Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Burton Cummings Returns With New Album, 'A Few Good Moments'

Singer and songwriter Burton Cummings, most famously known as the voice of The Guess Who, has announced his long awaited new solo album, A Few Good Moments, arriving at all DSPs and streaming services via JoJo Productions on Friday, September 27. Digipack CD and 2xLP orange vinyl with gatefold sleeve will follow later this year. A Few Good Moments is Cummings’ first new solo album in over a decade.


Produced by Cummings, A Few Good Moments sees the renowned artist and lead singer and principal songwriter of The Guess Who backed by his long-time band. Highlights include “Up to the Minute” which was co-written with Jim Vallance (co-writer of some of Bryan Adam’s biggest hits), a pair of songs co-written with guitarist Michael Zweig, “Magic Town” and “Speak To Me,” as well as a cover rendition of “Shape I’m In,” written by Marc Benno, Doyle Bramhall, and Doyle Bramhall II and originally performed by blues-rock supergroup Arc Angels.

Cummings says: “The songs on this album took a while to become the proper collection. I believe in these songs because they are the result of having lived more years. At this point I have no interest in writing teenage love songs. Aging has changed the writing and that’s natural. I believe in these songs and I hope that the people who have followed my material enjoy them. I want this album to stand up when it’s listened to years from now.”


Cummings will celebrate A Few Good Moments – along with classic songs from The Guess Who and his RIAA Gold-certified solo career – with The 60th Anniversary Hits Tour, a wide-ranging North American headline run set to travel the US and Canada through March 2025. The epic schedule begins tonight, September 13, with a top-billed festival performance at Deadwood, SD’s Deadwood Jam 2024 and includes shows at such vaunted venues as Solana Beach, CA’s Belly Up (January 14), Nashville, TN’s Ryman Auditorium (February 2) and Washington, DC’s Warner Theatre (March 19), dates accompanied by special guest Jim Messina, and the sold-out Rock Legends Cruise XII 2025 (benefitting the Native American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, and featuring such fellow icons as Alice Cooper, Styx, Foghat, Robin Trower, and Colin Blunstone). 

THE 60th ANNIVERSARY HITS TOUR 2024/2025

SEPTEMBER

13 – Deadwood, SD – Deadwood Jam 2024 *

14 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre #

17 – Chesterfield, MO – The Factory #

18 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads #

20 – Tulsa, OK – River Spirit Casino Resort

21 – Arlington, TX – Arlington Music Hall

23 – Marion, IL – Marion Cultural and Civic Center #

25 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre #

26 – Huber Heights, OH – Rose Music Center at The Heights #

28 – Northfield, OH – MGM Northfield Park Center Stage

29 – Nashville, IN – Brown County Music Center

 
OCTOBER

1 – Hopewell, VA – Beacon Theatre #

2 – Munhall, PA – Carnegie of Homestead

4 – Collingswood, NJ – Scottish Rite Auditorium #

5 – Lynn, MA – Lynn Memorial Auditorium #

18 – Windsor, ON – The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor

19 – New Buffalo, MI – Four Winds Casino Resort New Buffalo

 
NOVEMBER

1 – Enoch, AB – River Cree Casino & Resort

3 – Tsuut’ina, AB – Grey Eagle Event Centre

4 – Regina, SK – Conexus Arts Centre

8 – Niagara Falls, ON – OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino

 
DECEMBER

28 – Moncton, New Brunswick – Casino New Brunswick

30 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Club Regent Event Centre

31 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Club Regent Event Centre

 
JANUARY 2025

11 – Chandler, AZ – Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino

12 – San Juan Capistrano, CA – Coach House Concert Hall

14 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up

15 – Palm Desert, CA – McCallum Theatre

17 – Los Angeles, CA – The Novo

18 – Laughlin, NV – Edge Lounge

21 – Santa Rosa, CA – Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

23 – Tacoma, WA – Emerald Queen Casino

25 – Airway Heights, WA – Spokane Live

 
FEBRUARY 2025

2 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium

4 – Sumterville, FL – The Tracy Performing Arts Center

5 – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre

7 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall †

8 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Au–Rene Theater at Broward Center For The Performing Arts †

11 – Sarasota, FL – Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall †

13 – 17 – Miami, FL – Rock Legends Cruise XII 2025

 
MARCH

9 – Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak

15 – Westbury, NY – NYCB Theatre At Westbury

19 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre

22 – Joliet, IL –Rialto Square Theatre

26 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater

28 – Shipshewana, IN – Blue Gate Performing Arts Center

 
* Festival Appearance

# w/ Special Guest Solomon Hicks

† w/ Special Guest Jim Messina

For complete details and ticket information, visit burtoncummings.com/tour.

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