JUNE 9, 2017, 8 PM
SONY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
www.sonycentre.ca
Sony Centre announced that promoter RBI Productions Inc. is bringing Bonnie Raitt back to the venue as part of her Dig In Deep Tour 2017, after her sold out appearance in March 2016. She will be performing live at the Sony Centre on Friday, June 9th with special guest Royal Wood.
2017 will see the return of Bonnie Raitt to Canada for her first extended tour of the country in over ten years. Following the release of her Grammy-nominated twentieth album ‘Dig In Deep’ (Redwing Records) in 2016, Raitt embarked on an ambitious tour performing more than 75 shows worldwide. Joining Raitt will be her longtime touring band: James “Hutch” Hutchinson (bass), Ricky Fataar (drums), and George Marinelli (guitar), along with Mike Finnigan (keyboards). Special Guest Royal Wood will support all dates.
‘Dig In Deep’ has sold over 160,000 units worldwide, debuting in the top #10 Billboard Album Sales, Blues Album, Americana/Folk Album, Digital Album Sales, Internet Album and Independent Album charts and was still on the top #200 Sales Chart 26 weeks after release. The album charted at #35 on the UK Top 40 Album chart, #1 UK Americana Album Chart and #7 UK Independent Album Chart with the UK and Germany both reporting ‘Dig In Deep’ as Bonnie’s best-selling album since 1994’s ‘Longing In Their Hearts.’
Raitt recently appeared on the broadcast of the Kennedy Center Honors, performing in tribute to her longtime friend, Mavis Staples. Raitt was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame alongside Kris Kristofferson and B.B. King, and performed several songs with Taj Mahal, Mavis Staples, Willie Nelson, and Gary Clark Jr. in a ceremony broadcast on PBS on New Year’s Eve.
Bonnie Raitt has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Good Morning America, Ellen, Charlie Rose, CBS Sunday Morning, Tavis Smiley, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, The View, Jools Holland and more in 2016 alone.
Continuing a long-standing tradition in conjunction with The Guacamole Fund, Bonnie will donate one dollar from every ticket purchased to grassroots local, regional, and national Canadian organizations whose work focuses on safe and sustainable energy, social justice and human rights, environmental protection, and blues/music education.