Fri Mar 19, 2004 08:55 PM ET:
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Guns 'N Roses guitarist Buckethead will tour for the first time as a solo artist, opening a series of 15 dates for Particle.
Buckethead's performances begin March 31 at Milwaukee's Eagles Ballroom and continue through April 15 at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta.
The tour will include record-release concerts for Particle's debut Or Music release, "Launchpad," at Chicago's Park West (April 3), the Paradise in Boston (April 8 ), New York's Irving Plaza (April 9) and the TLA in Philadelphia (April 10).
The group will also play the Wakarusa Music Festival in Lawrence, Kan., June 18-20.
Reuters/Billboard / (Ray Waddell)
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