The Cars North American Tour Spring 2011 is a set of eleven concerts in the United States and Canada featuring the newly reunited American band The Cars.[1] Announced in April 2011 prior to the release of the band's album Move Like This,[2] the concerts feature material from Move Like This and from the band's 1970s and 1980s albums.[3]
Singer/guitarist Ric Ocasek, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, guitarist Elliot Easton and drummer David Robinson performed as a quartet, as original Cars singer and bassist Benjamin Orr died in 2000.[4] Orr's bass parts were performed by Hawkes on keyboard and bass, while the vocals on songs originally sung by Orr ("Just What I Needed", "Let's Go" and "Moving in Stereo") were performed by Ocasek.[3] As Ocasek died on September 15, 2019, this is the final tour from the band.
The performances and set lists were met with mixed reviews: The Hollywood Reporter reviewer Erik Pedersen found Move Like This to be a "surprisingly good" album but described the Hollywood Palladium show as "icy" and unenthusiastic.[3]San Jose Mercury News reviewer Jim Harrington described the band's performance at Oakland's Fox Theater as "incredibly flat and dispassionate", but praised the band's "solid" musicianship.[6]
^Harrington, Jim (May 14, 2011). "Review: The Cars at the Fox in Oakland". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
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cars, north, american, tour, spring, 2011, eleven, concerts, united, states, canada, featuring, newly, reunited, american, band, cars, announced, april, 2011, prior, release, band, album, move, like, this, concerts, feature, material, from, move, like, this, f. The Cars North American Tour Spring 2011 is a set of eleven concerts in the United States and Canada featuring the newly reunited American band The Cars 1 Announced in April 2011 prior to the release of the band s album Move Like This 2 the concerts feature material from Move Like This and from the band s 1970s and 1980s albums 3 North American Tour Spring 2011Tour by The CarsLocationNorth AmericaAssociated albumMove Like ThisStart dateMay 10 2011End dateMay 26 2011No of shows11Singer guitarist Ric Ocasek keyboardist Greg Hawkes guitarist Elliot Easton and drummer David Robinson performed as a quartet as original Cars singer and bassist Benjamin Orr died in 2000 4 Orr s bass parts were performed by Hawkes on keyboard and bass while the vocals on songs originally sung by Orr Just What I Needed Let s Go and Moving in Stereo were performed by Ocasek 3 As Ocasek died on September 15 2019 this is the final tour from the band Contents 1 Tour dates 2 Reception 3 Band members 4 References 5 External linksTour dates editDate 1 City Country VenueMay 10 2011 Seattle United States Showbox SoDoMay 12 2011 Los Angeles Hollywood PalladiumMay 13 2011 Oakland Fox TheaterMay 15 2011 Denver FillmoreMay 17 2011 Minneapolis First AvenueMay 18 2011 Chicago Riviera TheatreMay 20 2011 Toronto Canada Sound AcademyMay 22 2011 Philadelphia United States Electric Factory 5 May 23 2011 Washington D C 9 30 ClubMay 25 2011 New York City Roseland BallroomMay 26 2011 Boston House of BluesReception editThe performances and set lists were met with mixed reviews The Hollywood Reporter reviewer Erik Pedersen found Move Like This to be a surprisingly good album but described the Hollywood Palladium show as icy and unenthusiastic 3 San Jose Mercury News reviewer Jim Harrington described the band s performance at Oakland s Fox Theater as incredibly flat and dispassionate but praised the band s solid musicianship 6 Band members editRic Ocasek lead vocals guitar Elliot Easton guitars backing vocals Greg Hawkes keyboards bass backing vocals David Robinson drums backing vocalsReferences edit a b Adams Gregory April 1 2011 The Cars Announce North American Tour Play Toronto Exclaim Retrieved May 19 2011 Blau Max April 4 2011 The Cars Announce North American Tour Paste Retrieved May 19 2011 a b c Pedersen Erik May 13 2011 The Cars at Hollywood Palladium Concert Review The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved May 19 2011 Hyden Steven May 13 2011 Ric Ocasek interview The A V Club Retrieved May 19 2011 Concert and club listings The Philadelphia Inquirer May 20 2011 Retrieved May 24 2011 Harrington Jim May 14 2011 Review The Cars at the Fox in Oakland San Jose Mercury News Retrieved February 18 2012 External links editThe Cars Official Site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Cars North American Tour Spring 2011 amp oldid 1165160059, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
