Is coming soon.

There will be an interview published very soon where Ray gives details of the Riders 2007 touring plans. I guarentee it you won't be dissapointed.

Dave

oh yeah. man that feels so good to read. all this time with everything dry as a bone. finally.

let me just say that it was awesome to see "Riders on the Storm 2007 Tour News" with an "!" instead of "?"

Now comes the suspense of not knowing whether I'll be able to see them or not!

Great news anyway!!

hope they come back to Dublin or any where in the u.k. looing fwd to there plans for 2007

ha Dave, what a tease. Either way this is fantastic news, it will feel so good to get some solid information once again.

Cool!!!.... south america, please....Chile... if not argentina.. I guess I could cross the andes for this...

Cool. Just what we've been waiting for.

Cant Wait.

Coming soon to a theater near me?

omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did I say omg btw?!?!

BRITAIN NEEDS YOU RAY! ROBBY! IAN! TY! PHIL! TOM VITORINO CAN YOU HEAR ME - GET THE BUGGERS ON A PLANE ASAP - PLOUGH THEM WITH WHISKEY, WAIT TILL THEY PASS OUT AND SHOVE THEM ON BRITISH AIRWAYS IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All-f**kin' right!!!! Dead rats, dead cats, The Doors had better be comin' back!!!!!!!!!!!

WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

YEAH!!!!

Ok, I'm slightly excited...

PK - YYYYEAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!! BOUT F**KIN' TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Intriguing. Can't wait to see what they will come up with next. Hopefully some new songs and also new renditions of some of the classics that we haven't heard yet. Great News!

S O U T H A M E R I C A N T O U R P L E A S E ! ! !

ST. RITA BABY, ST. RITA!

To Tom, Ray, Robby Ian and Ty...

I really hope you guys go all out next year. You all have been completely ignored (and quite frankly, insulted) in all of these big "DOORS 40TH ANNIVERSARY" press releases. More than any coffee table book, documentary or las vegas show- you guys are the real deal and I wont be satisfied until the word really gets out. The word being that THE DOORS are out on tour in 2007.

New music in any form (full album, online downloads, disclive live show...) would be a dream come true.

It's been a long, quiet summer. Can't wait to see what you've got planned ahead. Go big.




(angus- hell yeah... never forget St. Rita! )

My fingers ( and toes for that matter) are crossed hoping you come to the midwest. I've got to catch a few shows. The greatest group of all time.! I can't wait. I almost got back stage in Chicago last year only to be turned away at the last minute. I still have the VIP pass that Snakeskin and Door71 were nice enough to give me.
If they come close, it will be a mission to meet them!!

This is my list of demands...

1. March 13th 2007 - Manchester, UK - The Apollo. 13.03.07 will be my 27th birthday so you must be here.

2. July 3rd 2007 - LA Scene Bar, Bastille, Paris. If you play here in my 27th year, it will keep me away from bathtubs for the night which I'm rapidly developing a phobia about.

3. December 8th 2007 - The new (and hopefully completed!) Wembley Stadium, London, UK. One last mega-bowl sized gig - it will hold 90,000 people. If you release your new album before December 2007, you should have no problem in selling it out twice over at least.

Fail to comply and the psychadelic white rabbit gets it...



PK

4. My garden - UK - I reckon we could get a couple of hundred in if we squeezed

Sell out Wembley? You think? That would be great!

I was front row at St. Rita. Here's a picture.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k159/jim...eoccie8/ray.jpg

I was front row at St. Rita. Here's a picture.

Holy shit, what a magical date .... !!!!

13 red and 27 white roses ....

Wow!
What great news.
Since it is a Tour of the 40th, how cool would it be to have 40 dates, in 40 cities, as close to the original Doors Tours. Now that's something I would hope for to happen in 2007. What an awesome time to be alive.
T

hmm, that does sound awesome, doesnt it?

Nah, it'd probably get about 3 gigs in, and Ian would whip out his you know what in Miami, and that would be the end of that...

I seriously wonder what it would take for a current member of the band to get arrested?

PK

OK. First of all, sorry for hogging this thread - it's just that I'm so psyched to hear of another tour in the offing that I can't resist!!!

I have one serious musical suggestion for the 2007 Tour. Not that I'm questioning Ray Manzarek's musical abilities in any way - he is in my opinion the greatest organist since Bach. That is the issue though for me - Ray is a greater organist than he is a keyboard player if you ask me. Yet he is constantly using an Alesis keyboard (which he has put to incredible musical use). But, and you know there is a but, Ray!!!, my favourite song by The Doors is probably When The Music's Over. This song has never benefited from the use of the Alesis from a organist's point of view. The sound just isn't deep enough. When The Music's Over stands as one of the greatest organ songs of the 20th Century, in fact of all time. It deserves to have a Vox Continental as it's organ component. Don't get me wrong, other songs sound fine with the Alesis; for instance, I love Love Me Two Times with the Alesis and I think you do a better job on this Ray, with the Alesis than you could ever manage with a Vox, Hammond etc. But When The Music's Over is the best song of the band's repoitaire and could be even better sounding with the Vox nailing it down. It also would present an opportunity to reintegrate a organ bass for this song. Phil Chen is absolutely the right man for ever other song on your setlists, but as I keep saying, When The Music's Over is unique, a stand-alone piece of music. I just believe that a Vox with an organ bass will raise it to new heights.

At the very least, it would keep your roadies busy with another piece or two of musical instrumentation. And I think it could also lend the song a little extra on-stage drama, with the king of musicians changing his instrumentation to blow people's minds with one of the ultimate pieces of rock opera that is When The Music's Over.

Whatever you choose to do Ray, I know you and your band (and they are your band: as Jim Morrison said: "You wanna know who The Doors are? Ray Manzarek, he is The Doors.") are gonna be doing one hell of a job next year, as always. It is amazing to hear that you're planning what will be your 7th year on the road with D21C/ROTS. This next year will equal the total time the original Doors spent as a band. It is an amazing accomplishment and if you manage to get the new album released as well, the touring and the album will present an incredible counterpoint to the original Doors history, where the band spent six seventh's of it's time being appreciated through their albums and unfortunately only one seventh of it's time on the road, whereas The Doors of the 21st Century will have spent one seventh of it's time being appreciated for the studio album and an amazing six seventh's of it's time being loved by thousands and thousands of people around the world watching the band play live and blowing all our minds.

Fondest Regards,

Daniel

I envision ROTS performing in Sedona (Az.) on a full moon.

Spiritual immersion with no diversion
Only to embrace-ANEW
Sacred sounds of harmony & voice...penetrating red rocks of time immemorial
The "ceremony has begun" 'non too soon-ANEW
Bathed in the silver radiance of Sister Moon...

PEACE-Raven

fantastic news!

i think Minnesota deserves an '07 tour date after the blown moondance jam gig (which was another thank you to john).

hopefully the future is certain and the end is never near...

It would be interseting if perhaps John could put his differences with Robby & Ray aside and perform with them as The Doors in celebration of their 40th. anniversary. I suppose thats just wishful thinking but, who knows?..

Wait a minute, wait a minute, I was just as pissed as you but that had nothing to do with John.

bullshit ~ that time period was as at the climax of the trial... the reason they cancelled, to my understanding, was directly related to john's trial coming to a close. am i wrong???

That may very well be (although I suspect it is more complicated since they haven't said shit or even 'sorry') but whose fault is it that the proceedings came to a close just then?

well, this should get interesting pretty quickly

Nah.
When was the last time anything interesting happened here?

April, but it will come again

I just hope that they film future concerts for a dvd release... I´m still pissed for the argentinan concert...looks like it was their best concert.. and the crowd was amaizing....hope they go there again and film it again...

Dave

Any estimates on when we can expect the interview mate? very soon? or very very soon... ?

Also: are the doors aware of the need for good advance notice due to the extent to which their fans will go to ensure they get tickets, flights, hotels, time off work etc to see them play?

There is a real need for good advance notice - I know, my wife and I are planning to see them as many times as possible in Europe next year (dublin, glasgow, london, amsterdam, paris) if possible and it would be of great assistance to our year planning if these dates were to be announced asap. Such is the curse of being a fan!

Ed

Not sure exactly when the interview will be published. Right when I find out, I'll let you guys know.

As far as advance notice of the shows, I know the management does it's best to get things finalized as soon as possible. Once things are finalized, I am usually informed of the dates and I post 'em. As always, when I know.. you'll know.
Dave

I agree with Ed...any advance notice would be extremely helpful and would also help make the tour much more successful.
Thanks,
M-B

One of our local DJ's who has seen the original Doors 4 times would be very interested in getting Riders to appear in Fort Wayne. We have a great place The Embassy Theatre. I know he will promote the shit out of the show.

Come back to Columbus, Ohio. I have been to many different concerts and I danced my ass off that night two years ago. I am not one to dance much and it pisses my wife off. She was completely blown away when I started daning. I am pretty sure itw as the combination of the Doors and beer. Just make one stop in Columbus.

can't wait for the dates !!!

whose fault was it? well who initiated the bullshit trial anyways? the outcome, the timing, guess i just put 2 and 2 together...

the only thing tarnishing the doors legacy is a clusterfuck of greatest hits albums - not the band that works so damn hard to initiate a new generation to their sound - hey, then you can sell band favorites CD's volume 1 through 69 to a whole new crowd, fantastic!

anyways - D21C, come back to MINNESOTA...

Well, I'll agree with the last two sentiments.

We saw the band in Amsterdam this year at Easter as they did not play England,that was a great weekend! hope they play here next year.. a West Country gig would be cool,down here in Somerset or Devon maybe? or Bristol? The Cult are playing Bristol next week but I can't make the gig,hope Ian will come back next year with his other band!.. just booked ticket to see Roger McGuinn in Bristol next month..

Yes Amsterdam they rocked! And I got to meet the legend himself! Thanks Ray! It was an honour for me

i can't contain myself anylonger

well, don't get any on the carpet

Peace,
M-B

heehee...i thought it would be nice to have something lighthearted instead of bans and deleted posts and topics, yadda yadda yadda. i'm really dissappointed in the overall negative tones of all the doors-related boards. kind of a downer. every day, it's the same old shit but nothing fun anymore.

I love you Universal..........tickle, tickle, tickle............ I hope I made you laugh
Peace,
M-B

Things like that are always unfortunate, I've closed some threads of late and of course its not something I want to do but of course it always needs to be done. Hopefully this interview will be published sooner than later and the fun can get going again.