'Bad All Over The World - 50 Years Of Rock' features Thorogood and Jeff Simon (drums, percussion) with longtime DESTROYERS Bill Blough (bass guitar), Jim Suhler (rhythm guitar) and Buddy Leach (saxophone). The guitarist, songwriter and singer, who turned 73 in February, launched his 50th-anniversary tour on March 17.Īnother leg of the 'Bad All Over The World - 50 Years Of Rock' tour is slated to begin in July. Tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase. The next leg of GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS' North American tour was scheduled to kick off April 27 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and wrap May 21 in Big Flats, New York. 'You, our fans, mean the world to us, and we know this news is not want you wanted to hear, but rest assured GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS will be back.
' George has been diagnosed with a very serious medical condition that will require immediate surgery and quite a few weeks of recuperation and healing,' the band said in a statement earlier today (Tuesday, April 11). George Thorogood has canceled the next leg of his 50th-anniversary tour dates with his band, THE DESTROYERS, so that he can undergo an undisclosed operation.