursday, January 16 in Idaho Falls, ID. From there, they will stop in various cities throughout Montana, Washington, Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina and Florida among others before wrapping mid-April with stops throughout California. See below for full tour schedule. Look for more dates throughout the remainder of the year to be announced.
The live concert show combines the comedy and hit songs from the original 1980 hit film as well as the five iconic albums released by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Featuring Wayne Catania as Jake and Kieron Lafferty as Elwood, The Official Blues Brothers Revue and their eight-piece intercontinental rhythm & blues revue band including erstwhile background vocals from Precious and Ebonie Taylor, the niece and grand niece, respectively, of the legendary Koko Taylor, pay homage to the humor, music and mayhem of the Blues Brothers and to Chicago’s rich musical history of blues, gospel and soul music. The show features all the Blues Brothers classics including “Soul Man,” “Rubber Biscuit,” “Sweet Home Chicago,” “Rawhide” and “Gimme Some Lovin’” among many others.
Thu 1/16- Idaho Falls, ID -Colonial Theater
Fri 1/17 – Billings, MT – Alberta Bair Theater for the Performing Arts
Fri 1/24- Tacoma, WA – Pantages Theater
Sun 1/26 – Olympia, WA – Washington Center for Performing Arts
Tue 1/28 – Chilliwack, BC (Canada) – Chilliwack Cultural Centre
Thu – 2/6 – Bloomington, IL – Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
Fri 2/7 – Terre Haute, IN – Hatfield Hall Theater
Sat 2/8 – Jasper, IN – Jasper Arts Center
Sun 2/9 – Lebanon, IL – Hettenhausen Center for the Arts
Fri 2/14 – Austin, TX – One World Theatre (2 shows)
Sat 2/15 – Galveston, TX – The Grand 1894 Opera House
Thu 2/20 – Tyler, TX – R. Don Cowan Fine & Performing Arts Center
Fri 2/21 – Crowley, LA – Grand Opera House of the South
Sat 2/22 – Bartlett, TN – Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center
Sat 3/1 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Casino
Sun 3/2 – Mamaroneck, NY – Emelin Theatre
Thu 3/6 – Johnstown, PA – Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center
Fri 3/7 – Taylor, MI – Heinz C. Prechter Educational & Performing Arts Center
Sat 3/8 – North Tonawanda, NY – Riviera Theatre and Performing Arts Center
Wed 3/12 – Athens, TN – Athens City Middle School
Thu 3/13 – Columbia, TN – The Cherry Theater
Fri 3/14 – New Albany, IN – Richard K. Stem Concert Hall
Sat 3/15 – Huntingdon, TN – The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center
Fri 3/21 – Greenville, NC – East Carolina U, Wright Auditorium
Sat 3/22 – Spindale, NC – The Foundation Performing Arts Center
Sun 3/23 – Greeneville, TN – Niswonger Performing Arts Center
Tue 3/25 – Lake Worth, FL – Duncan Theatre
Wed 4/2 – Grayslake, IL – James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts
Sat 4/5 – Green Bay, WI – Meyer Theatre
Fri 4/11 – Arroyo Grande, CA – Clark Center for the Performing Arts
Sat 4/12 – Cerritos, CA – Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts