Steven Van Zandt News

Kesha and Sixthman, the industry leader in music festivals at sea, are excited to announce Kesha's Weird & Wonderful Rainbow Ride. This immersive four-day vacation experience will take 2,500 fans on the wildest ride of their lives from February 17 – February 21, 2019 from Tampa to Nassau, Bahamas on the beautiful Norwegian Pearl.

The final leg of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul's Teacher Solidarity Tour has reached the incredible goal of registering over 10,000 teachers to use the TeachRock Music History Curriculum. The tour, which began last week in association with the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation (RRFF), is still accepting registrations as it continues through December 16.

Broadway Records today announced that Michael Longoria: Merry Christmas Darling will be released digitally and in stores on Friday, November 9, 2018.

Broadway Records today announced that Michael Longoria: Merry Christmas Darling will be released digitally and in stores on Friday, November 9, 2018. The album is currently available for pre-order at www.BroadwayRecords.com and Amazon.com.

Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul will show solidarity with and say thank you to hard-working teachers across North America with a landmark headline tour introducing TeachRock, the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation's free, multimedia, K-12 interdisciplinary curriculum which meets prevailing standards in English Language Arts, Social Studies/History, the Fine and Performing Arts, and also includes STEAM and advisory material. The 'Soulfire Teacher Solidarity Tour 2018' begins October 18 at The Kirby Center in Wilkes Barre, PA and then continues into December. All shows on sale now. For complete details and tickets, please visit www.littlesteven.com/on-tour.

A spectacular new live collection recorded last year in North America and Europe during the legendary rock 'n' roller's first world tour in nearly two decades, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul's SOULFIRE LIVE! is available now via Little Steven Van Zandt's Wicked Cool Records and UMe. The 3CD collection includes 24-tracks released digitally in April alongside an exclusive third disc highlighted by superstar guest performances recorded throughout the trek, including Bruce Springsteen, Richie Sambora, Peter Wolf, and Jerry Miller (of Moby Grape).

Guest vocalist Marshall Crenshaw joins original members Jim Babjak, Mike Mesaros, and Dennis Diken to perform Smithereens favorites including "Blood and Roses" and 'Behind the Wall of Sleep,' deep catalog numbers ("One Look at You" and "Can't Go Home Anymore"), and great covers (the Beatles' 'When I Get Home' and the Outsiders' 'Time Won't Let Me').

Dennis Grimaldi will present Tony®Award-winner Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd) in two staged readings ofHarry Townsend's Last Stand, a new play by George Eastman.  Directed by two-time Emmy®Award-winner Peter Scolari (Wicked) and featuring Warren Bub ('Gotham'), the readings will be held on Monday, May 21 and Tuesday, May 22 at 3pm at Nola Studios (250 West 54th Street - 10th Floor/Studio 1).

Check out the trailer for the 2018 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY, debuting this Saturday, May 5 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.

Bon Jovi, The Cars, Nina Simone, The Moody Blues, Dire Straits and Sister Rosetta Tharpe are the inductees in the exclusive HBO special 2018 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY, debuting SATURDAY, MAY 5 (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). This year's ceremony boasted a star-studded array of guests and presenters, including May J. Blige, Jerry Cantrell, Felicia Collins, Andra Day, Brandon Flowers, Brittany Howard, Questlove, Paul Shaffer, Howard Stern, Steven Van Zandt and Ann Wilson.

Bon Jovi, The Cars, Nina Simone, The Moody Blues, Dire Straits and Sister Rosetta Tharpe are the inductees in the exclusive HBO special 2018 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY, debuting SATURDAY, MAY 5 (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). This year's ceremony boasted a star-studded array of guests and presenters, including May J. Blige, Jerry Cantrell, Felicia Collins, Andra Day, Brandon Flowers, Brittany Howard, Questlove, Paul Shaffer, Howard Stern, Steven Van Zandt and Ann Wilson.

