John Waite VIP Meet & Greet2023
John Waite - 40 Years of Missing You
(November 9, 2023 7:00pm)
VIP Meet & Greet Package Add-On (November 9, 2023, 5:00pm)
VIP Package Includes an autographed merchandise item and a photo opportunity with John Waite.
DOES NOT INCLUDE TICKET TO SHOW
Artists create for many reasons and in many different ways. For musician, singer, and songwriter John Waite, writing and performing for more than 35 years has been his lifeline. “Songs and songwriting keep me inspired, moving forward,” he said. “I tend to scribble down notes, lyrics, or just random thoughts on pieces of paper, backs of cigarette packs, sometimes on my shirt cuff. Rock ‘n roll is the closest thing I’ve got to a spiritual power. It’s been the higher voice in my life and it’s never let me down.”
The ride began for this British-born rock star when he was tapped as bassist and lead vocalist for The Babys, who took two hits, “Isn’t it Time,” from Broken Heart, and “Every Time I Think of You,” from Head First, to the top of the charts. It was the title track to the latter where fans got their first glimpse of the authentic John Waite, a no-holds-barred rock ‘n roller devoted to live performance and to making sure every fan in the audience left the concert as elated and exhausted as the band they’d come to see.
After The Babys disbanded, Waite went on to a solo career that included 1984’s No Brakes, which went platinum in the United States thanks to the smash hit, “Missing You,” which reached Number One on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles, Album Rock Tracks and Adult Contemporary charts. The following single, “Tears,” was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts.
Waite continued to evolve both as a songwriter and formidable stage presence, with the release of hits such as “Every Step of the Way,” “If Anybody Had a Heart," which appeared on the soundtrack of the Demi Moore film, About Last Night, and “These Times are Hard for Lovers.”
“I don’t have a plan and most of the songwriting is a knee-jerk reaction of being alive,” he said. “I try to speak from an honest place where the listener can both hear and feel where I’m coming from; the job is mine, to help them understand me. There’s a real need as an artist to express who you are and where you’re coming from.”
In 1988, a reunion with former Babys’ bandmates Jonathan Cain and Ricky Phillips, along with guitarist Neil Schon from Journey and drummer Deen Castronovo, resulted in the John Waite-fronted supergroup Bad English. In 1989, the group’s ballad, “When I See You Smile,” written by Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren, went to Number One on Billboard’s Hot 100 and was certified gold. Bad English released two albums before breaking up in 1992.
John Waite returned to a solo career with a string of solid, existentially eccentric, courageously eclectic, and blisteringly electric rock ‘n roll records that included collaborations with Alison Krauss and Kyle Cook of Matchbox 20. In a series of records, he showed why he is, quite simply, one of the great rock ‘n roll singers.
Waite has put together performances from his catalogue of hits from his 40-year career as a solo artist, with The Babys and Bad English. His songs are the soundtrack of the ‘80s and ‘90s, with his talent for power ballads and driving arena rock. He’s been there every step of the way and now you can take the journey with him.
(November 9, 2023 7:00pm)
VIP Meet & Greet Package Add-On (November 9, 2023, 5:00pm)
VIP Package Includes an autographed merchandise item and a photo opportunity with John Waite.
DOES NOT INCLUDE TICKET TO SHOW
Artists create for many reasons and in many different ways. For musician, singer, and songwriter John Waite, writing and performing for more than 35 years has been his lifeline. “Songs and songwriting keep me inspired, moving forward,” he said. “I tend to scribble down notes, lyrics, or just random thoughts on pieces of paper, backs of cigarette packs, sometimes on my shirt cuff. Rock ‘n roll is the closest thing I’ve got to a spiritual power. It’s been the higher voice in my life and it’s never let me down.”
The ride began for this British-born rock star when he was tapped as bassist and lead vocalist for The Babys, who took two hits, “Isn’t it Time,” from Broken Heart, and “Every Time I Think of You,” from Head First, to the top of the charts. It was the title track to the latter where fans got their first glimpse of the authentic John Waite, a no-holds-barred rock ‘n roller devoted to live performance and to making sure every fan in the audience left the concert as elated and exhausted as the band they’d come to see.
After The Babys disbanded, Waite went on to a solo career that included 1984’s No Brakes, which went platinum in the United States thanks to the smash hit, “Missing You,” which reached Number One on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles, Album Rock Tracks and Adult Contemporary charts. The following single, “Tears,” was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts.
Waite continued to evolve both as a songwriter and formidable stage presence, with the release of hits such as “Every Step of the Way,” “If Anybody Had a Heart," which appeared on the soundtrack of the Demi Moore film, About Last Night, and “These Times are Hard for Lovers.”
“I don’t have a plan and most of the songwriting is a knee-jerk reaction of being alive,” he said. “I try to speak from an honest place where the listener can both hear and feel where I’m coming from; the job is mine, to help them understand me. There’s a real need as an artist to express who you are and where you’re coming from.”
In 1988, a reunion with former Babys’ bandmates Jonathan Cain and Ricky Phillips, along with guitarist Neil Schon from Journey and drummer Deen Castronovo, resulted in the John Waite-fronted supergroup Bad English. In 1989, the group’s ballad, “When I See You Smile,” written by Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren, went to Number One on Billboard’s Hot 100 and was certified gold. Bad English released two albums before breaking up in 1992.
John Waite returned to a solo career with a string of solid, existentially eccentric, courageously eclectic, and blisteringly electric rock ‘n roll records that included collaborations with Alison Krauss and Kyle Cook of Matchbox 20. In a series of records, he showed why he is, quite simply, one of the great rock ‘n roll singers.
Waite has put together performances from his catalogue of hits from his 40-year career as a solo artist, with The Babys and Bad English. His songs are the soundtrack of the ‘80s and ‘90s, with his talent for power ballads and driving arena rock. He’s been there every step of the way and now you can take the journey with him.
