In the most apparent case of following in your father’s footsteps, Jason Bonham is taking Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience on the road again. The son of drumming icon John Bonham, known for his work in Led Zeppelin, created the experience as a tribute to the legacy his father left behind. The Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience is teaming up with Heart for a summer tour they are calling The Heartbreaker Tour. The 32 city run will begin on June 17th in West Palm Beach, FL and run throughout July and August before wrapping on August 30th in Portland, OR. The show will feature the Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience kicking off the night, followed by a set from legendary rockers Heart that will culminate with Jason and company coming together for an all out jam of Led Zeppelin classics. The idea for the tour stemmed from the still-talked-about performance that Jason and Heart did in tribute to Led Zeppelin at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors.
“What a great night it was for us at the Kennedy Center awards, and now to be able to do it again on the road with Ann and Nancy is such an honor for me. I am really looking forward to taking my Led Zep Experience show out this summer with Heart and to join them in a Zep-a-thon closing the show as well. Just fantastic!” exclaims Bonham.
Jason Bonham’s love of playing drums didn’t develop until late in his teen years. His original love was in motocross, but after his father passed away in 1980, that attention shifted and he returned to drumming.
By 18 years old, he had signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and was playing tours opening for the likes of Queen, AC/DC and Meat Loaf to name a few. In 1988, he stepped behind the kit to fill in for Led Zeppelin when they performed at the Atlantic Record’s 40th Anniversary Concert and later recorded and toured with his father’s band mate, Jimmy Page. In 1989, he received a platinum record with his band Bonham for their debut album The Disregard Of Timekeeping. Jason appeared on the VH1 reality show Supergroup and formed a band with Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Ted Nugent, Scott Ian (Anthrax) and Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard). Recently, aside from the Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience, Jason was playing in the critically acclaimed Black Country Communion alongside Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa and Derek Sherinian. Last year, Jason played drums on the newly released Celebration Day by Led Zeppelin, which was the live one-off performance the band played in 2007 at London’s legendary O2 Arena.
The Heartbreaker tour dates:
June:
17th West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
18th Tampa, FL 1-800-Ask Gary Amphitheatre
20th Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre
21st Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
22nd Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Pavilion
24th Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live
25th Washington, DC Jiffy Lube Amphitheatre
27th Wantagh, NY Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
28th Boston, MA Comcast Center
29th Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
July:
2nd Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
3rd Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
4th Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
19th Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theater
21st Pittsburgh, PA First Niagra Pavilion
22nd Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
23rd Toronto, ONT Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
27th Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
J29th Chicago, IL Ravinia
30th Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
August:
14th Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
15th Dallas, TX GEXA Energy Center
17th St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
18th Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
20th Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater
22nd Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
23rd Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
24th Indio, CA Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
26th San Diego, CA SDSU Open Air Theater
28th San Francisco, CA Americas Cup Pavilion
30th Portland, OR Sleep County Amphitheater
31st Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival
Jason Bohnam Led Zeppelin Experience solo dates:
July:
6th Trois-Rivieres, QUE Le Festivoix de Trois Rivieres
24th Ottawa, ONT Southern Hall – National Arts Centre
26th Lockport. NY Canal Concert Series
August:
2nd Louisville, KY Kentucky Center for the Arts
3rd Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium
For more information, please visit www.JasonBonham.net and www.jblze.com.
One Response
Brilliant – Got row 3 Center stage for the San Francisco show!!!
Cheers!