Michael McDonald Sets Summer Tour Dates Including the Hollywood Bowl with Kenny Loggins & Christopher Cross

Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and five-time Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald is on tour throughout North America this summer. Confirmed dates include two nights at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl with Kenny Loggins and Christopher Cross as well as performances at New York's South Street Seaport, Washington, DC's Filene Center at Wolf Trap with Peter Cetera, St. Louis' Loufest, the Cityfolk Festival inOttawa and more. See below for a list of dates.

McDonald is on tour in the wake of his most recent release, Wide Open, out now via BMG. Featuring special guests including Warren Haynes, Robben Ford, Marcus Miller andBranford Marsalis, Wide Open is available on iTunes & Amazon. Follow Michael McDonald on Spotify and Apple Music.

Wide Open follows a trio of albums of R&B and soul covers McDonald recorded for the fabled Motown label, the most recent being 2008's Soul Speak. Wide Open is McDonald's first album of original material in 17 years, comprised largely of material written over a number of years in-between projects and recorded in his Nashville studio with drummerShannon Forrest (Faith Hill, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Toto) and an extensive cast of Nashville session musicians.

McDonald also recently collaborated with bassist Thundercat and Kenny Loggins on the hit single "Show You The Way" which the trio performed on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," as well.

With a career that encompasses five Grammys, numerous chart successes and personal and professional accolades, as well as collaborations with some of the world's most prominent artists, Michael McDonald remains an enduring force in popular music. Hailing from St. Louis, McDonald arrived in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, honing his talents as a studio musician before becoming an integral part of Steely Dan. In the mid-'70s McDonald was invited to join the Doobie Brothers as the band redefined their sound with McDonald serving as singer, keyboardist and songwriter on such Top 40 singles as "Takin' It To The Streets," "It Keeps You Runnin'," "Minute By Minute" and "What A Fool Believes." Throughout the '80s and '90s McDonald's solo career took off with a string of hits including "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)," "Sweet Freedom," "On My Own" (with Patti LaBelle) and the Grammy-winning James Ingram duet "Yah Mo B There," plus he co-wrote the Van Halen hit "I'll Wait." McDonald has performed with a who's-who of critically acclaimed artists across a number of genres, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Vince Gill and Grizzly Bear.

MICHAEL MCDONALD LIVE

July 7	Indio, CA	Fantasy Springs Resort
July 8	Healdsburg, CA	Rodney Strong Vineyards
July 10	Sacramento, CA	Crest Theatre
July 13	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl*
July 14	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl*
July 15	Temecula, CA	Thornton Winery
July 17	Sandy, UT	Sandy City Amphitheater
July 19	Aspen, CO	Belly Up Aspen
July 20	Castle Rock, CO	Phillip S. Miller Amphitheater
July 22	Grand Prairie, TX	Verion Theatre at Grand Prairie
July 24	Chattanooga, TN	Walker Theatre
July 26	Rock Hill, SC	Old Town Amphitheater
July 27	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Botanical Garden
July 28	Robinsonville, MS	Gold Strike Casino Resort
August 9	Oshkosh, WI	Waterfest Concert Series, Leach Amphitheater
August 11	Arnolds Park, IA	Okoboji Blue Water Festival
Augut 12	Lawrence, KS	Lied Center
August 14	Louisville, KY	Iroquois Amphitheater
August 15	Detroit, MI	Motor City Casino Hotel
August 17	Maumee, OH	35th Northwest Ohio Rib-Off
August 21	New York, NY	Pier 17 at South Street Seaport
August 22	Vienna, VA	Filene Center at Wolf Trap†
August 24	Mount Pocono, PA	Mount Airy Casino Resort Summer Stage
September 9	St. Louis, MO	Loufest Music Festival
September 11	Knoxville, TN	Tennessee Theatre
September 12	Northfield, OH	Hard Rock Live
September 14	Toronto, ON	Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
September 15	Ottawa, ON	CityFolk
September 17	Rutland, VT	The Paramount Theater
September 19	Derry, NH	Tupelo Music Hall
September 21	New Brunswick, NJ	State Theatre New Jersey
September 22	Boston, MA	Emerson Colonial Theatre
September 23	Huntington, NY	The Paramount

*with Kenny Loggins and Christopher Cross
†with Peter Cetera

Photo Credit: Timothy White

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