The Eric Burdon European Tour 2009

The European Tour 2009 is a tour by Eric Burdon billed as "Eric Burdon & The (New) Animals". It started on 26 June in Switzerland and will end there on 7 August. Before this tour he performed in Canada and the United States.

Band Line-Up

• Eric Burdon - vocals, cowbell, tambourine, percussion
• Red Young - keyboards, organ, hammond B-3, piano, synthesizer, background vocals
• Billy Watts - electric and acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Terry Wilson - electric bass, background vocals
• Georgia Dagaki - Cretan lyra, vocals, background vocals
• Brannen Temple - drums

Tour dates

Trivia

• During the whole tour no pictures, bootlegs or other form of recording were allowed, though many videos were posted on YouTube.com and many pictures were posted on the worldwide net.
• Most of the concerts were critically acclaimed, though the locations were too hot and the gigs too short.
• His single gigs in Lorca, Spain (31 July) and Holstebro, Denmark (August) were cancelled.
• When Taj Mahal cancelled his show for the Maryport Blues Festival on 26 July, Burdon was a last minute step-in and headlined the festival. He did not perform in that region for the last seven years.
• During the tour some "new" songs were added including "Devil Slide" and "Forty-Four". * Georgia Dagaki sometimes left the stage during heavier rock songs to join the stage again later.
• During July they began to perform a song which is featured on Dagaki's new album "Secret Love". The song is called "Panselynos - Full Moon" and was going into "Paint it Black".
• Regularly they began with the song "When I Was Young". At the end of the song, Burdon referenced artists such as James Brown, The Beatles, Otis Redding and also Michael Jackson amongst others.
• At one gig a fan wanted him to play "Roadhouse Blues". Burdon said he did not want to play that song, because it made him think of Jim Morrison and that makes him sick.