Gov’t Mule have confirmed their New Year’s Eve plans. The group will break from tradition, bringing their always thematic December 31 show to Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway for the first time. Billed as a Gov’t Mule & Friends celebration that promises to transplant the “Southern state of mind to Boston,” the night will boast appearances from founding Allman Brothers Band drummer, Jaimoe, longtime ABB percussionist Marc Quiñones, former ABB keyboardist/Rolling Stones touring member Chuck Leavell, founding Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman, former Crowes guitarist Audley Freed, Drivin N Cryin frontman Kevn Kinney and keyboardist Reese Wynans, who took part in the jam sessions that led to the Allman Brothers’ formation and performed in Double Trouble. VIP options for the show will able be available.
Gov’t Mule usually play New Year’s Eve at New York’s Beacon Theatre, a tradition that dates back to 2002 with only a few interruptions. In fact, not counting a few cancellations and health-related postponements around the pandemic when the band did not play a show on December 31, the last time Gov’t Mule appeared at a venue besides the Beacon on New Year’s Eve was in 2008, when the theater was undergoing renovations and the group performed at the nearby Hammerstein Ballroom instead. Their last New Year’s Eve gig outside the Big Apple fell on December 31, 2000, before the Beacon tradition began, when they opened for Phil Lesh & Friends at Oaksland, CA’s Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center.
