Busy Summer Ahead For B.b. King

B.B. King's annual Blues Music Festival is set to bow Aug. 1 in Las Vegas, with Buddy Guy, best new artist Grammy nominee Susan Tedeschi, and Tommy Castro in tow. The tour will visit 32 cities, with additional dates expected shortly.

King, who has appeared at all nine installments of the event, will be performing material from his just-released MCA album "Makin' Love Is Good For You." King's long-awaited collaborative album with Eric Clapton, "Riding With The King," is due June 13 on Reprise. The pair previously worked together on the song "Rock Me Baby," featured on King's 1997 MCA album "Deuces Wild."

In addition, King will appear at PBS' annual Memorial Day Concert, to be broadcast live May 28 from the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

<B>Here are the tour dates for B.B. King's Blues Music Festival:</B>

Aug. 1: Las Vegas

Aug. 2: San Diego

Aug. 3: Santa Barbara, Calif.

Aug. 4: Mountain View, Calif.

Aug. 5: Concord, Calif.

Aug. 9: Sacramento, Calif.

Aug. 10: Reno, Nev.

Aug. 11: Portland, Ore.

Aug. 12-13: Seattle

Aug. 15: Denver

Aug. 18-19: Atlanta

Aug. 20: Evansville, Ind.

Aug. 22: Chicago

Aug. 23: Detroit

Aug. 24-25: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Aug. 26: Madison, Wisc.

Aug. 27: Hinckley, Minn.

Aug. 29: Toronto

Aug. 30: Syracuse, N.Y.

Aug. 31: Burgettstown, Pa.

Sept. 1: Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Sept. 2: Rochester, N.Y.

Sept. 3: Uncasville, Conn.

Sept. 4: Danbury, Conn.

Sept. 6: Vienna, Va.

Sept. 7: Baltimore

Sept. 8: Columbus, Ohio

Sept. 9: St. Louis

Sept. 10: Indianapolis

Sept. 12: Hartford, Conn.

Sept. 13-14: Boston

Sept. 15: Holmdel, N.J