Meat Loaf

Iconic singer Meat Loaf will bring his “Mad, Mad World” tour to Hershey. This tour is in connection with his newly released album Hell In A Handbasket.

For the “Hell In A Handbasket” tour, Meat Loaf says, “People who come to Meat Loaf shows know what to expect. They know they're going to get full-on energy with the best rock 'n' roll band in the world. That's not an opinion. That's the truth.” Asked specifically what makes for a good show, he says, “Well, a great play can be done with a table,… Show more a light and four chairs. Great shows are about people. You don't want to put up a wall with laser lights, production and dancers. It's really about going out there and putting on the show of these people's lives without all of the bells and whistles.”

Joining Meat Loaf onstage will be his longtime band The Neverland Express: guitarist Paul Crook (who also produced the Hell In A Handbasket album), John Miceli (drums, percussion), Patti Russo (lead and backing vocals), Randy Flowers (guitars, vocals), David Luther (saxophone, vocals), Justin Avery (piano, organ, keyboard, vocals), Danny Miranda (electric and upright bass) and Ginny Luke(violin, vocals).

“Hell In A Handbasket is the most personal record I've ever made," said Meat Loaf. "It's really the first record I've ever put out about how I feel about life and how I feel about what's going on at the moment." The album is an expression of life’s metaphors, driven by excellent musicianship, and of course, the passionate vocals of Meat Loaf. "Making this album was a great experience," said Meat Loaf, "and I hope my fans enjoy hearing it as much as I did making it."

Meat Loaf --whose 1977 breakout album Bat Out Of Hell defined the arena rock genre and remains as one of the world's five top-selling albums of all-time, with more than 43 million copies sold to date--is excited about Hell In A Handbasket. It’s a thematic record that easily crosses any number of genres, featuring such unlikely contributors as rappers Chuck D and Lil Jon, country star Trace Adkins and Sugar Ray’s MarkMcGrath.

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