Return To Forever, the classic jazz-fusion group from the ‘70’s has reunited for its first tour in 25 years. This amazing group features keyboardist Chick Corea, guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley Clarke, and drummer Lenny White. The Return To Forever reunion will play more than 50 dates in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The tour kicks off May 29th in Austin, Texas, and will wrap up on August 7th in New York. Along the way Return To Forever will make stops at major music festivals, including Montreal, Canada; Montreux, Switzerland; and Saratoga Springs, New York.
In addition, original members Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke are producing a double-CD anthology to coincide with the tour. The reunion disc will include remixed and remastered tracks from classic Return To Forever albums issued between 1973 and 1976. Return To Forever originally disbanded after a five-year run that ended in 1977. But after a 1983 reunion tour, many thought Return To Forever might never return. Corea says another reunion was always a possibility, particularly with pressure from fans. "We never stopped talking about it ... but in the past couple of years we started talking more seriously about 'hey, when can we set some time down to actually get together and play?'" Corea told The Associated Press. "There were also a lot of requests from fans. One thing that became apparent as the decades flipped along was that people remembered the group, which was kind of surprising and also heartening."
Here is the complete list of Return To Forever tour dates:
May 29 – Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre
May 30 – Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre
June 1 – Dallas, TX @ Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
June 3 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre Denver
June 4 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kingsbury Hall
June 6 – Portland, OR @ Schnitzer Concert Hall
June 7 – Medford, OR @ Brit Music Festival
June 8 – Seattle, WA @ The Paramount-Seattle
June 9 – Vancouver, BC @ The Centre in Vancouver For Performing Arts
June 11 – San Francisco, CA @ The Grand at the Regency
June 12 – San Francisco, CA @ The Grand at the Regency
June 13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Grand at the Regency
June 14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre
June 17 –St. Louis, MO @ Fox Theatre
June 18 – Omaha, NE @ Holland Performing Arts Center
June 19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre
June 20 – Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
June 21 – Detroit, MI @ Freedom Hill Amphitheatre
June 22 – Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre
June 24 – Cleveland, OH @ The Plain Dealer Pavillion
June 25 – Toronto, ONT @ Sony Centre
June 26 – Ottawa, ONT @ Ottawa Jazz Festival/Confederation Park
June 27 – Montreal, QUE @ Places des Arts – Pelletier Hall
June 28 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga PAC – Freihofer’s Jazz Festival
July 2 - Vilnius, Lithuania @ Utenos Arena
July 4 – Warsaw, Poland @ Congress Hall
July 5 – Budapest, Hungary @ Budapest Arena
July 6 – Belgrade, Serbia @ Belgrade Arena
July 8 – Paris, France @ L’Olympia
July 9 – Vienne, France @ Vienne Jazz Festival
July 10 – Madrid, Spain @ Via Jazz Festival
July 11 – Girona, Spain @ Cap Roig Festival
July 12 – Lorca, Spain @ Lorca Festival
July 13- Valencia, Spain @ TBD Valencia, Spain
July 16 – Neuhardenberg @ Neuhardenberg Festival
July 18 – Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Festival
July 19 – Essen, Germany @ Grugahalie
July 21 – London, England @ Indigo2
July 23 - Nice, France @ Nice Jazz Festival
July 25 – San Sebastian, Spain @ San Sebastian Festival
July 30 – Miami, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre
July 31 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
August 1 – Orland, FL @ House of Blues Orlando
August 2 – Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
August 4 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavillion
August 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for Performing Arts
August 6 – Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavillion
August 7 – New York, NY @ United Palace
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