Guitar icon ZAKK WYLDE, leader of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, has announced An Evening With Zakk Wylde, a solo 13-city tour across Canada featuring intimate versions of some of the band's most popular songs, as well as songs from Wylde's best-selling solo album Book Of Shadows, and Southern rock band PRIDE & GLORY.

"This is a special thank you to the Canadian fans for making 'Ain't No Sunshine' top 20 - Top 20 people!" said Wylde. "I love Canada! They always welcome BLS and are so supportive. To do a more intimate, stripped down show, especially in cities where you're so embraced - is just the ultimate. You can take a song that you've played thousands of times, rearrange it and suddenly its something totally fresh and new. Acoustically, the songs are just as powerful and heartfelt. Even transposing them and performing them on piano, they are no less raw and familiar."

Zakk also has a special message to his Canadian fans: “Thanks to the Canadian chapter of the almighty Black Label for the success of Unblackened and the single, 'Ain’t No Sunshine'!!! I am looking forward to an special evening with our Canadian family.”

Tour dates:

February

13 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
14 - Duncan, BC - Cowichan Theatre
15 - Kelowna, BC - Level
17 - Edmonton, AB - The Ranch
18 - Calgary, AB - Flames Central
19 - Medicine Hat, AB - The Esplanade Arts Centre
21 - Regina, SK - The Exchange
22 - Saskatoon, SK - Broadway Theater
23 - Winnipeg, MB - Garrick Theatre
24 - Thunder Bay, ON - Crocks
26 - London, ON - London Music Hall
27 - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall
28 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre

Long time EMG artist Zakk Wylde stopped by the studio to perform for EMGtv.

"This was not on the schedule, but we had to post it for our EMGtv audience. Zakk does unimaginable things with our EMG ACS acoustic pickup."

Zakk Wylde is among the artists confirmed for the eighth edition of the celebrated Experience Hendrix Tour, set to launch in March 2014. These special event performances represent an ongoing tribute to the music and legacy of JIMI HENDRIX.

Presented by BandFuse: Rock Legends, the month long tour, brings together a diverse group of musical greats paying homage to the abiding genius of Jimi Hendrix. This year’s line-up ranges from metal legend Zakk Wylde, blues icon BUDDY GUY, JONNY LANG, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, the innovative DWEEZIL ZAPPA, LOS LOBOS’ stalwarts Cesar Rosas and David Hidalgo, left-handed blues rocker ERIC GALES, Texas guitar gods DOYLE BRAMHALL II and ERIC JOHNSON, funk legend BOOTSY COLLINS, MATO NANJI [Indigenous], and, from Serbia by way of Memphis, ANA POPOVIC. The rhythm section, as always, includes bassist Billy Cox, the only player, apart from Jimi Hendrix himself, who was part of both the BAND OF GYPSYS and the JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE and Chris Layton, the drummer who, along with the late STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, was a founder of DOUBLE TROUBLE.

"BandFuse: Rock Legends will inspire the millions of Hendrix fans who truly appreciate his incredible artistry and talent, as well as introduce his genius to a new generation of budding musicians,” said Jeff Marshall, Director of Artist Relations, Realta Entertainment. “Playable kiosks of the game will be at each of the shows, giving attendees a pick up and play, real rock experience with the only game that provides the tools to help become the next guitar legend.”

The tour officially begins in Dallas at the Verizon Theater on March 11th and, thereafter roars through the Midwest and mid-Atlantic regions with stops in St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Washington and Detroit with more than 20 anticipated concert dates.

Confirmed dates (more to be announced) include:

March

11 - Dallas, TX - Verizon Theater
13 - St Louis, MO - Fox Theater
14 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater
15 - Ames, IA - Stephens Auditorium
16 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater
18 - Louisville, KY - Whitney PAC
19 - Charleston, WV - Clay Center
20 - Pittsburgh, PA - Benedum Theater
21 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theater
22 - Atlantic City, NJ - Harrahs
23 - Wilkes Barre, PA - Kirby PAC
25 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater
28 - Albany, NY - Palace Theater
29 - Waterbury, CT - Palace Theater
30 - Sun Washington DC - Lincoln Theater

April

1 - Buffalo, NY - Center For Arts
2 - Northfield, OH - Hard Rocks
3 - Detroit, MI -The Fox Theatre

More info at this location.