Goo Goo Dolls and Matchbox Twenty have partnered for an epic summer tour. Certainly one of the most anticipated tours of the year, the dynamic duo start the trek on June 25 in Manchester, NH, and roll all summer long through August 18th. These two bands are a match made in light alternative rock heaven, and it’s just what fans need for a summer concert on a warm night.
Goo Goo Dolls are one of the greatest artists of their generation. The band is certainly one of the most accomplished acts of all time, with 14 Top 10 Radio hits, more than any other artist in the history of the Hot AC format. Their last five albums have all charted in the Top 30 on the Billboard Top 200. Their triple platinum 1998 release, Dizzy Up The Girl, spawned four massive hit singles, including “Iris”. The band’s biggest hit, it spent nearly 12 straight months on the Billboard charts and held the #1 spot for 17 consecutive weeks. John Rzeznik has been honored with the Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award. Throughout their career, they have been nominated for four Grammy Awards, and are the only artist to have three songs on Billboard’s “Top 100 Songs from 1992-2012″ including the #1 slot, for “Iris.”
Matchbox Twenty has sold over 30 million records worldwide, and are a remarkably decorated act. Throughout their career, the band as garnered five Grammy Award nominations and four American Music Award nominations. In 2004, MB20 won the People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Musical Group.” The band exploded unto the scene in 1996 with their breakout LP, Yourself or Someone Like You, which hit #5 on the Billboard Top 200. It went on to be certified diamond (12x platinum, an amazing achievement). The long-awaited follow-up, 2000’s Mad Season, debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and sold over 365,000 copies. The bands’ next two albums – 2002’s More Than You Think You Are and 2007’s Exile On Mainstream – debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200. MB20 are still touring on their latest record, 2012’s North, their highest-charting debut yet, at #1 on the Billboard Top 200. – by Matt Bishop
Goo Goo Dolls & Matchbox Twenty – 2013 Summer Tour
6/25 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
6/26 Saratoga Springs NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
6/27 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
6/29 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
6/30 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
7/2 Highland Park, IL Ravinia Festival
7/3 Highland Park, IL Ravinia Festival
7/6 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/7 Indianapolis, IN Klipsh Music Center
7/9 Maryland Heights, MO Verizone Wireless Amphitheatre
7/10 Moline, IL i Wireless Center
7/12 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
7/15 Engelewood, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
7/17 Universal City, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
7/20 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/21 Paso Robles, CA California Mid-State Fair
7/23 Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord
7/30 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
7/31 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
8/2 Pelham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
8/3 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood
8/4 Tampa, FL 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre
8/6 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/7 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion WC
8/8 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live
8/10 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
8/11 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
8/13 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
8/14 Hershey, PA The Star Pavilion
8/16 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
8/17 Wantagh, NY Nikon Theatre at Jones Beach
8/18 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center