The Baddest Show on Earth tour rolled through the Palace Theatre in Greensburg on Sunday, then moves to the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach on Tuesday.
This tour backs his latest release, The Baddest Show on Earth: Greatest Hits Live. Tracks come from concerts spanning 1978 to 2024. Boston, Atlanta, Sarasota, and Roslyn, New York all contributed recordings.
Thorogood has released 17 studio albums. Two went platinum, and six earned gold status. His big break came in 1981 when he opened for the Rolling Stones, catapulting him into MTV rotation, where Bo Diddley and John Lee Hooker appeared in his videos. He’s played with Brian Setzer, Buddy Guy, ZZ Top, The Allman Brothers Band, and John Fogerty. He also featured at Live Aid in Philadelphia…