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Dokken's Don Dokken Reflects on 2016 Tour Disaster

12/30/2025

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Don Dokken, frontman of Dokken, discussed the band's "disaster" 2016 reunion tour on The SDR Show's December 25 episode.
The band formed in Los Angeles in 1978.
Dokken admitted the tour was a disaster, mostly because of him.
He acknowledged his rocky relationship with guitarist George Lynch.
He expressed openness to a future reunion if any new music can sound like classic Dokken.

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Don Dokken, frontman of Dokken, discussed the band's "disaster" 2016 reunion tour on The SDR Show's December 25 episode.
The band formed in Los Angeles in 1978.
Dokken admitted the tour was a disaster, mostly because of him.
He acknowledged his rocky relationship with guitarist George Lynch.
He expressed openness to a future reunion if any new music can sound like classic Dokken.