Left, Tommy DeCarlo pictured next to very tall Tom Scholz --- right, ex-Stryper singer Michael Sweet


Boston has set up a 42-date tour with a brand new line-up. The announcement comes a year after the death of singer Brad Delp, who committed suicide last March.

According to the band's website, former Stryper frontman Michael Sweet will be on vocals and guitar. He'll join Gary Pihl and band mastermind Tom Scholz, along with Tommy DeCarlo, a fan who posted his own Boston covers on his MySpace page and ended up on stage with the group.

The outing kicks off June 6th in Thunder Bay, Ontario and wraps August 17th in Atlanta. Some dates are still being finalized. So far, nothing in Florida.

It usually takes years between Boston albums, and Scholz explained why it takes him so long to finish an album, while other acts get their records out much faster:

"Some producer is pushing it, some manager is pushing it, somebody that's interested just in the bottom-line dollar is usually calling the shots and forcing that they have a limited amount of time, they have a limited budget, they can't do it. I don't think there's a lot of artists that go into a studio and think, 'I wanna finish this in three months because I'll make a lot more money if I do that.' That's the farthest thing from my mind when I go into the studio, and it takes me a long time to get something that I'm willing to have millions of copies made of and have circulating around."

Listen to Boston's new singers by clicking their names above, then scroll down to leave a comment on what you think!

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