The Zooma Tour, from the organizers of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, will kick off on June 16th in Camden, New Jersey, and wrap up on July 31st in Quincy, Washington. In addition to headliners Trey Anastasio and Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, up to twenty-five guest acts will rotate throughout the many stages, including Black Keys, Medeski Martin and Wood, Gomez, Toots and the Maytals, Jurassic 5, G. Love and Special Sauce and Ray LaMontagne.
"I saw Ben for the first time at Bonnaroo a couple of years ago," says former Phish frontman Anastasio. "He's a great singer and an amazing guitarist. I'm really looking forward to being on the road with him this summer."
"We've been looking forward to doing shows with Trey for a long time," Harper counters. "I also look forward to seeing a lot of great music on the second stage."
Zooma will allow Anastasio to take a break from the fall release he's currently completing, tentatively titled Seventy Volt Parade. The new collection of songs appears to mark a return to his rock & roll roots, after Phish's breakup last year.
"We had forty employees who had to move out of the Phish office -- the whole thing was shutting down," says Anastasio. "Suddenly I just felt like singing and playing the guitar again. Maybe the process was rediscovering who I am, which is basically a guitar player." The album features keyboardist Ray Paczkowski, from Anastasio's prior solo rock project, and a cameo from Phish bassist Mike Gordon. Anastasio will be testing out new material with the Zooma crowd.
Tickets for the majority of Zooma's dates go on sale May 7th and 14th.
Zooma Tour dates (Trey Anastasio and Ben Harper will appear on all dates, with more guest acts to be announced):
6/16: Camden, NJ, Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
(With Gomez, Brazilian Girls and others)
6/17: Columbia, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion
(With Medeski Martin and Wood, Gomez, Brazilian Girls, and others)
6/18: Raleigh, NC, ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut Creek
(With Medeski Martin and Wood, Gomez, Brazilian Girls, and others)
6/19: Charlotte, NC, Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
(With Medeski Martin and Wood, Gomez, Brazilian Girls, and others)
6/22: Cincinnati, Riverbend Music Center
(With Gomez, Xavier Rudd and others)
6/24: Atlanta, Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre
(With Toots and the Maytals, Gomez, Xavier Rudd, and others)
6/25: Tampa, FL, Ford Amphithteatre
(With Toots and the Maytals, Gomez, Xavier Rudd, and others)
6/26: West Palm Beach, Sound Advice Amphitheatre
(With Toots and the Maytals, Gomez, Xavier Rudd, and others)
6/29: Virginia Beach, Verizon Wireless VA Beach Amphitheatre
(With Toots and the Maytals, Ray Lamontagne, and others)
7/1: Hershey, PA, Hersheypark Stadium
(With Jurassic 5, Black Keys, Ray Lamontagne and others)
7/2: Mansfield, MA, Tweeter Center
(With Jurassic 5, Black Keys, Ray Lamontagne and others)
7/7: Wantagh, NY, Jones Beach Amphitheatre
(With Jurassic 5, Black Keys, Donovan Frankenreiter and others)
7/8: Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
(With Jurassic 5, Black Keys, Donovan Frankenreiter and others)
7/9: Hartford, CT, Meadows Music Center
(With Jurassic 5, Black Keys, Donovan Frankenreiter and others) 7/10: Saratoga Springs, NY, Saratoga Performing Arts Center
(With Jurassic 5, Black Keys, Donovan Frankenreiter and others)
7/12: Scranton, PA, Ford Pavillion at Montage Mountain
(With Jurassic 5, Black Keys, Donovan Frankenreiter and others)
7/13: Cleveland, Blossom Music Center
(With Jurassic 5, Black Keys, Donovan Frankenreiter and others)
7/15: Detroit, DTE Energy Music Center
(With Jurassic 5, Black Keys and others)
7/16: East Troy, WI, Alpine Valley Music Theatre
(With Jurassic 5 and others)
7/17: Indianapolis, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
(With Jurassic 5, G. Love and Special Sauce, and others)
7/19: Toronto, Molson Amphitheatre
(With Jurassic 5, G. Love and Special Sauce, and others)
7/20: Pittsburgh, PA, Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake
(With G. Love and Special Sauce, and others)
7/22: St. Louis, UMB Bank Pavilion
(Guests TBA)
7/23: Kansas City, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
(Guests TBA)
7/25: Morrison, CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre
(With Galactic and others)
7/27: San Diego, TBA
(With Galactic and others)
7/28: Irvine, CA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
(With G. Love and Special Sauce, Galactic, and others)
7/29: Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
(With G. Love and Special Sauce, Galactic, and others)
7/31: Quincy, WA, Gorge Amphitheatre
(With G. Love and Special Sauce, Galactic, and others)