After landing in the Top Five on many of Amazon’s pre-order charts, including number one on the Amazon BestSellers/Hard Rock chart and #1 on the Amazon Pre-Orders/Hard Rock Albums charts, The Winery Dogs–Richie Kotzen (vocals, guitar), Billy Sheehan (bass), Mike Portnoy (drums)–are now celebrating a Hot Streak of first week album sales. The trio’s second critically-acclaimed album sold 30% more than their 2013 self-titled debut, landing them on various Billboard album charts including #2 on “Top Current Alternative Albums” and #30 on the “Top 200 Albums.” Elsewhere on the Billboard charts:
#5: Top Current Hard Music
#5: Top Hard Music Albums
#6: Top Current Rock Albums
#6: Album Core / Genre Rock
#15: Top Current Physical Albums
#16: Top Current Albums
Hot Streak is The Winery Dogs’ appropriately titled, self-produced studio album, which came out October 2nd on Loud & Proud Records via RED (a division of Sony Music Entertainment) and in the rest of the world via earMUSIC. It was preceded by the first single, Oblivion, which was released to radio August 25th and quickly made its way onto the Top 30 of the Billboard “Mainstream Rock Tracks” chart. A double vinyl edition of the new album is also in the works and is due out November 13th.
What better way to spread the word about a new album than with a viral video? Drummer MIKE PORTNOY highly entertained himself and fans by playing on a Hello Kitty drum kit. On Wednesday, October 7th it was the #1 trending topic on Twitter. Watch it below.
After playing over 100 shows worldwide in support of their self-titled debut album, The Winery Dogs are back out on the road to get behind Hot Streak. Shows around the globe are already being planned for 2016.
Current Winery Dogs tour dates:
October:
12 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
14 Jacksonville, FL Ponte Verde Concert Hall
15 Tampa, FL State Theater
16 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
17 Orlando, FL The Plaza Live
20 Nashville, TN Wildhorse Saloon
22 Houston, TX Pub Fountains
23 Ardmore, OK Heritage Hall
24 Dallas, TX The Gas Monkey
27 Milwaukee, WI Potowatami Casino
28 Milwaukee, WI Potowatami Casino
29 St. Charles, IL Arcada Theater
31 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
November:
2 San Jose, CA Rock Bar
3 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
5 Agoura Hills, CA Canyon Club
6 Beverly Hills, CA Saban Theater
7 Las Vegas, NV Vamp’d
8 San Diego, CA House of Blues