Long-running
metal/hard rock band Y&T will
undertake its most ambitious U.S. tour in years in early 2014, and Minneapolis
is among a handful of dates that have been recently added. The band will play
The Belmore/New Skyway Lounge in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 22.
Y&T Guitarist Dave Meniketti is widely regarded as a guitar god, and their
lengthy live shows are the stuff of legend. Y&T last played the region at
Moondance Jam in Walker, Minnesota in 2006.
No ticket
information is available at this time, but I spoke with the booking agent at
The Belmore yesterday and confirmed the show (“I just got the contract
yesterday!”). He described the venue as intimate, holding about 400 people – “Like
seeing a band in your living room.”). Advance tickets will be sold through Ticketfly,
and may go on sale as early at next week (the week of December 23).
Here’s the complete
list of Y&T North American tour dates for 2014:
January 31 – Modesto,
CA, Fat Cat Music House
February 1 – Santa
Cruz, CA, The Catalyst
February 28 –
Fresno, CA, Tower Theatre
March 1 – San Luis
Obispo, CA, SLO Brewing Company
March 8 – San
Francisco, CA, The Fillmore
March 14 – Las
Vegas, NV, Vamp’d
March 15 – Tempe,
AZ, KDKB
March 20 – Dallas,
TX, Trees
March 21 – San
Antonio, TX, Backstage Live
March 22 – Houston,
TX, The Concert Pub North
March 29–April 2 –
Miami, FL–Nassau, Bahamas, Monsters of Rock Cruise
April 4 –
Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Soundstage
April 5 – New York,
NY, Stage 48
April 6 –
Londonderry, NH, Tupelo Music Hall
April 7 –
Londonderry, NH, Tupelo Music Hall
April 8 – Cranston,
RI, 1150 Oak Bar & Grill
April 11 –
Etobicoke, ON, The Rockpile West
April 12 – Toronto,
ON, The Rockpile East
April 13 – Akron,
NY, Braun’s Concert Cove
April 16 – McKees
Rocks, PA, Deadhorse Cantina & Music Hall
April 17 – Akron,
OH, The Rock Factory
April 18 – Flint,
MI, The Machine Shop
April 19 –
Bolingbrook, IL, Tailgaters
April 21 – Madison,
WI, High Noon Saloon
April 22 – Minneapolis, MN,
The Belmore/New Skyway Lounge
April 25 –
Lakewood, CO, Eck’s Saloon
