BAD COMPANY ANNOUNCES 10 EXCLUSIVE
SUMMER CONCERT TOUR DATES FOR 2009



Bad Company 2009 tour itinerary:
| DATE |
CITY/STATE |
VENUE |
| June 17 |
Hollywood, FL |
Hard Rock Live |
| June 19 |
Atlanta, GA |
Chastain Park Amphitheatre |
| June 20 |
Charlotte, NC |
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| June 23 |
Raleigh, NC
(2 hours to Charlotte) |
Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
| June 24 |
Virginia Beach, VA |
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| June 27 |
Bethel, NY
(2 hours to New York) |
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts |
| June 28 |
Wantagh, NY
(30 minutes to New York) |
Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre |
| July 1 |
Clarkston, MI
(45 minutes to Detroit) |
DTE Energy Music Theatre |
| July 2 |
Canandaigua, NY
(38 minutes to Rochester) |
CMAC |
| July 4 |
Atlantic City, NJ |
Resorts Atlantic City |
Los Angeles, CA – March 30, 2009 – The original members of Bad Company have announced they will reunite for a series of 10 exclusive concerts in the U.S. this summer. The opening show will take place at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL on June 17 with select dates on the tour featuring The Doobie Brothers. Previously, founding members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke (original member Boz Burrell passed away in 2006) performed a one-off concert at the very same venue on August 8, 2008, recording a live concert DVD before a sold-out crowd. The DVD, titled “Bad Company – Hard Rock Live” will be available exclusively at shows during the concert run and is tentatively set for official release this summer, August 8, via Image Entertainment. Prior to their one performance in 2008, the band had not performed together in nearly a decade.
Rodgers, celebrating over four decades as a writing and recording artist (Free, Bad Company, The Firm, Queen + Paul Rodgers), released his debut solo DVD “Live in Glasgow,” which would go on to chart #1 and become certified Gold in Canada, as well as chart # 3 in the US and # 4 in the UK. Rodgers also released a new studio album titled “The Cosmos Rocks” with Queen + Paul Rodgers and capped 2008 with a sold-out Q+PR world tour. Most recently, Rolling Stone named Rodgers one of the “Top 100 Singers of All Time” and England’s Planet Rock Radio fan poll placed him at #3 on their “Greatest Voices of Rock” list. “These dates are to thank the fans for keeping the music alive,” said Rodgers. “I invited my friends The Doobie Brothers because I’ve always loved their music and them as people.”
“It's great to be back with Paul and Simon,” said Ralphs. “We made great music together and had the time of our lives doing it. I'm really looking forward to getting back out there this summer.” Ralphs has announced plans to participate in five reunion shows with 70s rock band Mott the Hoople at the Hammersmith Apollo in London this October.
“We had such a ball playing together again that we have decided to do some selective shows this summer,” said Kirke. “We’re also looking forward to the release of our live DVD.”
Bad Company’s multi-platinum hits such as “Can’t Get Enough,” “Feel Like Makin Love,” “Rock Steady,” “Movin’ On,” “Shooting Star,” “Rock & Roll Fantasy” and “Bad Company” helped propel them to the forefront of the 70s arena rock movement. Rodgers’ concept to write a song titled the same as the bands’ name and album was a first. To this day, the multi-platinum Bad Co. album arguably remains one of the most accomplished debuts in rock history. Throughout the 70s Rodgers’ and Ralphs’ songwriting continued to yield hit after hit including “Seagull,” “Run with the Pack,” and “Burnin’ Sky,” making Bad Company one of the biggest concert attractions of the decade. The group’s multi-platinum award-winning greatest hits set 10 from 6 has become a record collection staple.
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NEW “BAD COMPANY – HARD ROCK LIVE” DVD
AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER!
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