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Vernon Reid Of Living Colour Is Jamming With The Roots In Europe

Yahoo! Music, Mar 26, 2003 5:00 pm PST
(3/26/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid has stepped in to temporarily fill the void left by the departure of the Roots's guitarist Ben Kenney. Reid is performing with the hip-hop band through Saturday (March 29) as it tours Europe and looks for a permanent replacement.

Goodvibe's funk rock artist Martin Luther is also sitting in with the Philadephia bred hip-hop band during the early dates of the European tour. Luther is scheduled to release his album Rebel Soul Music this summer.

The Roots' European and Japanese tour dates (subject to change):

March 25 - Munich, GER - Georg Elser Halle

March 26 - Zurich, SWI - Rote Fabrik

March 28 - Manchester, UK - Manchester University

March 29 - London, UK - Brixton Academy

March 30 - Bristol, UK - Bristol Academy

April 1 - Brussels, BEL - Ancienne Belgique

April 2,3 - Amsterdam, NET - Paradiso

April 4 - Paris, FRA - Le Zenith

April 8 - Tokyo, JPN - Akasaka Blitz

April 10,11,12 - Osaka, JPN - Blue Note

April 14,15,16 - Nagoya, JPN - Blue Note

-- Yves Erwin Salomon, New York

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