GNP is proud to present Bonnie Raitt: Just Like That…tour 2022, with special guest NRBQ live in concert for one show only at Merrill Auditorium on Sat, April 23rd at 8PM. This concert is SOLD OUT. Thank you, Portland!
A limited number of seats may be released closer to and on the day of the performance through the Merrill Auditorium Box Office (located at 20 Myrtle Street Portland, ME), online at Porttix.com or by calling 207-842-0800. Normal box office hours are 11AM – 3PM Monday – Friday. The Merrill box office accepts Visa, Master Card, and Discover.
Bonnie Raitt will return to the live stage with Just Like That… a national tour in 2022 launching in April and running through November, which will include music from her forthcoming new studio album, Just Like That… Raitt is hard at work finishing the project with plans to release a first single and launch an album pre-order campaign in late January.
“Like so many musicians around the world, sidelined for a year and a half from their livelihood and great joy, touring live, I can’t wait to get back out on the road with my band, bringing music directly to the fans who’ve been so patient and supportive throughout the twists and turns of the pandemic. To have my friends NRBQ get the night started at these April shows is something I’m really looking forward to,” Raitt shares.
Continuing a long-standing tradition in conjunction with The Guacamole Fund and Raitt’s Green Highway campaign, one dollar from every ticket purchased will be donated to grassroots local, regional, and national organizations whose work focuses on safe and sustainable energy, social justice and human rights, environmental protection, and blues/music education.
ABOUT BONNIE RAITT
Bonnie Raitt is a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose unique style blends blues, R&B, rock, and pop. After 20 years as a cult favorite, she broke through to the top in the early 90s with her GRAMMY-award winning albums, ‘Nick of Time’ and ‘Luck of the Draw,’ which featured hits, “Something To Talk About” and “I Can’t Make You Love Me” among others. The ten-time Grammy winner was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and Rolling Stone named the slide guitar ace one of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and one of the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time.” Raitt’s widely-acclaimed 2012 independent release ‘Slipstream’ sold over a quarter-million copies, making it one of the top selling independent albums, and earned Raitt her 10th Grammy Award (Best Americana Album). In February 2016, Raitt released her highly-anticipated 20th album, ‘Dig In Deep’ (Redwing Records.) On tour for much if 2017-2019, Raitt and her band performed overseas in Australia, New Zealand as well as Canada before spending the summers touring as support for James Taylor in stadiums and arenas across the U.S., United Kingdom and Europe. As known for her lifelong commitment to social activism as she is for her music, Raitt has long been involved with the environmental movement, doing concerts around oil, nuclear power, mining, water and forest protection since the mid 70’s. She was a founding member of MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) which produced the historic concerts, album and movie NO NUKES and continues to work on safe energy issues in addition to environmental protection, social justice and human rights, as well as creator’s rights and
music education.
ABOUT NRBQ
NRBQ are that rare group that’s eclectic, stylistically innovative, and creatively ambitious while also sounding thoroughly unpretentious and accessible. At its best, NRBQ‘s music casually mixes up barrelhouse R&B, British Invasion pop, fourth-gear rockabilly, exploratory free jazz, and dozens of other flavors while giving it all a stomp-down rhythm that makes fans want to dance and expressing a sense of joy and easy good humor that comes straight from the heart.
Links: BonnieRaitt.com – PortTix.com – Merrill Auditorium – Directions –
Bonnie’s Facebook – Bonnie’s Twitter – Bonnie’s Instagram – nrbq.com – ARIA Foundation