Bad Company / Doobie Brothers

The original members of Bad Company will reunite to perform with Grammy award-winning artists The Doobie Brothers at DTE Energy Music Theatre on Wednesday, July 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets at $49.50 and $35 pavilion and $25 lawn go on sale this Friday, April 10 at 10 a.m. at Palacenet.com, Livenation.com, The Palace Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations. Special Superfan seating is also available. Special lawn ticket four-packs at $75 are also available

Tickets may also be charged by phone to American Express, Discover, Visa and MasterCard by calling 1-800-745-3000.

Bad Company founding members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke (original member Boz Burrell passed away in 2006) performed a one-off concert at Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida on August 8, 2008, recording a live concert DVD before a sold-out crowd. The DVD, titled Bad Company – Hard Rock Live will be available exclusively at shows during the concert run and is tentatively set for official release this summer, August 8. Prior to their one performance in 2008, the band had not performed together in nearly a decade.

Rodgers, celebrating over four decades as a writing and recording artist (Free, Bad Company, The Firm, Queen + Paul Rodgers), released his debut solo DVD Live in Glasgow, which would go on to chart number three in the U.S. Rodgers also released a new studio album titled The Cosmos Rocks with Queen + Paul Rodgers and capped 2008 with a sold-out Q+PR world tour. Most recently, Rolling Stone named Rodgers one of the “Top 100 Singers of All Time.”

“These dates are to thank the fans for keeping the music alive,” said Rodgers. “I invited my friends The Doobie Brothers because I’ve always loved their music and them as people.”

“It's great to be back with Paul and Simon,” said Ralphs. “We made great music together and had the time of our lives doing it. I'm really looking forward to getting back out there this summer.” Ralphs has announced plans to participate in five reunion shows with 70s rock band Mott the Hoople at the Hammersmith Apollo in London this October.

“We had such a ball playing together again that we have decided to do some selective shows this summer,” said Kirke. “We’re also looking forward to the release of our live DVD.”

Bad Company’s multi-platinum hits such as “Can’t Get Enough,” “Feel Like Makin Love,” “Rock Steady,” “Movin’ On,” “Shooting Star,” “Rock & Roll Fantasy” and “Bad Company” helped propel them to the forefront of the 1970s arena rock movement. Rodgers’ concept to write a song titled the same as the bands’ name and album was a first. To this day, the multi-platinum Bad Company album arguably remains one of the most accomplished debuts in rock history. Throughout the 1970s Rodgers’ and Ralphs’ songwriting continued to yield hit after hit including “Seagull,” “Run with the Pack,” and “Burnin’ Sky,” making Bad Company one of the biggest concert attractions of the decade. The group’s multi-platinum award-winning greatest hits set 10 from 6 has become a record collection staple.

The Doobie Brothers have weathered personnel and style changes to remain successful, with sales of more than 50 million albums, accumulating 13 gold and 11 multi-platinum sales awards and four Grammy Awards. The band formed in 1969 as a hard-rocking trio with vocalist Tom Johnston, John Hartman and Dave Shogren. Guitarist Patrick Simmons soon joined the group and the quartet released their self-titled debut album in 1971.

The Doobie Brothers and their fans are now celebrating the triumphant return of drummer Michael Hossack, who was sidelined by an injury in a taxi cab accident in the summer of 2008, forcing him to sit out for half a year worth of shows.

In between tour dates, the band is currently in the studio working on their upcoming full-length album, which marks the return of the longtime Doobie Brothers producer Ted Templeman. Fifteen songs have been written for this release.

Current band members include Johnston (vocals/guitar), Simmons (vocals/guitar), along with Guy Allison (keyboard/vocals), Michael Hossack (drums), John McFee (guitar/strings/vocals), Marc Russo (saxophone), Skylark (bass/vocals) and Ed Toth (drums).

Bad Company and The Doobie Brothers are part of the Belle Tire Concert Series.