It has been over 20 years since The Guess Who band members Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman have toured together. 

All that is about the change.

With a Canadian tour already planned, the band has added some dates south of the border for a North American tour later this year.

Burton Cummings spoke on the upcoming tour saying, “Randy and I are getting this incredible welcome back feeling. It’s magic to play the hit records and see people singing along after decades and decades.”

A trademark dispute that ended in a court battle is the reason being given for the long delay.  The issue resolved, Bachman and Cummings own the trademark.

Cummings noted, “I’m glad that’s all over with.  Now we can go out and honor the songs. We’re going out to honor the music.”

Randy Bachman tells the story in his shows that they band had a song ready to release as a single before they had a name.  With no band name to go along with the song title, the name “Guess Who” was put in the spot for the band name…and as they say, the rest is history!

With hits like “These Eyes”, “Hand Me Down World”, “Laughing”, “No Time”, and “Share the Land”; The Guess Who went on to be the first band out of Canada to earn a number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.

The guys promise a set list of hits…and just like they originally appeared on the records.  Bachman says, “that’s what people want to hear.  When I go see my buddy Neil Young, I don’t want the songs he wrote last week.”

Agreeing Cummings adds, “I can remember the first time I heard Elvis on the radio, the first time I ever heard the Beatles, first time when I heard Ray Charles sing ‘What’d I Say’. Rea lly great records never leave people’s memories. They’re there for good.”

Feeling people want to hear real rock and roll, Bachman said, “anybody can now write a song, put it in a computer and a song comes out. But they can’t play it live.  The people want to see you playing real rock. They want to hear a mistake. They want to see a string break.”

A limited number of VIP meet and greet packages will be available via Please & Thank You on select dates.

Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning at 10am local time on March 6.

Don Felder is the special guest for the tour.

The Guess Who tour dates:
May 26 at the Avenir Centre in Moncton, NB
May 27 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, NS
May 29 at Place Bell in Laval, QC
May 30 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON
June 1 at the TD Coliseum in Hamilton, ON
June 2 at Canada Life Place in London, ON
June 5 at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, MB
June 6 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, SK
June 8 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB
June 10 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, AB
June 25 at the Mustic Lake Amphitheater in Shakopee, MN
June 27 at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, OH
June 28 at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH
June 30 at the Huntington Bank Pavilion in Chicago, IL
July 1 at the Acrisure Amphitheater in Grand Rapids, MI
July 3 at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, MI
July 5 at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ
July 7 at the Lakeview Amphitheater in Syracuse, NY
July 8 at the BankNH Pavilion in Gilford, NH
July 10 at the Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY
July 11 at the Hard Rock Life in Atlantic City, NJ
July 14 at the SPAC in Saratoga Springs, NY
July 16 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT
July 17 at the Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston, MA
July 19 at the Ottawa Bluesfest in Ottawa, ON
Aug 6 at the Synovus Bank Amphitheater in Atlanta, GA
Aug 8 at the Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, TX
Aug 9 at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, TX
Aug 12 at the Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre in Greenwood Village, CO
Aug 14 at the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 15 at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas, NV
Aug 17 at the Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix, AZ
Aug 19 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA
Aug 22 at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA
Aug 23 at the PNE Fair in Vancouver, BC