Report: EXTREME Reuniting For 2008 Album, Tour

November 26, 2007

Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports that Boston-based rock outfit EXTREME is reuniting for its first studio album in 13 years and world tour in 2008. The group, best known for the 1991 No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit "More Than Words", disbanded in 1996 but reformed briefly in 2004 and 2006.

Details are pending on the album, which is being produced by guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, and the tour dates. EXTREME now includes original members Bettencourt, frontman Gary Cherone and bassist Pat Badger, along with new drummer Kevin Figueiredo.

EXTREME will perform Saturday (Dec. 1) at the Boston Music Awards.

Watch fan-filmed video footage of EXTREME performing at the Brad Delp tribute concert on August 19, 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts:

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