TOTO Announce North American Tour; Tickets On Sale This Week
April 29, 2019, 5 years ago
It’s without question, that Toto have currently been in the middle of a major resurgence around the world over the past several years. Their Greatest Hits package titled 40 Trips Around The Sun - Legacy Recordings (a division of Sony Music) debuted at the top of the charts in eight different countries upon its release in early 2018 and kicked off what’s been the longest tour for years for the band. Their European tour last year saw them performing to packed houses every night including sold out stops at the Ziggo Dome (17,000 seats) in Amsterdam and Royal Albert Hall in London. Toto Another round of European shows are already scheduled for this summer.
Toto will now conclude the almost two year long 40 Trips Around The Sun Tour with twenty final shows in North America. The tour will kick off in Los Angeles on September 20 at The Wiltern. Tickets for all shows go on sale this Friday at 10 AM, local time.
American Express Card® members can purchase tickets in select markets before the general public beginning this Wednesday, May 1 at 10 AM, local time through Thursday, May 2 at 10 PM, local time.
Tour dates:
September
20 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
23 - Las Vegas, NV - Life Is Beautiful Festival*
21 - Phoenix, AZ - Celebrity Theatre**
24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Eccles Theatre - Delta Hall
25 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
27 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
28 - Des Moines, IA - Hoyt Sherman Place
29 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Theater
October
1 - Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre
2 - Peoria, IL - Peoria Civic Center Theatre
4 - Chicago, IL - The Chicago Theatre
5 - Mt. Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
8 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
9 - Birmingham, AL - Alabama Theatre
10 - Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Symphony Hall
13 - Northfield, OH - MGM Northfield Park - Center Stage
15 - Port Chester, NY - Capitol Theatre
16 - Englewood, NJ - Bergen Performing Arts Center
18 - Mashantucket, CT - Foxwoods Resort Casino - Grand Theater
19 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre
* On sale now.
** On sale Monday, May 6 at 10 AM local time.
Toto recently announced the release of their definitive CD box set, All In, via Legacy Recordings (a division of Sony Music) on May 24. In late 2018, a deluxe limited-edition vinyl/CD version of the set was released direct to consumers and quickly sold out (this is now out of print and will not be reprinted). However, due to demand, a CD only box-set will available from all major retailers worldwide.
All In features the following Toto albums on thirteen CDs: Toto, Hydra, Turn Back, IV, Isolation, Fahrenheit, The Seventh One, Kingdom Of Desire, Tambu, Mindfields, and Toto XX. The set also includes a previously unreleased Live In Tokyo EP from their 1980 tour, along with an album titled Old Is New.
The Old Is New CD features ten tracks, seven which are previously unreleased along with “Spanish Sea,” “Alone,” and “Struck By Lighting”which are featured on the band’s greatest hits collection 40 Trips Around The Sun. All of the music in the box set was personally remastered by Toto along with Elliot Scheiner.
Old Is New tracklisting:
"Alone"
"Devil’s Tower"
"Fearful Heart"
"Spanish Sea"
"In A Little While"
"Chelsea"
"Chase The Rain"
"Oh Why"
"Struck By Lightning"
"We’ll Keep On Running" - What So Not & Toto (Featuring Skrillex)
Also included in the box set is a 24-page booklet which includes new essays, and previously unseen photos.
Toto’s Greatest Hits package titled 40 Trips Around The Sun was released in early 2018 and impacted charts all over the world. The band recently completed another set of tour dates in New Zealand, Australia and Japan. European shows are already scheduled for this summer along with an upcoming North American tour in the fall (Sept/Oct). Full details on the North American tour will be announced shortly. The 40 Trips Around The Sun tour has been the band’s most extensive run in years.
Few ensembles in the history of recorded music have individually or collectively had a larger imprint on pop culture than the members of Toto. As individuals, the band members can be heard on an astonishing 5000 albums that together amass a sales history of a half a billion albums. Amongst these recordings, NARAS applauded the performances with more than 200 Grammy nominations. Collectively Toto has over a billion streams worldwide on all streaming services.
With over 40 years together and literally thousands of credits, including the biggest selling album of all time: Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and accolades to their names, Toto remains one of the top selling touring and recording acts in the world. They are the benchmark by which many artists base their sound and production, and they continue to transcend the standards set by the entire music community, being simply synonymous with musical credibility. Their repertoire continues to be current via high profile usage on broadcast television. They are pop culture, and are one of the few 70’s bands that have endured the changing trends and styles to a career enjoy a multi-generational worldwide fan base.