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NEWS - 2002

December, 2002

Kenny will be playing with Michelle Branch at the World AIDS Day Concert which will air on MTV on Dec. 2.

November, 2002

On November 4 Kenny performs with Michelle Branch at the Bogart Tour For a Cure concert in LA.

Click here for an article from Nuvo Magazine about the early days with John Mellencamp.

November drum clinic schedule:

Nov. 2	Tom Lee Music	Vancouver
Nov. 22	Monument Mountain Regional High School - 7:30 pm Tickets are $20.00 and are available in advance at Monument Mountain Regional High School. Proceeds will benefit the MMRHS Athletic Program.	Route 7 Great Barrington, MA Article
Nov. 23	CASCIO INTERSTATE	NEW BERLIN SUPERSTORE  13819 West National Avenue New Berlin, Wisconsin 53151 (262) 789-7600
Nov. 24	RIT Music	Grand Rapids, Michigan Godwin Heights High School Auditorium 616-243-7867

October, 2002

READER'S POLL RESULTS:

Drum! Magazine Reader's Poll
#1 Studio Drummer 
#3 Drum Clinician

Modern Drummer Magazine Reader's Poll
#2 Studio Drummer 
#5 Pop Drummer

Thanks to all who voted!

Kenny will be the drummer for the 3rd annual Women Rock! Girls & Guitars benefit concert. Set for Oct. 10 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, the show will be broadcast Oct. 25 on the Lifetime channel. Kenny plays with Jennifer Love Hewitt who will host the show as well as Lee Ann Womack, Michelle Branch, Chaka Khan, Chrissie Hynde, and Gloria Estefan.

Also, this month Kenny will be recording with Meat Loaf and will also be in the house band for the Rock to the Rescue concerts at the Continental Airlines Arena in NJ on Oct. 19 and at Gund Arena in Cleveland on Oct. 20.

Here is Kenny's Drum Clinic Schedule for October:

Oct. 1	no venue info yet	Sevilla, Spain
Oct. 2	no venue info yet	Lisbon, Portugal
Oct. 3	ROCKMUSIC WORKSHOP III HARD CLUB in V.N. GAIA / OPORTO at 22.30h, 3 of October Free Entrance	Porto, Portugal
Oct. 21 7 pm	Daddy's Orange 519-A Boston Post Road, Orange, CT 203-799-3239
Oct. 22 7 pm	Daddy's Boston 159-165 Mass Ave, Boston, MA 617-247-0909
Oct. 23 7 pm	Daddy's Portland (Pine Tree Plaza) 1064 Brighton Ave, Portland, ME 207-772-3239
Oct. 24 7 pm	Daddy's Manchester 1279 S. Willow St, Manchester, NH 603-669-9346

September, 2002

Willie Nelson received two Country Music Association Awards nominations: The Great Divide is up for best album, and Mendocino County Line with Lee Ann Womack was nominated for best vocal event. Also, Everywhere by Michelle Branch won the Viewers Choice award at the MTV Video Music Awards. Kenny played on all these records.

Kenny will be doing a Drum Clinic Tour of Europe this month along with several clinics in the US.  Here's the schedule:

Sept. 8	Kenny will be teaching a Master Class at Donn Bennett Drum Studio in Bellevue WA on 9/8 from 1:30 to 4:30. The cost for the Master Class is $35.00 AND is limited to 30 people. For more information or to register please call 425-747-6145. DUE TO RECORDING SCHEDULE CHANGES THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED ALL DAY DRUM INTENSIVE  HAS BEEN CANCELED.
Sept. 12	Guitarworks 996 So. State Road 135 Greenwood, IN  46143	7:00 pm (800) 233-9907
Sept. 14	Drum Pad 48 W. Palatine Road Palatine, IL 60067	(888) 523-1158
Sept. 24	Jan Ter Maat Drumshop	Hengelo, Netherlands
Sept. 25	Drumland	Badhoevedorp, Netherlands
Sept. 26	Piens Music Planet	Deinze, Belgium
Sept. 29	Feedback	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sept. 30	no venue info yet	Madrid, Spain

Kenny winds up the summer tour with Melissa Etheridge this month. Check out this concert review. The final tour dates are as follows:

Date	City	Venue	Showtime
Sept. 1	Portland, OR	Center for the Arts	7:30 PM
Sept. 2	Woodinville, WA	Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery	7:30 PM
Sept. 4	Santa Rosa, CA	Luther Burbank Center for the Arts	7:30 PM

Kenny will spend some time recording with Melissa this month after the tour is completed.