Steven Van Zandt's Renegade Circus and Sixthman, the industry leader in music festivals at sea, are excited to announce the lineup for the 2019 sailing of The Outlaw Country Cruise 4. The deep and diverse bill of new artists and returning favorites will be anchored byDrive-By Truckers, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Margo Price, The Flatlanders (Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock), Bobby Bare, Nikki Lane, Terry Allen, Old 97's, Reckless Kelly and stars of SiriusXM's Outlaw Country channel, including Shooter Jennings, Elizabeth Cook, Mojo Nixon, Paula Nelson Band, Dallas Wayne, Jim Lauderdale and Roger Alan Wade. The cruise will sail January 27 - February 1, 2019 from Tampa, making stops at the private island of Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas, and Nassau, Bahamas.

Rock 'n' Roll legend EDDIE BRIGATI continues his monthly residency with EDDIE BRIGATI: AFTER THE RASCALS at the Cutting Room, 44 East 32 Street, New York City. Created and directed by the legendary STEVEN VAN ZANDT and produced by STEVEN VAN ZANDT and MAUREEN VAN ZANDT, Brigati's show resumes Monday, May 7 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are on sale now https://tickets.thecuttingroomnyc.com/event/1680304 Additional shows will be announced soon.

HBO has confirmed the debut date for 2018 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY, with the special scheduled to debut SATURDAY, MAY 5 at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. This year's inductees include Bon Jovi, The Cars, Dire Straits, The Moody Blues, Nina Simone and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) will honor The Who's Roger Daltrey CBE and entertainment icon LL COOL J at its2018 Celebration Gala on Friday, April 27, 2018 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. WAFF is a not-for-profit organization founded by legendary multiple GRAMMY Award winning musician Nile Rodgers, dedicated to the vision of a global family. WAFF creates and supports programs that promote cultural diversity while nurturing the vision, talents and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world.

WWE Legend Hillbilly Jim will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in a ceremony taking place on Friday, April 6 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, La.  The induction ceremony will stream live on WWE Network at 8pm ET and USA Network will also broadcast a special presentation of the WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday, April 7 at 10 pm ET/PT and Monday, April 9 at 11 pm ET/PT, immediately following Raw®.

Rock 'n' Roll legend EDDIE BRIGATI continues his monthly residency with EDDIE BRIGATI: AFTER THE RASCALS at the Cutting Room, 44 East 32 Street, New York City. Created and directed by the legendary STEVEN VAN ZANDT and produced by STEVEN VAN ZANDT and MAUREEN VAN ZANDT, Brigati's show resumes Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are on sale now https://tickets.thecuttingroomnyc.com/event/1660319. Additional shows will be announced soon.

Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul have unveiled plans for a landmark live tour benefitting TeachRock, the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation's national initiative to bring music curriculum into middle and high schools across the country. The dates - which mark the first-ever rock tour specifically geared to address this crucial societal need - begin April 29 at New Brunswick, NJ's historic State Theatre and then continues through all of May, breaking for Stevie's induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on May 6, alongside Meryl Streep, Debbie Harry, The Four Seasons, among others. Additional dates will be revealed soon. Tickets for all announced dates will go on sale this Friday, March 2nd. All proceeds from the upcoming tour will go to TeachRock. For complete details and ticket availability, please visit littlesteven.com.

As original cast members of Broadway's Jersey Boys, they took the world by storm. From the development of Jersey Boys, through their historic three season run on Broadway, THE MIDTOWN MEN are together again, doing what they do best: 'Sixties Hits With A Modern Twist.' The quartet returns to the State Theatre stage on Friday, March 23rd.

Through the generosity of Nancy and George Croom and Diane Anderson, the McCallum Theatre presents The Midtown Men on Wednesday, March 14, at 8:00pm. They took Broadway by storm in one of the biggest hits of all-time.  Now on their 8th national tour, THE MIDTOWN MEN are bringing their magic to audiences everywhere, singing their favorite 'Sixties Hits' from The Beatles, The Rascals, The Turtles, Motown, The Four Seasons and more.This sensational production reunites stars from the Original Broadway Cast of Jersey Boys. Tony Award winner Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer star in this one-of-a-kind concert experience celebrating the music that defined the '60s.