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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Huey Lewis & the News' deluxe 'Sports' available now; local tour dates

photo by Marina Chavez
SoCal fans: note local show dates Friday in Cabazon and July in San Diego... 

To commemorate its 30th anniversary, Huey Lewis and The News' 1983 album Sports is subject of a new expanded edition, in stores now, via Capitol/UMe.

It has been digitally remastered for CD and standard and high definition digital audio.

The original album's nine songs are bolstered by live versions on a second disc, many unreleased. There is also an expanded booklet with photos and memorabilia from the band's archive and new liner notes by Gary Graff. 

Lewis and company made memorable music videos for each of the four Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits: "If This Is It," the gold-certified "I Want A New Drug," "Heart And Soul," and "The Heart Of Rock & Roll," which won the year's Grammy Award for Best Long-Form Music Video - as well as the Top 20 single, "Walking On A Thin Line."

Sports was self-produced by the band, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and ranked No. 2 on Billboard's year-end sales chart for 1984, second only to Michael Jackson's Thriller.

“We’ve always been very proud of the record and it’s going to be a blast to play it all live,
said Lewis.

On the just launched Sports 30th Anniversary Tour of North America, the band will
performing the album in its entirety. They appear on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" tomorrow. on Wednesday, May 15.

CD1 – REMASTERED ORIGINAL ALBUM

1. The Heart Of Rock & Roll
2. Heart And Soul
3. Bad Is Bad
4. I Want A New Drug
5. Walking On A Thin Line
6. Finally Found A Home
7. If This Is It
8. You Crack Me Up
9. Honky Tonk Blues

CD2 – LIVE VERSIONS

1. The Heart Of Rock & Roll
2. Heart And Soul
3. Bad Is Bad
4. I Want A New Drug
5. Walking On A Thin Line
6. Finally Found A Home
7. If This Is It
8. You Crack Me Up
9. Honky Tonk Blues

Huey Lewis and The News: “Sports 30th Anniversary Tour”

5.16 – Chumash Casino – Santa Ynez, CA
5.17 – Morongo Casino Resort & Spa – Cabazon, CA
5.18 – Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino - Chandler, AZ
5.31 – Four Winds Casino Resort – New Buffalo, MI
6.1 – Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort – Mt. Pleasant, MI
6.2 – Kewadin Casino – Sault Ste. Marie, MI
6.4 – Freedom Hill Amphitheatre – Sterling Heights, MI
6.6 – Grand Casino Mille Lacs – Onamia, MN
6.7 – Crystal Grand Music Theatre – Wisconsin Dells, WI
6.8 – Hoosier Park Racing & Casino – Anderson, IN
6.9 – Horseshoe Cincinnati – Cincinnati, OH
6.11 – The Carson Center – Paducah, KY
6.13 – Dallas, TX
6.14 – Quapaw, OK
6.15 – Oklahoma City, OK
6.20 – The Midland – Kansas City, MO
6.22 – St. Louis, MO
6.26 – CA Mid-State Fair – Paso Robles, CA
7.6 – Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre – Portland, OR
7.7 – Seattle, WA
7.11 – San Diego, CA
7.13 – Lincoln, CA
7.22 – Layton, UT
7.23 – Sandy, UT
8.13 – Wolf Trap/The Filene Center – Vienna, VA
8.15 – Brooklyn, NY
8.16 – Atlantic City, NJ
8.17 – Long Island, NY
8.18 – Westhampton, NY
8.21 – Sun Valley Pavilion – Sun Valley, ID
8.23 – The Fred – Peachtree City, GA
8.24 – Ashland, KY
8.25 – Schermerhorn Symphony Center - Nashville, TN
8.26 – Tennessee Theatre - Knoxville, TN

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