August, 2002

Here's Kenny's August Drum Clinic schedule:

August 12	Austin Lyric Opera 901 Barton Springs Road  Austin, TX 78704  512-474-2331	Tickets also available at Tommy's Drum Shop  Austin, TX  512-444-DRUM
August 31 Master Class	Drum City Guitarland 9225 West 44th Ave. Wheatridge, CO 80033	Info:  (303) 421-4515

Kenny continues touring with Melissa Etheridge this month. The tour dates are:

Date	City	Venue	Showtime
08/03	Canandaigua (Rochester), NY	Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center	7:30 PM
08/04	Burgettstown, PA	Post-Gazette Pavilion	7:30 PM
08/06	Interlochen, MI	Kresge Auditorium	7:30 PM
08/08	Bonner Springs, KS	Sandstone Amphitheatre	7:30 PM
08/09	Dallas, TX	Smirnoff Music Center
08/10	Spring/Woodlands, TX	Cynthia Woods Pavilion	7:30 PM
08/11	Austin, TX	The Backyard	7:00 PM
08/14	Sacramento, CA	Raley Field	7:30 PM
08/16	Concord, CA	Chronicle Pavilion	7:30 PM
08/17	Irvine, CA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	7:30 PM
08/18	Mesa, AZ	Mesa Amphitheatre	7:00 PM
08/19	San Felipe, NM	Hollywood Hills Speedway
08/25	Las Vegas, NV	The Joint
08/28	Salt Lake City, UT	Deer Valley Resort
08/30	Denver, CO	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	7:30 PM

July, 2002

Kenny continues touring with Melissa Etheridge this month. The tour dates are:

Date	City	Venue	Showtime
07/05	Columbus, OH	Polaris Amphitheater	7:30 PM
07/06	Tinley Park, IL	Tweeter Center Chicago	7:30 PM
07/07	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center	7:30 PM
07/09	Ottawa, ONT	Festival Plaza Blues Festival
07/11	Camden, NJ	Tweeter Center Waterfront	7:30 PM
07/12	Hershey, PA	Star Pavilion @ HersheyPark	7:30 PM
07/13	Gilford, NH	Meadowbrook Farm Musical Arts Center	7:30 PM
07/14	Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center	7:30 PM
07/19	Honolulu, HI	Neal Blaisdell Arena	7:30 PM
07/20	Kalhului HI	Maui Arts & Cultural Center	7:30 PM
07/30	Minneapolis, MN	Northrup Auditorium	7:00 PM
07/31	Milwaukee, WI	Marcus Amphitheater	7:30 PM

Kenny's playing can be heard on the latest CD from Joe Cocker, Respect Yourself.

June, 2002

This month Kenny starts touring with Melissa Etheridge!

Also, on CMT (Country Music Television) he will be performing on the Crossroads show airing on the following dates:

• Sunday, June 16 1 p.m. & 8 p.m. ET/PT - Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow
• Tuesday, June 18 6 p.m. & 9 p.m. ET/PT - Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow

Here is Kenny's June Drum Clinic Schedule!

