Blind Melon played the whole reunion thing smartly. They did two weeks worth of dates at smaller clubs in early October to test the waters, see if people still cared, especially given that the band has a new singer. With a 12-year gag between live shows, Blind Melon still managed to sell out each of the first 10 or so dates and played both old and new material with a number of great surprises (and surprise guests) thrown in.
Keith, a regular poster on the Blind Melon message board, put together a really cool “unofficial” tour video mixing elements of his travels to see the band, old songs, new songs, live concert footage and the debut appearance of Shannon Hoon’s 12-year-old daughter Nico as she joined the band to perform the song “Change”.
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There are a bunch of great live videos from the tour on YouTube so if you’re interested, do some searching and you’ll be rewarded.
Nine new tour dates have been announced and it’s pretty safe to assume that given the nature of the first run of dates, these most likely will sell out so if you are thinking about checking them out and don’t already have tickets, you might want to grab some now.
November 23 2007 : Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Cafe
November 24 2007 : Ridgewood, NJ @ Blend
November 27 2007 : Lancaster, PA @ The Chameleon
November 28 2007 : Falls Church, VA @ The State Theatre
November 30 2007 : Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
December 3 2007 : Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
December 5 2007 : Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
December 6 2007 : St Petersburg, FL @ The State Theatre
December 7 2007 : Tallahassee, FL @ The Beta Bar