Béla Fleck and the Flecktones back with new album and tour

One of the most talented and underrated bands on the planet, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, are releasing a new album, Rocket Science, on Tuesday, May 17th.  The album features the original Flecktones lineup which includes Béla Fleck (banjo), Victor Wooten (bass), Royal “Futureman” Wooten (drumitar) and Howard Levy (piano, harmonica) who joins the band for the first time since 1991.

Additionally, the Flecktones will be on tour in North America in support of Rocket Science, which is their first major concert tour in nearly three years.

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Spring Tour 2011:

05/29 – Chillicothe, IL – Summer Camp Festival
05/31 – York, PA – Strand–Capitol Performing Arts Center
06/01 – Bethlehem, PA – MusikFest
06/02 – Wilmington, DE – Grand Opera House
06/03 – Hunter, NY – Mountain Jam Festival
06/04 – Raleigh, NC – Carolina Museum of Art
06/05 – Charleston, SC – Spoleto Festival
06/10 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
06/11 – Cleveland, OH – Cain Park
06/12 – Burlington, VT – Burlington Jazz Festival
06/13 – Lebanon, NH – Opera House
06/14 – Rochester, NY – Rochester Jazz Festival
06/17 – Telluride, CO – Telluride Bluegrass Festival
06/28 – Saskatoon, SK – Saskatchewan Jazz Festival
06/30 – Toronto, ON – Toronto Jazz Festival