June 3	Orlando, FL	Sam Ash - Orlando  912 Lee Road Shopping Center, Orlando, FL 32810  407-599-1222
June 4	Clearwater, FL	Sam Ash - Clearwater  923 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater, FL 33759  727-724-8062
June 9	Miami Lakes, FL	Sam Ash - Miami 5360 NW 167 Street, Miami Lakes, FL 33014  610-265-6444

Here are the dates where you can see Kenny with Melissa Etheridge this month:

Date	City	Venue	Showtime
6/20	Mansfield, MA	Tweeter Center for Performing Arts	7:30 PM
6/21	Wantagh, NY	Jones Beach Amphitheater	7:30 PM
6/22	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center	7:30 PM
6/23	Hartford, CT	Meadows Music Theater	7:30 PM
6/27	Toronto, ONT	Molson Amphitheater	7:30 PM
6/28	Detroit, MI	DTE Energy Music Theater	7:30 PM
6/29	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Blossom Music Center	7:30 PM
6/30	Noblesville, IN	Verizon Wireless Music Center	7:30 PM

May, 2002

This month Kenny will be rehearsing with Melissa Etheridge for her tour this summer and he will also record in Nashville with Jamie O'Neal.

Kenny will be performing with Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack on the Academy of Country Music Awards Show on May 22 on CBS. He'll also be performing with them on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 24. 

Here is Kenny's May Drum Clinic Schedule!

May 28	King of Prussia, PA	Sam Ash - King Of Prussia (store 34)  139 E. DeKalb Pike (at Rt. 202), King of Prussia, PA 19406  610-265-6444
May 29	Farmingdale, NY	The Downtown Club  190 Main Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735  516-293-7700
May 30	New Haven, CT	Sam Ash - New Haven (store 82)  95 Amity Rd., New Haven, CT 06515  203-389-0500

April, 2002

Special Notice: The Monroe County Humane Society will be auctioning off a lunch with Kenny!

Kenny will be recording a live record in Hollywood with Melissa Etheridge, and they will perform at the New Orleans Jazz Fest (April 27-28) as well as record a studio record.

Here is Kenny's April Drum Clinic Schedule!

Apr. 15	Colonie, NY (Albany)	Daddy's Junky Music 1770 Central Ave. Village Sq. Shopping Center 518-452-9431
Apr. 16	N. Dartmouth, MA	Daddy's Junky Music 127 Faunce Corner Rd. 508-992-3377
Apr. 17	Manchester, NH	Daddy's Junky Music 1279 S. Willow St. 603-669-9346
Apr. 18	Peabody, MA	Daddy's Junky Music 108 Newbury St. 978-535-0123

March, 2002

This month, Kenny is recording in Nashville with Trick Pony.  He will also be recording with Kurt Neumann in Minneapolis.

Here is Kenny's March Drum Clinic Schedule!

Mar. 10th

Capital Theatre Columbus, OH

Columbus Percussion Center 800-775-7372 with Omar Hakim, Richie Garcia and Stanton Moore Adults $20.00 in advance, $25.00 day of the show Youth tickets $10.00 with an adult ticket. To purchase tickets call (614) 885-7372

February, 2002

Kenny will be recording in Nashville with Kain and Abel.  Also, he is recording in LA with Joe Cocker.  On February 26 he is performing with John Fogerty at the LA Forum.  He is also recording this month with Silvercrush.

Also, check out the live-audio.com message board buzz on Kenny!

Kenny's playing can be heard on Willie Nelson's new CD, The Great Divide, released on January 15.

January, 2002

"Bravo Profiles" with Melissa Etheridge will air on Monday, January 14 at 10pm and 1am EST on the Bravo channel. Kenny appears on the program.

Kenny will be at the NAMM show this month. He's scheduled to be at the Vic Firth booth at 1pm on Sat. the 19th and 4pm at Remo on the 20th. Look for him at Tama almost every day and at his other endorsement companies.

Also this month, Kenny will be recording with Lee Ann Womack and LeAnn Rimes in LA. In addition, he'll be performing a live show in New York City with M2M towards the end of the month.

Here's Kenny's January Drum Clinic Schedule:

Jan. 11th

Los Angeles, CA

Percussion Institute of Technology Musician's Institute

Check out the new Kenny Aronoff model cowbell by Meinl.

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