Maroon 5 Tour

Pop rock quintet Maroon 5 has extended its U.S. tour itinerary through the fall in anticipation of the release of its third studio album. Primary supporting acts for the summer includes Guster, Owl City and Kris Allen on select dates, while Ry Cuming and VV Brown split opening duties. In the fall, OneRepublic will take over as the main support, while Bruno Mars joins Ry Cuming on the opening roster. Maroon 5 is touring hard and expanding its schedule in anticipation of the release for "Hands All Over," the group's third studio album. The effort is slated to drop in North America on September 21, while support for the record could stretch well into next year. "As far as I know, the next two years are already pretty much booked -- around the world, several times," keyboardist Jesse Carmichael said in an interview with Billboard. Carmichael added that the Los Angeles-based band is "doing a lot of rehearsals these days, trying to put together new musical moments for the tour, new transitions, new cover songs, maybe different arrangements of older songs -- just really trying to give people a new, exciting experience, especially for people who have seen us a lot in the last eight years." Read the rest of this entry »