June 22, 2021
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George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Good To Be Bad Tour - 40 Years of Rock
Foellinger Theatre on Friday, August 20 at 7:30 pm
Tickets on sale this Friday 6/25 at 10am at Ticketmaster.com
Presale starts Wed 6/23 at 10am with code SUMMER
Ticket link: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/05005AD00D44398E
Fort Wayne, Ind. - Since 1975, George Thorogood & The Destroyers have sold over 15 million albums, played more than 8,000 ferocious live shows, and built a catalog of classic hits that includes “Get A Haircut”, “I Drink Alone”, “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”, “Move It On Over” and the definitive badass anthem “Bad To The Bone”. Now “one of the most iconic bands in rock & roll history” (Rapid City Journal) celebrates it all with their Good To Be Bad Tour: 45 Years Of Rock coming to Foellinger Theatre in Fort Wayne on Friday, August 20. Tickets are available to the general public this Friday, June 25 at 10am at Ticketmaster.com. Presales start Wednesday, June 23 at 10am with code SUMMER. Presented by Exceptional Artists, Mammoth Live and 96.3 XKE.
“If you’re content, you may as well be dead.” George laughs with his familiar rasp. “I think everyone has thoughts about retiring, but the phone keeps ringing. You want me and The Destroyers to come to your town, set up our gear, wear some badass clothes and play ‘Who Do You Love?’ End of conversation. Let’s rock!”
It’s on tour that George & band flip the switch nightly, delivering what The Toledo Blade calls a “gut-bustin’, guitar-wailin’, face-meltin’, take-no-prisoners, good old-fashioned lunch bucket rock-and-roll show”. The Sacramento Bee says, “The Destroyers remain as they have been for years – Jeff Simon on percussion, Bill Blough on bass, Jim Suhler on guitar, and Buddy Leach on saxophone. They are without doubt one of the best touring bands in blues-rock history.” Or as Rolling Stone once raved, “George Thorogood & The Destroyers play rock & roll hot enough to melt the polar icecaps and flood the world’s major population centers.”
But after 45 years of rock – and no signs of stopping – is it still good to be bad? George Thorogood instantly flashes that huge grin. “You bet it is,” he says. ”We’ll always be the baddest band in the land. Expect our best on this tour, because that’s what you’re gonna get.”
More information about this year’s concerts at Foellinger Outdoor Theatre can be found at FoellingerTheatre.org.
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