Keanu Reeves is back onstage!
The actor, 58, reunited with his
band Dogstar on Saturday for their first performance in over 20 years. The
trio, including Bret Domrose and Rob Mailhouse were on the lineup for the
BottleRock Napa Valley music festival in northern California.
"Great
to be back on stage! What a fantastic day we had," the band wrote in an
Instagram post Sunday. "Thank you so much BottleRock."
Reeves had nerves leading up to their show but was calmed down
by the band's drummer Mailhouse. “He was just super positive. He was like,
'Listen to the music. Just be present in the song, and it will go from
there,'" the actor and Dogstar bass guitarist told the San Francisco
Chronicle after the show.
"Today was like our
first kind of foray out," he added. "The band wants to play. We have a
record, so we’re just kind of trying to figure out the best way to marry
those two things."
Dogstar performed songs from their 1996 debut album "Our Little
Visionary" and 2000 album "Happy Ending," as well as songs from their
upcoming untitled album, according to the S.F. Chronicle.
The
alternative rock band officially reunited last year after a two-decade
hiatus, decided to make a project and hope to tour in the future.
"We love playing and we love writing," Mailhouse told the S.F.
Chronicle. "We came back together with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. And
as that progressed, it was like, 'OK, let’s make a record.' "
Ahead of the festival performance,
the "John Wick" star told Billboard last week that being with Dogstar is
"something I’ve always missed."
"I missed playing together, I missed writing together, I missed
doing shows together," Reeves said. "We came to a spot where we weren’t
playing anymore, and I missed it … Once we started to play, and it felt
good, and really positive and creative, that’s when it was like, 'OK, let’s
make this happen.' "
