The Steepwater Band Chicago rock radio station WLUP to open for Bon Jovi at the sold-out United Center. In 2006 the band performed at various festivals and concerts with Umphrey's McGee, Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams, the Doobie Brothers, Ian Gillan (Deep Purple's vocalist), and Cheap Trick. The band's third full-length album, "Revelation Sunday", was released on August 15, 2006 with a release concert held on August 11, 2006, at Chicago's Metro music venue. In September, the band headlined three concerts, with The Soulbreaker Company as the opening act, in Madrid, Bilbao, and Barcelona, Spain. Rick Richards, guitarist of The Georgia Satellites,
Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album) Austria and playing their first Belfast performance in February. They later went on to perform at London's O2 Arena in England, each show attracted a sell out crowd with the London concert attracting over 20,000 people to the O2. Apart from Europe, the band co-headlined the 2008 V Festival in Australia, and played three gigs in New Zealand. "Zeitgeist" debuted at #2 on the "Billboard" 200, selling 145,000 copies in its first week. It also reached the top spots on "Billboard's" Internet Albums and Rock Albums charts in its first week, and hit the top 10 in Canada (#1), New