King Crimson outfit Beat add 21 more dates to North American tour

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Beat, the new King Crimson-related quartet put together by Adrian Belew and featuring Crimson and Peter Gabriel bassist Tony Levin, Tool drummer Danny Carey and guitarist Steve Vai, have added another 21 dates to their upcoming North American tour.  

“Adrian, Steve, Tony and Danny heard your feedback so are responding with as many shows as possible this year,” say the band. 

The new run of shows kicks off on November 9 at Humphrey’s in San Diego, CA, and finishes just before Christmas in the same state, at the Yaamava' Theater in Highland, San Bernadino, and will find the band performing music from King Crimson's three 1980s albums, Discipline, Beat and Three Of A Perfect Pair.

A ticket pre-sale for the new show tickets is now accessible using the password “BEATTOUR” and runs until Thursday, June 27 at 10 p.m. local time. The general sale will kick off the following day at 10am local time.

The tour, which begins at the Civic in San Jose, CA, on September 12, was originally announced in April after weeks of speculation, following the announcement of a single live show at Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay in San Diego on September 17.

"This is going to be quite a tour," said Levin. "Revisiting some of my favourite music is a treat in itself, but in the company of this stellar lineup, I expect to have my musical butt kicked! And it’s also great that we’re not just playing a few shows, we’re hitting it hard. So, Road Dogs are coming to your area soon."

"I am very excited to share the stage with three of my favourite musicians on the planet," added Carey. "Tony, Steve and Adrian have always been a source of inspiration for me since the beginning of my career, and now to be able to share a bit of my musical journey with them is a dream come true. 

"There’s nothing better to make some sparks fly and light a fire under your ass than getting out of your musical comfort zone, and I can’t think of any other three guys I’d rather do this with.  I think I can speak for all of us when I say I hope all of our fans are as excited as we are about this tour."

In March Robert Fripp lent his blessing to the band, saying, "This is the project that Adrian Belew called me about last Autumn, a project which I support and fully encourage, and discussed with Steve Vai recently at McCabes in Santa Monica. Even, I suggested the name."

Thus far there has been no news on dates outside of North America.

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Beat 2024 North American tour

Sep 12: San Jose Civic, CA
Sep 13: Napas Blue Note Napa Summer Sessions at Meritage Resort, CA
Sep 14: Los Angeles The United Theater on Broadway, CA
Sep 15: Anaheim City National Grove of Anaheim, CA
Sep 17: San Diego Humphrey’s Concerts, CA
Sep 18: Phoenix Celebrity Theatre, AZ
Sep 20: Austin The Paramount Theatre, TX
Sep 21: Houston Bayou Music Centre, TX
Sep 22: Dallas Majestic Theatre, TX
Sep 24: Atlanta The Eastern, GA
Sep 26: Fort Lauderdale The Parker, FL
Sep 27: Orlando Hard Rock Live, FL
Sep 28: Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall, FL
Sep 29: Charleston Music Hall, SC
Oct 01: Charlotte Knight Theater, NC
Oct 02: Carolina Durham Theatre of Durham / Fletcher Hall, NC
Oct 04: Washington Warner Theatre, DC
Oct 05: New York Beacon Theatre, NY
Oct 06: Glenside Keswick Theatre, PA
Oct 08: Richmond Carpenter Theater in Dominion Energy Center, VA
Oct 09: Red Bank Count Basie Center, NJ
Oct 11: Boston Shubert Theatre, MA
Oct 12: Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, NH
Oct 14: Halifax Rebecca Cohen Auditorium, NS
Oct 15: Moncton Casino New Brunswick, NB
Oct 17: Montreal Theatre Maisonneuve, QC
Oct 18: Toronto Massey Hall, ON
Oct 19: Rochester Kodak Center, NY
Oct 21: Albany The Egg, NY
Oct 22: Greenburg Palace Theatre, PA
Oct 23: Reading Santander Performing Arts Center, PA
Oct 25: Cleveland Agora Theatre, OH
Oct 26: Cincinnati Taft Theatre, OH
Oct 27: Royal Oak Music Theatre, MI
Oct 28: Nashville Ryman Auditorium, TN
Oct 30: Indianapolis Murat Theatre, IN
Nov 01: Chicago Copernicus Center, IL
Nov 02: Milwaukee Pabst Theatre, WI
Nov 03: Madison Orpheum Theater, WI
Nov 04: Minneapolis State Theatre, MN
Nov 06: Denver Paramount Theatre, CO
Nov 08: Las Vegas The Theater at Virgin Hotels, NV
Nov 09: San Diego Humphrey’s, CA
Nov 10: Los Angeles The United Theater on Broadway, CA
Nov 18: Thousand Oaks BofA PAC, CA
Nov 20: San Jose Civic, CA
Nov 21: Reno Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort, NV
Nov 22: Portland Keller Auditorium, OR
Nov 23: Eugene McDonald Theatre, OR
Nov 25: Vancouver Orpheum Theatre, BC
Nov 26: Seattle Moore Theatre, WA
Nov 30: Hammond The Venue at Horseshoe, IN
Dec 02: Buffalo UB Center For The Arts, NY
Dec 03: Hartford Mortensen Hall at the Bushnell Center, CT
Dec 04: Wilkes-Barre F.M. Kirby Center, PA
Dec 06: Lynn Auditorium, MA
Dec 07: Atlantic City Tropicana Showroom, NJ
Dec 08: Brooklyn Kings Theatre, NY
Dec 10: Louisville Brown Theatre, KY
Dec 11: St. Louis The Factory, MO
Dec 13: Oklahoma City The Criterion, OK
Dec 14: San Antonio Majestic Theatre, TX
Dec 16: Albuquerque Revel, NM
Dec 17: Tucson Fox Tucson Theatre, AZ
Dec 18: Highland Yaamava' Theater, CA

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Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.