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CD/DVD Releases: ''Joe Bonamassa: Beacon Theatre - Live From New York'' DVD & Blu-ray Due Mar 26

Posted on Saturday, February 18 @ 23:00:00 UTC by nightowl

Provogue Records are pleased to announce the UK Blu-ray & DVD release of Joe Bonamassa: Beacon Theatre – Live From New York on Monday 26th March 2012.

The follow-up DVD to 2009’s hugely successful Live From The Royal Albert Hall, Bonamassa kicks off proceedings with "Slow Train," from his 2011 album Dust Bowl, followed by the fan-favourites "Cradle Song," "Dust Bowl," "Blue & Evil," "Mountain Time," and many more. The landmark concert features a string of special guests, including Beth Hart, John Hiatt, and Paul Rodgers.

Beth Hart joins Bonamassa for the soulful duets "I'll Take Care Of You" and "Sinner's Prayer," taken from the recently released Don't Explain album - a collection of soul covers the pair recorded together. John Hiatt, a Nashville Music Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and American Music Award (AMA) winner, joins Bonamassa for renditions of "Down Around My Place" and "I Know A Place." Legendary rock singer Paul Rodgers (Bad Company, Free) joins Bonamassa to perform "Fire And Water" and "Walk In My Shadows."

The Beacon Theatre release coincides with Bonamassa's March 2012 UK Arena tour. Dates include Brighton Centre (Mar 23), Sheffield Motorpoint Arena (Mar 24), Newcastle Metro Arena (Mar 25), Edinburgh Usher Hall (Mar 27), Liverpool Echo Arena (Mar 28), Bournemouth BIC (Mar 30), Birmingham NIA (Mar 31), Capital FM Arena Nottingham (Apr 2), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (Apr 4), and Blackpool Opera House (Apr 5). For further info about the upcoming UK tour, click here.

Joe Bonamassa: Beacon Theatre – Live From New York documents 19 song performances that spans Bonamassa's career with smoky vocals complementing the guitar wizardry and rapid-fingered ease with which his fans know and love.

Alongside the great chemistry he shares with his formidable band-mates Carmine Rojas (bass), Tal Bergman (drums) and Rick Melick (keyboards), the Beacon Theatre concert DVD is mesmerizing to watch from start to finish.

"This show is a testament to an artist at the top of his game, and still growing," says Bonamassa’s producer Kevin Shirley. "Soulful songstress Beth Hart digs deep on a couple of songs with Joe from their duet album, and music legends John Hiatt and Paul Rodgers get up alongside Joe. The interactions are a joy to behold."

The Beacon Theatre concert capped a year of achievements for Bonamassa the blues rock titan. His 12th solo album Dust Bowl debuted at #1 on Billboard's Blues Chart and #37 on Billboard's Top 200, making it his highest-selling and chart-ranking U.S. debut to date. Likewise in the UK it charted at #12, achieving his highest chart position here. The album has just been nominated for a 2012 Blues Music Award (Best Blues Rock Album), while Bonamassa was honoured as 2011's Guitarist of the Year by Guitar International. This January Joe was on the cover of Classic Rock magazine for the first time, creating a big impact outside of the blues genre.

Bonamassa's hard rock band Black Country Communion – with band mates Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian – was named "Best New Band of the Last 10 Years" by VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show," and Best Breaktrhough Act at 2011's Classic Rock Magazine Awards. The band's 2-disc live album Live Over Europe is released on CD in the UK on Monday February 27th.

Bonamassa is driving sales for the guitar industry and keeping the guitar alive, helping great companies like Guitar Center, Gibson, Epiphone, Ernie Ball, Dunlop, Seymour Duncan, Clear Sonic and Klotz Cables, all of whom have signature products with the Guitar phenomenon. Bonamassa's style of guitar playing has breathed new life and excitement back into the instrument as legions of new fans are becoming familiar again with the great sound of guitar-based rock music.

Watch a trailer here

Disc 1 (DVD): 72nd St. Subway Blues / Slow Train / Cradle Rock / When The Fire Hits The Sea / Midnight Blues / Dust Bowl / The River / I'll Take Care Of You (w/Beth Hart) / Sinner's Prayer (w/Beth Hart) / You Better Watch Yourself / Steal Your Heart Away / Bird On A Wire / Down Around My Place (w/John Hiatt) / I Know A Place (w/John Hiatt) / Blue And Evil / Walk In My Shadows (w/Paul Rodgers) / Fire And Water (w/Paul Rodgers) / Mountain Time / Young Man Blues

Disc 2 (Bonus DVD) If Heartaches Were Nickels / Woke Up Dreaming / A Friend Stops By / A Busker's Tale / Photo Gallery

[Source: Noble PR]

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