Artist: JOE BONAMASSA
Album: TOUR DE FORCE: SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE VINYL (3LP)

Year: 2014
Media type: LP

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.

A1 Albion (intro)
A2 Slow Train
A3 So It's Like That
A4 Midnight Blues

B1 Last Kiss
B2 So Many Roads
B3 You Better Watch Yourself 

C1 Chains & Things
C2 Lonesome Road Blues
C3 Stop!

D1 I Got All You Need
D2 The Great Flood

E1 The Ballad Of John Henry

F1 Asking Around For You
F2 Further On Up The Road