Unprecedented Live Concert Event on 180g 3LP! Shepherd's Bush Empire Features Blues-Themed Night!
At his heart Joe Bonamassa is a blues player and it was for this evening at ShepherdÂ’s Bush Empire that he elected to put on a display highlighting his true love of the genre. Backed by a full horn section, Bonamassa rolled through blues-tinged stalwarts from his vast collection.
Tour De Force – Live In London chronicles Bonamassa’s atmospheric rise from the intimate club environment of The Borderline to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Beginning in the 200-capacity London Borderline with a trio, Bonamassa pays tribute to his earlier career performing songs he hasn’t played live in years. The following evening at Shepherd’s Bush Empire is a blues-themed night featuring a horns section with a soulful, big-blues-band feel. Then on to the Hammersmith Apollo which opens with a short acoustic set before moving into a rock-inspired evening. Finally, on the fourth and final night at the Royal Albert Hall, Bonamassa treats the crowd to a half acoustic/half electric show of his most popular and well-known songs featuring the acoustic band from his #1 Billboard acoustic CD/DVD An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House.
The end result – over 9 hours of concert footage – more than lives up to its billing as “The Guitar Event of The Year” and sees Bonamassa reliving, revisiting, and redefining the many phases and pivotal moments throughout his career and delivering a once-in-a-lifetime performance that more than serves as an appropriate retrospective for an artist who has already achieved so much.
"A triumph." -Premier Guitar
"Tour de Force lives up to its name and then some. Bonamassa turns in another masterful performance, as do the rest of the musicians featured." -Blues Rock Review
"A+, Joe Bonamassa is the real deal and in many ways, both musically and professionally, he represents the future of the music business. No one plays with more passion than Joe and where many musicians look like a deer in the headlights at the current music business climate, he is building an empire." -Classic Rock Revisited
Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• 3LP Set
• Import
Selections:
LP 1 - Side A:
1. Albion (Intro)
2. Slow Train
3. So It's Like That
4. Midnight Blues
LP 1 - Side B:
1. Last Kiss
2. So Many Roads
3. You Better Watch Yourself
LP 2 - Side C:
1. Chains & Things
2. Lonesome Road Blues
3. Stop!
LP 2 - Side D:
1. I Got All You Need
2. The Great Flood
LP 3 - Side E:
1. The Ballad Of John Henry
LP 3 - Side F:
1. Asking Around For You
2. Further On Up The Road
At his heart Joe Bonamassa is a blues player and it was for this evening at ShepherdÂ’s Bush Empire that he elected to put on a display highlighting his true love of the genre. Backed by a full horn section, Bonamassa rolled through blues-tinged stalwarts from his vast collection.
Tour De Force – Live In London chronicles Bonamassa’s atmospheric rise from the intimate club environment of The Borderline to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Beginning in the 200-capacity London Borderline with a trio, Bonamassa pays tribute to his earlier career performing songs he hasn’t played live in years. The following evening at Shepherd’s Bush Empire is a blues-themed night featuring a horns section with a soulful, big-blues-band feel. Then on to the Hammersmith Apollo which opens with a short acoustic set before moving into a rock-inspired evening. Finally, on the fourth and final night at the Royal Albert Hall, Bonamassa treats the crowd to a half acoustic/half electric show of his most popular and well-known songs featuring the acoustic band from his #1 Billboard acoustic CD/DVD An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House.
The end result – over 9 hours of concert footage – more than lives up to its billing as “The Guitar Event of The Year” and sees Bonamassa reliving, revisiting, and redefining the many phases and pivotal moments throughout his career and delivering a once-in-a-lifetime performance that more than serves as an appropriate retrospective for an artist who has already achieved so much.
"A triumph." -Premier Guitar
"Tour de Force lives up to its name and then some. Bonamassa turns in another masterful performance, as do the rest of the musicians featured." -Blues Rock Review
"A+, Joe Bonamassa is the real deal and in many ways, both musically and professionally, he represents the future of the music business. No one plays with more passion than Joe and where many musicians look like a deer in the headlights at the current music business climate, he is building an empire." -Classic Rock Revisited
Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• 3LP Set
• Import
Selections:
LP 1 - Side A:
1. Albion (Intro)
2. Slow Train
3. So It's Like That
4. Midnight Blues
LP 1 - Side B:
1. Last Kiss
2. So Many Roads
3. You Better Watch Yourself
LP 2 - Side C:
1. Chains & Things
2. Lonesome Road Blues
3. Stop!
LP 2 - Side D:
1. I Got All You Need
2. The Great Flood
LP 3 - Side E:
1. The Ballad Of John Henry
LP 3 - Side F:
1. Asking Around For You
2. Further On Up The Road
