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The Doobie Brothers will continue their 50th Anniversary tour minus founding member Tom Johnston who is stepping down temporarily while he undergoes back surgery.

Bluesfest Melbourne is happening at the Melbourne Convention Centre this weekend and applause to Neil Croker and Peter Noble for curating such an incredible line-up of real musicians under one roof.

The Doobie Brothers are touring Australia with Michael McDonald for the first timedespite being here six times before.

Melbourne has scored its own two day Bluesfest in April with The Doobie Brothers, Buddy Guy and Paolo Nutini on the line-up.

The Doobie Brothers will perform in Australia for Bluesfest in 2023 with Michael McDonald back in the band.

John Hartman, a co-founder and original drummer for The Doobie Brothers, died in December 2021 but the news has just been revealed. Hartman was 72.

The Doobie Brothers have rescheduled several concerts as a result of Covid-19 concerns.

In 2021 The Doobie Brothers released their 15th studio album ‘Liberte’. It was their first album of new songs since ‘World Gone Crazy’ in 2010.

The Doobie Brothers will perform eight shows in Las Vegas in 2022.

The Doobie Brothers will release their 15th album ‘Liberté’ in October and then planning on spending the rest of 2021 and 2022 on the road to mark their 50th anniversary.

Bruce Springsteen’s performances for the No Nukes events in New York in 1979 are being made into a film.

Michael McDonald has rejoined the Doobie Brothers for their first tour together in 25 years to mark the 50th anniversary of the band.

This year’s super festivals of classic rock, Classic West and Classic East opened on Saturday with their West Coast show at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Real musicians playing real instruments performing songs they wrote is becoming rarer as the years go on.

Eagles and Fleetwood Mac lead an all-star line-up for the two night The Classic for Los Angeles and New York in July.

Classic East and Classic West, the new bi-coastal festivals of classic rock artists, have just grown from two to six artists.

Santana and Doobie Brothers are the two latest acts to be added to Bluesfest.

Original Doobie Brothers member Patrick Simmons and his wife, Cris Sommer Simmons, will drive across the country on their 1934 and 1929 Harley-Davidson motorcycles on the 2014 Cannonball Endurance Run.

Michael McDonald has written a letter to his hometown of Ferguson following atrocities in the town this week.

The Doobie Brothers are joining the list of classic rock and R&B artists who have teamed with country artists to make a covers album.

Tom Johnston formed The Doobie Brothers with Patrick Simmons in San Jose, California in 1970.

The Doobie Brothers are out to prove how much their classic rock has been an influence on modern country with a duets album featuring some of the band’s biggest hits.

The Deni Blues & Roots Festival will return to Deniliquin, NSW in 2014 with John Mayer and the Doobie Brothers a couple of the names set to perform.

Allman Brothers legend Greg Allman will perform in Australia for the very first time for Bluesfest and soul legend Aaron Neville will play his first ever solo shows for Bluefest.