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Counting Crows Take the Field This Summer With 'The Rock 'N Roll Triple Play Ballpark Tour'

May 18th, 2007 11:58am EDT Post a comment Add to My News

Hey, it's Adam, I just wanted to let all our fans know that Counting Crows will hit the road this summer on a tour of America's baseball parks. We're starting on July 22 in Wilmington, DE at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium, the Home of the Blue Rocks. We're gonna hit 23 different ballyards all across the country (they're all listed below), mostly in smaller towns.

One of the reasons I'm so excited about this little jaunt we've decided to call "The Rock 'n' Roll Triple Play Ballpark Tour" is that we got really lucky and talked both Live and Collective Soul into coming along for the summer. We've even got Third Eye Blind hopping on for a few shows. Most of you probably know that Live are both old friends AND old touring partners of ours.

We spent the summer together when CC was touring on our 3rd album "This Desert Life." What you may not know is that on Saturday, May 21st, 1994, Third Eye Blind played their 1st show ever opening for Counting Crows at the historic Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. We've never toured with Collective Soul before but we've played festivals together and ... well, they're just a great band.

The other reason I'm really excited about this summer is that I grew up in a college town and I've always loved those kinds of places. That's why Counting Crows has always done so many tours outside the big cities. I'm definitely a city boy myself. Hell, I live in New York City. But this is a big country and, as much as I love a city, too many bands forget that there's a hell of a lot of America out there that's not New York or Chicago or LA. We haven't forgotten that and we're never going to forget it.

So if you live in Pawtucket, Rhode Island or Fargo, North Dakota or Sedalia, Missouri or Sauget, Illinois or any of the other 20 or so yards we'll be playing this summer, then we'll see you there. If not, get in the car and take a drive. Like I said, it's a big beautiful country. You ought a see it anyway. That's what I'm gonna do.

Tickets for all shows begin going on sale in June, check countingcrows.com for on sale dates and fan club pre-sales. All children under 12 will be admitted for free! A complete listing of dates is below:

July 22nd Daniel S. Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, DE
Home of the Blue Rocks

July 24th Classic Park in Eastlake, OH
Home of the Lake County Captains

July 25th Consol Energy Park in Washington, PA
Home of the Wild Things

July 27th Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH
Home of the Dragons

July 28th Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, MI
Home of the West Michigan Whitecaps

July 31st Jerry Uht Park in Erie, PA
Home of the Seawolves

August 1st Dunne Tire Park in Buffalo, NY
Home of the Bisons

August 3rd Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, KY
Home of the Bats

August 4th Victory Field in Indianapolis, IN
Home of the Indians

August 7th GCS Ballpark in Sauget, IL
Home of the Gateway Grizzlies

August 8th Drillers Stadium in Tulsa, OK
Home of the Drillers

August 10th Sedalia, MO - without Live/Collective Soul or TEB