2024.07.10 - Press Release - Duff McKagan Announces Very Special Guests For His Lighthouse Tour '24

DUFF MCKAGAN ANNNOUNCES VERY SPECIAL GUESTS FOR HIS LIGHTHOUSE TOUR ‘24

Duff McKagan is excited to announce his special guests for his upcoming Lighthouse Tour ‘24, including exclusive performances from iconic punk legends Lee Ving and Joe Keithley. The eagerly awaited headline run begins September 30 at Dublin, Ireland’s The Academy. Then it stops in Scotland, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, France, and Sweden through late October. Support on all EU/UK dates comes from Cardiff, Wales’s James and the Cold Gun.

US dates begin November 4 at Boston, MA’s Paradise Rock Club, followed by intimate shows at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge (November 6), Chicago, IL’s Outset (November 8), and Denver, CO’s Bluebird Theater (November 10), all of which will the from Lee Ving’s Range War, marking the first live performances from the famed FEAR founder’s groundbreaking country punk outfit in over three decades. Lighthouse Tour ‘24 then hits Los Angeles, CA’s historic El Rey Theatre (November 13) with support from the electrifying Grace McKagan, before wrapping up at Portland, OR’s Aladdin Theater (November 18) and Seattle, WA’s The Showbox (November 20) joined by extremely rare solo acoustic performances by legendary D.O.A. co-founder Joe Keithley. Tickets and VIP packages for all announced dates are on sale now. For complete details, please see duffonline.com/live.

“These here ‘Range War’ cowboys are honored to be asked to play four shows this November with Duff McKagan,” says Lee Ving. “Thanks Duff and get yer tickets early folks!”

“I’m so glad that Duff asked me to play these shows,” says Joe Keithley. “It’s rare that I play an acoustic show, I’ll be combining some new songs along with some D.O.A. classics along with stories and my politics.”

DUFF MCKAGAN – LIGHTHOUSE TOUR ‘24

SEPTEMBER
30 – Dublin, Ireland – Dublin Academy *

OCTOBER
2 – Glasgow, Scotland – The Garage *
3 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy 2 *
5 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall *
7 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg *
8 – Cologne, Germany – Kantine *
9 – Munich, Germany – Freiheitshalle *
11 – Brno, Czech Republic – Sono Centrum *
13 – Warsaw, Poland – Stodola *
14 – Berlin, Germany – Heimathafen *
16 – Milan, Italy – Magazzini Generali *
17 – Solothurn, Switzerland – Kofmeh *
19 – Liege, Belgium – OM *
20 – Paris, France – Trianon *
22 – Stockholm, Sweden – Nalen *

NOVEMBER
4 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club †
6 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge †
8 – Chicago, IL – Outset †
10 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater †
13 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey ^
18 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater +
20 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox +

* w/ James and the Cold Gun
† w/ Lee Ving’s Range War
^ w/ Grace McKagan
+ w/ Joe Keithley

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McKagan’s first solo headline run in five years, Lighthouse Tour ‘24 celebrates last year’s release of his critically acclaimed third solo album, LIGHTHOUSE, available everywhere now. Hailed by Paste as “an emotional, personal and spiritual reckoning…(McKagan’s) most important rock project yet,” the album sees Duff McKagan baring more of his artistic spirit than ever before, fusing acoustic elements with hard-edged rock ‘n’ roll to land at the sweet spot between soul-searching reflection and pure energy. LIGHTHOUSE was met by critical applause from such international outlets as Rolling Stone, Kerrang!, Revolver, and American Songwriter for such singles as LIGHTHOUSE, I SAW GOD ON 10TH STREET, and LONGFEATHER, the latter hailed by Revolver as “folky, elegiac” and joined by an official music video streaming now at YouTube. McKagan later performed LONGFEATHER with an exclusive appearance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, streaming HERE.

LIGHTHOUSE is available now in a wide range of formats including streaming, download, CD, cassette, and LP. A number of deluxe versions and bundles featuring official Certificates of Authenticity signed by McKagan are also available. LIGHTHOUSE – as well as an exclusive line of LIGHTHOUSE merch – is available now at www.duffonline.com.

In addition, an expanded digital edition of LIGHTHOUSE is available now at all DSPs and streaming services. The deluxe release includes eight additional tracks along with three exclusive live performance videos filmed last December at Easy Street Records in McKagan’s hometown of Seattle, WA. Highlights include a stripped-down acoustic rendition of LIGHTHOUSE standout, I JUST DON’T KNOW, transformed from its powerful original version into a soaring, reflective ballad that showcases the vulnerability of the lyrics and McKagan’s vocal performance. LIGHTHOUSE (EXPANDED EDITION) also features THIS IS THE SONG, IT CAN’T COME TOO SOON, and PASS YOU BY (all originally found on McKagan’s THIS IS THE SONG EP, released last May to honor Mental Health Awareness Month), along with the previously unheard C’MON BOYS (featuring outlaw country badass Jesse Dayton) and live versions of I SAW GOD ON 10TH STREET, JUST ANOTHER SHAKEDOWN, and LIGHTFEATHER. All three live tracks are accompanied by official videos from the intimate hometown event. In addition, a complete video capturing McKagan’s live in-store performance can be viewed in its entirety via YouTube HERE.

In addition, this spring saw the release of McKagan’s new double-live album, TENDERNESS: LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, available everywhere now for streaming and download, with limited 2CD and 2LP editions available via www.duffonline.com. Recorded June 13, 2019 at Los Angeles’ historic El Rey Theatre just days following the May 2019 release of his acclaimed second solo album, TENDERNESS, TENDERNESS: LIVE IN LOS ANGELES sees McKagan taking an intimate journey through his own canon of songs along with a few deeply personal cover versions, backed by 3x GRAMMY Award-winning TENDERNESS producer Shooter Jennings and his band. Newly mixed in the legendary Sunset Sound Studio 3 (a.k.a. Snake Mountain) by Jennings using the famed custom API console on which Prince recorded and mixed Purple Rain, highlights include an electrifying rendition of RIVER OF DECEIT, originally performed by McKagan’s close friends, Seattle supergroup Mad Season – comprised of guitarist Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), drummer Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees), and the late Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) and bassist John Baker Saunders (The Walkabouts), along with powerful takes on The Clash’s classic CLAMPDOWN and such Guns N’ Roses fan favorites as YOU AIN’T THE FIRST, DUST N’ BONES, and DEAD HORSE.

For more than 40 years, Duff McKagan has been an unstoppable creative force, spanning a multitude of bands, tours, collaborations, and writings. Starting at just 15, McKagan has been a part of such diverse and influential bands as The Vains (1979), The Fastbacks (1980), The Living (1982), The Fartz (1990), 10 Minute Warning (1993), and Loaded (1998), along, of course, with his historic role as founding member of both Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver. In addition to his prolific musical efforts, McKagan is the New York Times best-selling author of 2011’s It’s So Easy: And Other Lies and 2015’s How to Be a Man: (And Other Illusions), and the co-host (with Susan Holmes McKagan) of the popular Three Chords & The Truth radio show, airing in North America on Sirius XM’s Ozzy’s Boneyard (Ch. 38). In addition, Three Chords & The Truth airs weekly on stations around the globe including Denmark’s myROCK, the UK’s Planet Rock, Finland’s Radio Rock, Ireland’s Nova, Norway’s Radio Rock, Sweden’s Rock Klassiker, Germany/Switzerland/Austria’s Rock Antenne, Iceland’s x977, and Poland’s Antyradio. For showtimes, please visit duffmckagan.ffm.to/threechordsandthetruth.