Multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY®-nominated singer/songwriter Geoff Tate brings his latest solo tour to the Capitol Theatre in downtown Clearwater’s Cleveland Street District on Saturday, December 8 at 7:30 pm. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, October 20 at noon at the Ruth Eckerd Hall Ticket Office. Geoff Tate is best known as the creative and driving force behind the progressive metal band Queensrÿche. The world has changed a lot in the decade since Geoff Tate’s self-titled solo debut in 2002, and nowhere is that more evident than on Kings & Thieves, scheduled to be released on November 6, 2012. Only the second solo album of a legendary career that spans four decades, the album is a journey into the mind of one of rock’s most dynamic vocalists and, like every good journey, there is plenty to make us take notice along the way.

“I wanted the record to have a groove to it, a feeling that it connects with you physically, rather than just connecting with your logic or analytical thinking. I wanted it to be a record that you feel and makes you want to move. I wanted to do something with my name on it, something that is a reflection of just me. The beauty of a solo album is that there aren’t any expectations,” sums Geoff Tate of Kings & Thieves. “A solo album can be its own thing and doesn’t have to live up to some success you had 30 years ago, and that can be free and liberating.”

Reserved tickets priced at $35.00 and $25.00 will be available at the Ruth Eckerd Hall Ticket Office located at 1111 McMullen Booth Road in Clearwater, by calling 727.791.7400 or by logging onto www.atthecap.com. The Ruth Eckerd Hall Ticket Office is open Monday through Saturday, from noon to 6 pm. The Capitol Theatre Ticket Office opens one hour prior to showtime.

Valet parking is now available for most performances at the historic Capitol Theatre. Parking is free on city streets after 6 pm every day. Coachman Park parking lots are always free and are just a short walk to the Capitol Theatre. For information on dining, please visit www.ClevelandStreetDistrict.com.

Ruth Eckerd Hall, Inc. is the 2,200-seat Ruth Eckerd Hall, the 500-seat Capitol Theatre, the 200-seat Murray Studio Theater, The Marcia P. Hoffman Performing Arts Institute and Ruth Eckerd Hall On The Road. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Inc. is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization whose mission is to engage the community to master, experience, discover and explore quality performing arts.

The Capitol Theatre, located in downtown Clearwater’s Cleveland Street District, was constructed in 1921 and is one of Florida’s oldest operating theaters. A partnership with the City of Clearwater will allow Ruth Eckerd Hall, Inc. to renovate the classic structure, returning the theater to its former grandeur.