Keanu Reeves reunited together with his band Dogstar for his or her first efficiency in additional than 20 years over the weekend.
The indie-rock trio carried out on the BottleRock Napa Valley competition on Saturday, marking its first reside set in 23 years.
In line with the San Francisco Chronicle, Reeves and his bandmates Robert Mailhouse and Bret Domrose performed a mixture of songs from their earlier albums, 1996’s Our Little Visionary and 2000’s Joyful Ending, in addition to new songs from their forthcoming report.
“At this time was like our first sort of foray out,” Reeves, who performs bass guitar, advised the outlet. “The band needs to play. We have now a report, so we’re simply sort of making an attempt to determine one of the simplest ways to marry these two issues.”
The John Wick actor admitted that he was nervous earlier than the efficiency and Mailhouse, the drummer, gave him some recommendation.
“He was simply tremendous constructive,” he shared. “He was like, ‘Hearken to the music. Simply be current within the tune, and it’ll go from there.'”
Reeves, Mailhouse and Domrose stored in contact and met up for personal jam classes through the years, and so they formally introduced their comeback on social media final summer season.
“It simply organically occurred,” Domrose defined. “There was by no means a giant blowout, like, ‘I am by no means speaking to you once more!’ We took a break and it was a extremely lengthy break.”
Mailhouse added, “We love enjoying and we love writing. We got here again along with loads of vitality and enthusiasm. And as that progressed, it was like, ‘OK, let’s make a report.'”
They’re at present finalising plans for a headlining tour in assist of the upcoming album.
