NEWS

Replacing Tony Spinner, versatile L.A. sizzle-picker Guitarist/Vocalist Ricky "Z" joins the group and to be part of the new touring troop of Luke this June!

"The fierce session guitar-god and 5 X Grammy winner Steve Lukather sets course for the USA. "Luke" to his fans has undeniably played on over 1000 recordings which included some of music's biggest artists and hits.

Luke and his band will be tearing through most of his new "Ever Changing Times" release and revisiting songs he wrote, recorded and also covered including a few obscure Toto gems from his former band.

The "No Jazz Tour" (through 2009) first visits Europe, USA & Japan with more countries soon to be announced. His critically acclaimed new Ride-Records release, "Ever Changing Times" has been making a significant mark amongst rock listeners worldwide.

Steve Lukather has the real rock intensity that is sometimes copied but can never be matched!"

Dave Maida

Steve Lukather Worldwide Publicity

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Steve Lukather will be on Rockline radio this Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 from 8.30 to 10 pm PST. For a list of affiliate stations click here. A list of internet live streams can be found here.

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Steve Lukather "Ever Changing Times" Worldwide Tour 2008 commences on June 20 pulling all the stops on this first jaunt into cities with some of the greatest genre of music fans around the world. Steve Lukather will be performing many of his best solo spanning career songs that he has recorded as well as some of his secret guitar-vocal gems that he has written over his multi-million record selling career. Steve Lukather has billed this 2008 tour as the: "No Jazz Tour".

Lukather’s new touring unit includes the Rock-keyboard wizardry of Steve Weingart, ToTo album and Arkansas Blues guitar-giant Tony Spinner along with the intensified unleashed bass playing of Carlitos DelPuerto and the "DC" locomotive drum power of Eric Valentine.

Luke and his new band will be performing the stellar tracks from Steve Lukather’s new critically acclaimed CD "Ever Changing Times" adding their amazing interpretations and musicianship to this amazing and top selling worldwide release. The entire band will also be adding their vocal harmonies into the mix to compliment Steve Lukather’s dynamic lead vocals and "voted #1" guitar playing that will be truly show stopping.

Advanced tickets are currently on sale and are selling out at a swift rate. Steve Lukather and his 2008 band will deliver all the rock punches.

This tour is a knockout!

David Maida
Summer/Fall 2008

www.stevelukather.net

Ever changing times first week of release

Europe official sales charts:

Sweden at #21; Finland at #78; Switzerland at #47; Holland at #39; Germany at #51 and Japan official sales chart at #19.

On January 5, 2008, Luke visited Japan to shoot a music video for the album title cover "Ever Changing Times". The production team was comprised by several Japanese producer and and well-known director. A DVD music video will be included on a limited edition version of CD’s to be released in Japan on March 5, 2008, with a bonus feature of "The Making of ECT Album". B-roll footages taken by ECT Executive Producer Randy Goodrum while the recording was being held at the Steakhouse Studios in North Hollywood for several months was compiled and edited by Ride Records.

Frontiers Records has also plans to re-release the same on May & June of 2008 in Europe (TBA).

Steve Lukather’s new solo album Ever changing times has been released in Europe on February 22, in Japan on March 5, in Asia, Australia and New Zealand on various dates of March and U.S. by the last week of April (TBA).

Luke’s brand new studio album entitled "Ever Changing Times" will surely sound to all major music hub as shat the world witnessed to those enormous hits made by Toto Band, in which Luke played a major role.

The result of this new studio effort, which lasted several months in between Toto tours during 2007, are eleven songs which incorporate all aspects Steve Lukather is well known for. "The record rocks harder than Toto, but there is enough melodic stuff on there to please Toto fan. There is also stuff that sounds youthful because my co-producer Steve Macmillan and my son Trevor were keeping me honest and up to date" says Luke, "It shows a lot of my influences and music I like. If it sounds good, then keep it".