November 1, 2011 – Three legendary vocalists on one stage. Eddie Money, former Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm, and Starship’s Mickey Thomas are joining forces for the 2011 Jingle Bell Rock Tour. The 17-date trek kicks off with two shows on November 25th and 26th in Harris, Michigan and wraps up on December 17th in El Cajon, California. Money, Gramm, and Thomas will each perform separate hit-packed set, and often sit in with one another during the evening’s show.
Eddie Money told us that over the years he’s found out what a cross-section of fans he actually appeals to: “I didn’t play ‘Baby Hold On’ in a show. After the show, I ran into this guy backstage with a cop car. He was standing next to the cop car — kid got caught doing donuts in the parking lot. He had gone in his pants, he had cigarette butts in his hair, and he said, ‘Eddie, I drove 100 miles to see you, and I got a D.U.I. You didn’t play ‘Baby Hold On’!’ I said, ‘Oh my God.’ I went back out there, played ‘Baby Hold On,’ gave him some cigarette money for jail, and he said, ‘Thanks, Eddie! I almost got through high school listening to you!’ There’s blue-collar fans, white-collar fans, and then some of the fans are, like, Eddie Money tank-top fans, but we have a good time out there.”
Thomas, Money, and Gramm pose for a promotional image
Lou Gramm told us that he and Foreigner were always offended by the “corporate rock” tag the band got upon hitting the scene in the late-’70s: “I don’t even know how that story got started. That a corporation picked the members of the band? That’s the farthest thing from the truth. We had auditions just like every other band — and people who quit and people who decided to stand. But a corporate band? I don’t think the music was corporate. How could you call ‘Dirty White Boy’ corporate?”
Eddie Money, Lou Gramm & Mickey Thomas Jingle Bell Rock tour dates (subject to change):
November 25, 26 – Harris, MI – Island Resort & Casino
November 27 – Joliet, IL – Mojoes
November 29 – Effingham, IL – Effingham Performance Center
November 30 – Grand Rapids, MI – Forest Hills Fine Arts Center
December 1 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center
December 2 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
December 3 – New Bedford, MA – Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
December 5 – Newport News, VA – Ferguson Center For The Arts
December 6 – Charlotte, NC – Fillmore Charlotte
December 9 – Larchwood, IA – Grand Falls Casino Resort
December 10 – Riverside, IA – Riverside Casino & Golf Resort
December 11 – Detroit, MI – Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel
December 14 – Anaheim, CA – City National Grove Of Anaheim
December 15 – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Casino
December 16 – Coarsegold, CA – Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino
December 17 – El Cajon, CA – Sycuan Live & Up Close
You can read my interview with Eddie Money about The Jingle Bell Rock tour and his new “One More Soldier Coming Home” single here: http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/an-interview-with-eddie-money-satisfaction-and-dissatisfaction-30-years-on/
I took my son to the concert last night in Harris , MI…GREAT CONCERT…he caught a guitar pic from the bass player…could you give me a list of the band member names other than Money, Thomas, and Gramm?? Thank You, JIM