The renowned Rock/Fusion power trio The Aristocrats (guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Bryan Beller and drummer Marco Minnemann) will offer their fans around the world a livestream of their concert at Reggie’s in Chicago at 9:00pm local time on August 20, 2022. The show is a part of their DEFROST Tour of North America, currently in progress.
Tickets are available at https://www.zuma.live/event/53 and purchasers can stream the show from live showtime up until 24 hours later.
The band issued the following statement about the special event:
“This is a total first for us, we’re excited about it, and there are a lot of good reasons why we felt as a band that this was the right time. First off, it’s super high quality audio and video, at a venue we know and love – Reggie’s – with Zuma Live who has done many successful high profile livestream shows. Second, we had to cancel our El Paso and Albuquerque shows on this tour due to COVID issues, and other folks couldn’t come to other shows for the same reason, so hopefully everyone affected by this unprecedented situation can check this out and see the actual tour show. Third, it’s been two years since we’ve been to Europe and six years since we’ve been to Asia or South America. We have a lot of fans around the world and it’s been difficult to get there lately, for obvious reasons. So we wanted to share our live show with them before next year – they’ve waited long enough!
Why did we wait so long to do something like this? Our longstanding belief as a band is that concerts are meant to be enjoyed in the moment, and it’s no secret that Guthrie Govan in particular is averse to ever-present phones and video shot from the crowd. At the same time, the COVID era has kept us off the road for a long time, and present-day touring is still challenging (evidenced by the two cancelled shows). This is a special circumstance, and so we wanted to make this high-quality livestream concert – with multi-track-mixed audio and 4-camera 6K video – a special event to connect with our fans wherever they may live. We’re looking forward to it and hope you can join us!”
The Aristocrats DEFROST North American Tour
remaining dates
| DATE | VENUE | CITY, STATE |
| August 11, 2022 | Imperial Bell | Quebec City, QC |
| August 12, 2022 | Café Campus | Montreal, QC |
| August 13, 2022 | Café Campus | Montreal, QC |
| August 14, 2022 | Opera House | Toronto, ON |
| August 16, 2022 | This Is Red | Pittsburgh, PA |
| August 17, 2022 | Beachland Ballroom | Cleveland, OH |
| August 18, 2022 | The Magic Bag | Detroit, MI |
| August 19, 2022 | Irving Theater | Indianapolis, IN |
| August 20, 2022 | Reggie’s | Chicago, IL |
| August 22, 2022 | Amsterdam Bar And Hall | St, Paul, MN |
| August 23, 2022 | xBk Live | Des Moines, IA |
| August 24, 2022 | RecordBar | Kansas City, MO |
| August 26, 2022 | The Black Sheep | Colorado Springs, CO |
| August 27, 2022 | Marquis Theater | Denver, CO |
| August 28, 2022 | Mesa Theater | Grand Junction, CO |
| August 29, 2022 | Urban Lounge | Salt Lake City, UT |
| August 30, 2022 | The Shredder | Boise, ID |
| September 1, 2022 | Rickshaw Theatre | Vancouver, BC |
| September 2, 2022 | Neumos | Seattle, WA |
| September 3, 2022 | Star Theater | Portland, OR |
| September 5, 2022 | The Dip | Redding, CA |
| September 6, 2022 | Harlow’s | Sacramento, CA |
| September 8, 2022 | 1720 | Los Angeles, CA |
| September 9, 2022 | Great American Music Hall | San Francisco, CA |