David Foster to tour starting October

Famed musical showman, producer and songwriter David Foster and some of his talented friends will be embarking on a l0-city tour of “David Foster and Friends” starting in Chicago on October 21st, including stops in New York, Boston, LA, Vancouver, Miami and other markets, it was confirmed today by Warner Bros. Records. In addition to such artists as Philip Bailey from the chart-topping Earth, Wind and Fire, Oprah protégé Charice, Chicago’s Peter Cetera and American Idol’s Michael Johns, fans can expect surprise visits at every show.

Foster, who has an unparalleled four-decade career producing, writing, discovering and nurturing some of the greatest talents in music, has added a special event to the “Foster and Friends Show” - a HIT MAN Talent Search for emerging artists that will take place in each city.

Talent in each market will compete to be the next mega-artist by submitting video performances to WWW.NAMEDROP.COM. Following the pre-selection, radio and TV stations in their markets will air the selected video/audio clips and viewers/listeners will vote for the two finalists via station websites.

The two finalists get to perform with Foster in front of a live audience during the Foster and Friends Concert. The audience and Foster will choose the final winner, who will be flown to Vancouver on November 8th for a final showdown in Foster’s home town.

With one of Hollywood’s most impressive phone books, Foster has yet to reveal which guests might visit him on stage during the tour.

“Cher and Donny Osmond both surprised me in Las Vegas so I think people won’t be disappointed. I can certainly say each show will be very special and loads of fun. You never know what’s going to happen with this much talent on stage,” commented Foster who performed two sold out shows at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas recently.

Foster, a 15-time Grammy winner whose PBS Great Performances Special, “David Foster and Friends” was the highest pledged PBS show in history, will perform with his friends some of the hits that have paved the way for the many artists that he has worked with over the years, including Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Josh Groban, Celine Dion, Michael Bublé, Andrea Bocelli, Chaka Khan, Madonna, Chicago and The Corrs.

Foster recently produced Seal’s critically acclaimed, “Soul” CD, Michael Bublé’s upcoming “Crazy Love” CD and a cut on Whitney Houston’s new CD. He is also in the studio with Oprah discovery Charice, who received five standing ovations during her recent performance in Las Vegas.

David Foster’s current DVD/CD “Foster and Friends” is available on 143/Reprise Records.

Tour dates are as follows:
21-Oct
Chicago, IL
Wed
Rosemont Theatre

23-Oct
New York, NY
Fri
WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden

24-Oct
Newark, NJ
Sat
Prudential Center

25-Oct
Boston, MA
Sun
Agganis Arena

28-Oct
Atlanta, GA
Wed
Fox Theatre

30-Oct
Tampa, FL
Fri
St. Pete Times Forum

1-Nov
Hollywood, FL
Sun
Hard Rock Live

5-Nov
Los Angeles, CA
Thur
Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City Walk

6-Nov
San Jose, CA
Fri
HP Pavilion

8-Nov
Vancouver, BC
Sun
General Motors Place

Ticket prices are $125, $85 and $55 and can be purchased by logging on to http://www.ticketmaster.com/ or by calling 1-800-745-3000 (except for Vancouver, Canada, 604-280-4444, or http://www.ticketmaster.ca/).