
ROBIN TROWER – US TOUR, FALL 2026 with SPECIAL GUEST DAVID MAIDA
Even now, as he reaches his eighth decade, with a lifetime of accolades and a seminal body of music behind him, Robin Trower is still chasing the biggest high he knows. It always starts the same way, with a road-scuffed Fender Stratocaster and a revved-up Marshall amplifier, those skillful fingers exploring the fretboard until a riff sticks and a new song ignites. Trower stands on the cusp of a whirlwind year that will see him put down heavy miles across America and the UK. At the grand vintage of 80, however, this latest tour represents a mere stretch of the long road travelled. In his mind’s eye, Trower can still see his Southend-on-Sea childhood in the ’50s and feel the formative influence of guitar players from across the water. Trower’s earliest memory of that rebel movement is hearing Elvis sideman Scotty Moore. Next came a life-changing spin of a friend’s imported single, which happened to be B.B. King’s 3 O’ Clock Blues. Albert King’s Crosscut Saw, Jimi Hendrix’s Machine Gun, J