If you’re a Doobie Brothers fan, get ready for the best news you’ll hear in a long time, an official reunion tour is coming our way.
Giving a live performance at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, Tom Johnston, Pat Simmons and John McFee smashed through The Doobie Brothers greatest hits, but something was definitely missing.
At the end of the evening, Pat Simmons teased the audience with supreme understatement: “It’s a special night, and it just so happens one of our good friends is here in town. He’s gonna sit in with us. You might remember him from… Well, he has his own band these days, but you might remember him from his band, the Doobie Brothers?”
The next words out of his mouth — “Mister Michael McDonald!” — sent the sold-out crowd into a frenzy as the “other” lead vocalist for the Doobies, the godfather of Pop himself, appeared from the wings, took his familiar seat at the keyboard, and set the night on fire with the classic hit ‘Takin’ It to the Streets.’
After the song, Simmons sent the crowd into another frenzy, saying to the crowd, “Hey, this sounds pretty good,” he told the crowd. “Maybe we should take this on the road next year.”
Yep, it’s true, The Doobies have officially announced a 50th-anniversary arena tour that will take them to 30 North American cities in 2020, beginning June 9 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and ending Oct. 10 in Houston. Tickets go on sale Dec. 6.
The tour marks the first time that the four principals main members of the band will be on the road together in 25 years. And could there be a better time for a reunion tour? Last month, it was announced the band is among the 16 nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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The band also will release an EP early next year with five new songs.
