Tommy Castro Is Back!

Join us for Tommy Castro and The Painkillers with special guest Larry McCray, LIVE, at the historic Kalamazoo State Theatre Friday, April 1^st!  It's all part of the 2016 RKR Blues Spotlight Series. It’s the band that Billboard calls “Irresistible contemporary blues-rock…street-level grit and soul” and The Washington Post credits with “Phenomenal and funky…soulful vocals and inspired blues-rock guitar.”

Don’t miss this true blues performance featuring 2 artists of pure soul! Exclusive presale starts THIS Thursday!  All seating is reserved and this is an ALL ages show.  $35 Gold Circle, $25 Orchestra, Mezzanine, & Balcony.

After years of playing guitar-driven blues and R&B backed by a tight horn section, Tommy Castro introduced The Painkillers live in 2012, creating a lean, mean four-piece lineup fueled by Tommy’s voice and guitar plus bass, drums and keyboard, with the drum chair now held by David Tucker.

Castro views the harder-edged sound of The Painkillers as a natural extension of the music he’s been making since he was a teenager. “The Painkillers really get me back to my roots. It feels to me a lot more like it did when I first started playing with my friends as a kid. Bands were always just three or four guys playing for the fun of it,” Castro recalls. Now, Tommy Castro And The Painkillers are pushing the music to another level.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster online at ticketmaster.com or by phone at 1-800-745-3000.  Tickets are also available in-person-only at the State Theatre Box Office