MissedKeanu ReevesatBottleRock Napa Valleythis year? Don’t worry. Bay Area fans will have plenty of opportunities to see the movie star up close as his bandDogstarplays intimate venues across the West Coast next month.
That tour is set to launch Aug. 10 in Hermosa Beach (Los Angeles County) and run through a date in Santa Ana (Orange County) on Aug. 28. It precedes a few shows in Japan and a full-scale North American tour that kicks off on Nov. 30 in Los Angeles, with dates scheduled through Dec. 20 in Nashville.
Along the way, Dogstar will make several trips to Northern California, with shows lined up at the Uptown Theatre in Napa on Aug. 22, the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park on Aug. 23, Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 3, and the Crest Theatre in Sacramento on Dec. 5. Each venue holds approximately 500 people.
Tickets for all North American shows will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, July 21, via theDogstar website.
The band — with bassist Reeves, guitarist and vocalist Bret Dormouse (a San Jose native), and drummer Robert Mailhouse — also timed the release of its new single, “Everything Turns Around,” with the tour announcement on Wednesday, July 19. The track offers a preview of the band’s first album in more than 20 years, “Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees,” scheduled for release on Oct. 6 via their own label, Dillon Street Records.
“It feels like a fun summer song to us. It has an uplifting message and a positive vibe that hopefully makes your day a little bit lighter,” Dogstar said in a statement. “It’s one of our favorite songs to play live.”
Dogstar played itsfirst public concertin 23 years at BottleRock in May, where the trio played a mix of songs from its previous studio albums, 1996’s “Our Little Visionary” and 2000’s “Happy Ending,” alongside a handful of tunes from its forthcoming release.
“Today was like our first kind of foray out,” Reeves, best known for his acting in “The Matrix” and “John Wick,” told The Chronicle at the time. “The band wants to play, we have a record, so we’re just kind of trying to figure out the best way to marry those two things.”
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