Collective Soul, Better Than Ezra and Tonic join forces for summer package tour

Note: Any tour dates these days are subject to change.

COLLECTIVE SOUL heads out on the road this summer with Better Than Ezra and Tonic, starting May 29 (see dates below). VIP packages, which include exclusive merchandise and more are available now. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 20 at 10am local time.

“Touring with Tonic and Better Than Ezra is a beautiful combination of music and friends,” says COLLECTIVE SOUL bassist Will Turpin. “Playing with BTE and Tonic always has the feeling of a fun musical family reunion,” continues guitarist Dean Roland. “I can’t wait for the tour. Emerson and Kevin will probably get sick of seeing me on the front row singing along. They’ll just have to deal with it though.”

“This tour is all about good times, great friends, and amazing nights of music,” Better Than Ezra singer Kevin Griffin declares. “We’re fired up to spend the summer with Collective Soul and Tonic. Put on your dancing shoes.”

“Collective Soul is more than Just an amazing Rock band to us in the Tonic world,” proclaims Tonic singer Emerson Hart. “Yes, we have had some of our finest nights with them on stages around this country of ours through the many years on the road, but at the heart of it, they are family. Collective Soul, Better Than Ezra and Tonic is an unstoppable summer night of hits.”

As previously announced, COLLECTIVE SOUL will be taking part in Record Store Day (Saturday, June 20) with the release a limited edition 45 rpm/180g vinyl EP exclusively to independent record stores only entitled HALF & HALF. It features covers of “Opera Star” (Crazy Horse and Neil Young), “The One I Love” (R.E.M.), and two brand new songs. For participating stores, fans can go to Recordstoreday.com.

COLLECTIVE SOUL’s 10th studio album, BLOOD, was released last June on download or CD at these digital retailers, with vinyl copies of the album currently available on the band’s official website.

Tour dates:

Fri 5/29 Scottsdale, AZ Talking Stick Resort
Wed 6/10 Dubuque, IA Q Casino
Thu 6/11 Maryland Heights, MO St. Louis Music Park
Sat 6/13 Anderson, IN Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino
Mon 6/15 Bethlehem, PA Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks
Tue 6/16 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Wed 6/17 Oxon Hill, MD MGM National Harbor (on sale April 3)
Fri 6/19 Atlantic City, NJ Ovation Hall
Sat 6/20 Greensboro, NC White Oak Amphitheatre at Greensboro Coliseum
Sun 6/21 Atlanta, GA Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
Tue 6/23 Huber Heights, OH Rose Music Center at The Heights
Wed 6/24 Highland Park, IL Ravinia Festival (on sale April 28)
Sun 6/28 Roanoke, VA Berglund Coliseum
Wed 7/1 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods Resort Casino
Thu 7/2 Canandaigua, NY CMAC
Fri 7/3 Orilla, ONT. Casino Rama Entertainment Centre (on sale April 18)
Fri 7/17 Minot, ND North Dakota State Fair (on sale March 31)
Fri 7/24 Airway Heights, WA Northern Quest Casino Theater