Artist: JOE BONAMASSA
Album: TOUR DE FORCE: SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE (2CD)

Release date: 2014
Media type: CD

Blues-rock star Joe Bonamassa will release Tour De Force – Live In London 2-CD and 3-LP on Provogue Records (a division of Mascot Label Group), an unprecedented live concert event recorded in 2013 at four iconic London venues which he has previously played: The Borderline, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Hammersmith Apollo, and the Royal Albert Hall.

The sold-out concerts, which saw over 12.000 fans in attendance, chronicle Bonamassa’s atmospheric rise from the intimate club environment of The Borderline, to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Every individual evening was marked by a particular theme – his early trio years, the blues, rock and roll, and an all encompassing set at the Albert Hall – and every setlist, arrangement and ensemble was designed to fit in with the evening’s prescribed theme providing the viewer with four different and unique performances. Each corresponding disc in the set features a different selection from over 60 songs played from his extensive catalogue – some having never been performed live – with a different and unique band configuration to highlight the diverse elements of Bonamassa’s style.

About the Shepherd’s Bush Empire show:
At his heart Joe Bonamassa is a blues player and it was for this evening at Shepherd’s Bush Empire that he elected to put on a display highlighting his true love of the genre. Backed by a full horn section, Bonamassa rolled through blues-tinged stalwarts from his vast collection.

CD 1:

1. Albion (intro)
2. Slow Train
3. So It's Like That
4. Midnight Blues
5. Last Kiss
6. So Many Roads
7. Band intros
8. You Better Watch Yourself
9. Chains & Things 

CD 2:

1. Lonesome Road Blues
2. Stop!
3. I Got All You Need
4. The Great Flood
5. The Ballad Of John Henry
6. Asking Around For You
7. Further On Up The Road