ALO is (left to right) Ezra Lipp, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Zach Gill and Steve Adams.
JAY BLAKESBERG
California rock band ALO announced the 18th iteration of their annual Tour d’Amour recently in a news release. The jam-pop four-piece returns to the West Coast to hit some of their favorite venues.
The shows begin in Southern California then move up along the coast with the Tahoe show planned for Feb. 8 in the Crystal Bay Club Crown Room. Then they play at the “centerpiece visit” to the Fillmore in San Francisco. The tour wraps up with a Pacific Northwest run through Portland and a two-night stop in Seattle.
Glitterfox will open all events in California. The Pacific Northwest opener will be announced later.
Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, Nov. 15, but artist and local pre-sales started Nov. 13. The band will offer a VIP experience where fans can meet the band, get exclusive merchandise, and early access to the venue. Links to standard and VIP tickets are up at alomusic.com/#tour.
Each year, Tour d’Amour celebrates love, but it also celebrates an ongoing journey that began in Saratoga, California, in the late 1980s when Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz (guitar/vocals), Zach Gill (keyboards/vocals) and Steve Adams (bass/vocals) met in middle school. Drummer/vocalist Ezra Lipp – a fixture in the Northern California creative scene where he cut his teeth with the likes of Phil Lesh, Sean Hayes and countless others – joined several years ago.
Previous iterations of Tour d'Amour have received positive reviews from JamBase, Glide Magazine, Santa Barbara Independent and others. Of the band's show in March, Santa Barbara Independent wrote, "ALO can still deliver the fun, especially for a nostalgic crowd whose connections to the band are longstanding and deep-rooted… They hit SOhO with a vengeance.
“The entire show was well worth staying up late for.”
Glide Magazine praised the March 25 show in San Francisco, stating, "ALO took the stage with their signature positivity and the first song of the set, 'Make It Back Home' hit the spot just right. Everything was on point, tight and practiced as ever."
ALO WINTER TOUR
Jan. 30 Venice - The Venice West
Jan. 31 Solana Beach - Belly Up Tavern
Feb. 1 Santa Barbara - Soho
Feb. 6 Chico - The Big Room
Feb. 7 Grass Valley - Center For The Arts
Feb. 8 Crystal Bay - Crystal Bay Club/Crown Room
Feb. 22 San Francisco - The Fillmore
Feb. 27 Portland - The Get Down
Feb. 28 Seattle - Nectar Lounge
March 1 Seattle - Nectar Lounge