Got some good news that we can bring in the new year with! A slew of 2012 USA tour dates were posted on Joe’s site today. The spring tour literally goes from coast to coast, from California to Maine! Not all dates are posted yet, but below are the dates that were posted today. Check back on Joe’s tour page for new additions.

04/17 Los Angeles Saban Theatre
04/19 Fresno William Saroyan Theatre
04/20 Reno,NV Lawlor Events Centre
04/22 Salt Lake City,UT  Abravanel Hall
04/24 Denver,CO Paramount Theatre
04/26 Omaha,NE Civic Music Hall
04/27 Wichita,KS Concert Hall
04/29 Oklahoma City,OK Civic Ctr Music Hall
05/01 Springfield,MO Juanita Hammons Hall
05/02 Topeka,KS Topeka PAC
05/03 Des Moines,IA Civic Centre
05/05 Indianapolis,IN Murat Theatre
05/07 Evansville,IN Aiken Theatre
05/08 Springfield,IL Sangamon Auditorium
05/10 Nashville,TN Tennessee PAC
05/11 Lexington,KY Rupp Arena
05/12 Pittsburgh,PA Benedum Center
05/14 Red Bank,NJ Count Basie Theatre
05/16 Buffalo,NY Shea’s PAC
05/17 Syracuse,NY Landmark Theatre
05/19 Hartford,CT Mortensen Hall at Bushnell
05/23 Portland,ME Merrill Auditorium
05/25 Hampton Beach,NH Hampton Beach Casino

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Check out the latest video from JBTV, it’s On the Road with Joe Bonamassa! Episode 7, live at the  Beacon Theater. This is just a sneak peek, more to come in later episodes.. enjoy!

Tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday, Joe will be playing the legendary Beacon Theater in NYC. Both nights will be shot for the live DVD. I’ve also heard t hat each night will have its own special guests. Each show will be different. Saturday is completely sold out, but you can still find a few people selling tickets. Too bad they won’t be able to make it!

Friday still has some seats available. Pretty positive that Friday will be a sell out too. Tickets will go quickly before each show, during the day. No word on who the special guests will be as of yet, but less than 24 hours from now, I will be at the Beacon! I will be there for both shows, tweeting live from the Bonamassa Live Twitter. So if you’re not following the fan website now on twitter, it’s time to follow! You don’t want to miss the pictures and tweets from both of the Beacon Shows.

Join us on Twitter…

Most of us by now have smartphones and those of us that do, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of Pandora Radio. Pandora is a free  application that allows you to type in your favorite band, song, genre of music. It will then create a radio station for you to listen to, starting with the original search term you used. After playing a song from that artist, it will play a song that it finds to be similar.

This is a genius idea, which brings me to my next question. Have you found Joe or Black Country Communion through this application? Pandora automatically selected Black Country Communion for me, based on what I had listened to previously.

If you do not have Pandora on your smartphone (Blackberry, Android, or iPhone), I suggest that you get it! You can also stream online from their website.

Joe Bonamassa’s Keeping the Blues Alive 501(c)(3) seeks to promote Blues Music through regularly scheduled school assemblies during Joe’s tour schedule. The program also aims to create awareness about Blues Music and its impact on our culture, to the next generation of youth. Additionally, it’s goal is to provide funding for music programs and educational scholarships.

Blues Music – the uniquely American art form, has been celebrated, embraced, and cherished for more than 100 years. Keeping the Blues Alive 501(c)(3) aspires to foster and highlight the rich, inspirational history of Blues Music through Joe’s personal experience and growth within the Blues/Rock community over the past 20+ years. These sessions will include rising artists and current Blues and Blues/Rock artists, often featuring current, contemporary interpretations of traditional American Blues songs.

Through these events, Keeping the Blues Alive 501(c)(3) endeavors to stimulate and enhance both the passion and awareness of Blues Music by exposing students to its cultivation from African American poetry, spirituals, and work songs. All of this is achieved by instilling a message that through perseverance, hard work, and dedication, one can achieve the dreams they desire.

Interested in bringing Joe to a school near you? Check out the Keeping The Blues Alive website and make it happen!

Hello fellow Street Teamers. Pictured above we have the new Official Street Team logo. I’m liking the look of this new logo. It has a retro look to it, makes a great phone wallpaper, I’m currently using it on my new BlackBerry Bold 9930.

You’ll soon see this logo used a lot more. It will be everywhere – stickers, shirts, posters.. you name it! Stay tuned.

Fellow street teamer Jim Ruth wrote an editorial on Joe and guess what? It’s published on yahoo.com. Jim is a very dedicated street teamer and has been a fan of Joe for a long time. Street teaming can go a long way. Below is a portion of his editorial.

“Bona-who?”, is a phrase I have heard numerous times when I talk about my favorite contemporary artist to mainstream music enthusiasts. There is little doubt that many of our readers will utter the same phrase while reading the title of this article. However, “Joe Bonamassa” is a name that is becoming increasingly more familiar to music fans around the world thanks to Guitar World Magazine describing Joe as the “New Blues-Rock Titan”.

You can continue reading the full article at Yahoo.  Great work Jim!

Almost two years after the release of Royal Albert Hall in iTunes, it is still hanging in the top 10. Joe’s RAH album comes with 19 tracks, most are exclusive to the album. The album in it’s entirety must be purchased to get all of the tracks. We are just shy of seeing 200 five star reviews for this album.

Joe’s other album in the top 10 is Dust Bowl. The album in iTunes has over 200 reviews, with 4.5 being the average rating. Dust Bowl has been in the top 10 since its release in March 2011.

These two albums are pretty impressive. Not to mention, the feedback behind each album on iTunes is great. I don’t think everyone will buy music from iTunes. I know for a fact that there are a lot of people like myself who like to have a physical copy of the album to give to others or even to get signed.

None the less, these numbers are a good indication. iTunes is the best selling digital music store on the internet. To have Joe be on iTunes is great and to have him be in the top 10 of blues is even better. It will only continue to grow and get better from this point forward. Rock on..