The Doobie Brothers, with Michael McDonald back in the band, will return to the road this summer with a new album in tow. They’ll play Mystic Lake Casino’s Amphitheater on Sept. 7 with support from Jimmy Buffet’s Coral Reefer Band.
Tickets start at $49 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster.
In November 2019, the band announced they would tour for the first time in 25 years with McDonald, whose original stint with the Doobies produced the hits “Takin’ It to the Streets,” “It Keeps You Runnin’” and “What a Fool Believes.” The pandemic pushed the tour’s local stop at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand back a year. And just hours before the group’s concert that August, they announced they would perform without McDonald, who had just tested positive for COVID-19. (A total of four band members have caught the virus over the past few years.)
In the years since, the Doobies with McDonald have played Treasure Island Casino in September 2022 and opened for the Eagles two nights at Xcel Energy Center in November 2023. Founding member Tom Johnston sat out of the band’s 2023 dates due to back surgery, but returned to the road last year.
Johnston and Patrick Simmons formed the Doobie Brothers in 1970 and cut their teeth playing biker bars before landing a contract with Warner Bros. Records. They went on to record a series of songs that remain rock-radio staples, including “Listen to the Music,” “Jesus Is Just Alright,” “Long Train Runnin’,” “China Grove,” “Black Water” and “Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me).”
By 1975, health issues forced Johnston to the sidelines and the group invited McDonald to join the lineup. The Doobies broke up in 1982, but reunited five years later and have since toured with various lineups.
On June 6, the Doobies will release their 16th album, “Walk This Road.” Last year, they issued the first track from the record, “Lahaina,” an ode to Lahaina, a town in Hawaii that was hit by the 2023 Hawaii wildfires.
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