James Taylor and Carole King will team up for a world tour in March 2010 and it will begin in Melbourne, Australia.
Taylor has put the first dates up on his official website with Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Los Angeles getting the first view of the shows.King and Taylor go back to the 70’s when he recorded her ‘You’ve Got A Friend’ and had a massive global hit with the song. Carole King also recorded the song for ‘Tapestry’, the biggest selling album of her career.
The tour is dubbed ‘The Troubadour Reunion’, a nod to the Los Angeles nightclub where not only Taylor and King made their name, but also artists like Elton John, Eagles and Joni Mitchell.
The Troubadour was the place when a drunk John Lennon and Harry Nilsson were removed for heckling the Smothers Brothers.
In 2007, James Taylor and Carole King played a series of shows to mark the 50th anniversary of the iconic venue at 9081 Santa Monica Blvd.
The “Troubadour Reunion’ tour dates are:
March 27, Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
March 31, Brisbane, Entertainment Centre
April 3, Hunter Valle, Hope Arena
April 6, Sydney, Entertainment Centre
April 10, Auckland, Vector Arena
April 14, Tokyo, Budokan
April 16, Tokyo, Budokan
May 14, Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl
Watch Carole King and James Taylor perform ‘You’ve Got A Friend’:
