On Tuesday, the classic rock band The Doobie Brothers announced they will bring their 50^th Anniversary Tour to Moline’s TaxSlayer Center on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.

Tickets ($37.50-$89.50) will go on sale Friday, June 11 at 10 a.m., at the arena box office (1201 River Drive, Moline), and Ticketmaster.com.

The Doobie Brothers’ 50th Anniversary Tour (including Michael McDonald) will kick off Aug. 22 at the Iowa State Fair.

Last November, The Doobie Brothers announced a 30-city North American tour to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the band’s founding. Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and John McFee planned to be back on tour for the first time in nearly 25 years.

That announcement came at the end of the band’s performance at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. On Tuesday, the band added three new dates to the 50^th Anniversary Tour (which is now 49 dates through June 2022) – Moline, plus Milwaukee’s BMO Harris Pavilion on Aug. 24 and Green Bay’s Resch Center Expo Pavilion on Aug. 26.

The tour will kick off Aug. 22 at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

The Doobies’ released their debut album in 1971; over their long career, the band has won four Grammys, and sold more than 48 million records worldwide.

Their 1976 “Best of the Doobies” collection alone has sold more than 12 million copies. Their No. 1 gold-certified singles “Black Water” (1974) and “What a Fool Believes” (1979) lead a large catalog of hits that includes “Listen to the Music,” “Jesus is Just All Right,” “Rockin’ Down the Highway,” “Long Train Runnin’,” “China Grove,” “Take Me in Your Arms,” “Takin’ It to the Streets,” “Minute by Minute,” “You Belong to Me,” and “The Doctor.”

In all, The Doobies have totaled five Top 10 singles and 16 Top 40 hits. For more information, visit https://thedoobiebrothers.com/.

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Jonathan Turner

Jonathan Turner -- who has called the Quad Cities home since 1995 -- has decades of experience as a professional journalist and pianist. His experience writing for daily newspapers, public radio and local TV encompasses a wide range of subjects, including the arts, politics, education, economic development, historic preservation, business, and tourism.

Jonathan most loves writing about music and the arts (which he now does as a freelancer for the River Cities Reader and Visit Quad Cities). He has a passion for accompanying musicals, singers, choirs and instrumentalists, including playing for QC Music Guild's 2023 productions of RENT and SWEENEY TODD. He is assistant music director and accompanist for the spring 2025 Music Guild show, ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE. He wrote an original musical based on The Book of Job, which premiered at Playcrafters in 2010. Jonathan penned a 175-page history book about downtown Davenport, that was published by The History Press in 2016, and a travel guide about the QC published by Reedy Press in 2022.