Simpson sells out - the Ryman that is, third show
The Nov. 1 date was added after Simpson's first two performances at the venue sold out in less than 15 minutes.
Demand resulted in the addition of second shows at Atlanta's The Tabernacle, Denver's Ogden Theatre and L.A.'s The Theater at Ace Hotel. These newly confirmed concerts will go on - sale this Friday, July 31 at 10 a.m. local time.
The performances are part of Simpson's " Living The Dream" fall tour, which will extend through
Nov. and includes stops in Maryville, Tenn. (sold out), Asheville, N.C., Norfolk, Va., Charlottesville (sold out), Philadelphia, New York, Buffalo, N.Y., Washington (second show added), Baltimore, Salt Lake City, Utah, Spokane, Wash., Vancouver, Canada Seattle, Portland, Ore., Eugene, Ore., Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego.
Simpson is touring behind last year's well-received "Metamodern Sounds In Country Music." The disc was recorded live - to-tape at
Tour dates are:
July 24 - Cooperstown, NY - Brewery Ommegang*
July 25 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
July 26 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
July 29 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE*
July 30 - Columbus, OH - The LC Pavillion*
July 31 - Chicago, IL - Metro (sold out)
Aug. 1 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
Aug. 2 - Indianapolis, IN - White River State Park*
Aug. 14 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West
Aug. 15 - Oslo, Norway - The Oya Festival
Aug. 18 - Edinburgh, U.K. - Liquid Rooms
Aug. 19 - Leeds, U.K. - Brudenell Social Club
Aug. 20 - London, U.K. - Islington Assembly Hall
Aug. 22 - Wales, U.K. - Green Man
Aug. 24 - Groningen, Netherlands - Noorderzon Festival
Aug. 25 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Grote Zaal
Aug. 27 - Tonder, Denmark - Tonder Festival
Aug. 29 - Helsinki, Finland - Helsinki Festival
Sept. 6 - Moorhead, MN - Bluestem Center for the Arts Amphitheatre #
Sept. 7 - St. Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fair - Grandstand #
Sept. 12 - Maryville, TN - The Shed (sold out)
Sept. 13 - Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Sept. 15 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
Sept. 16 - Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater (sold out)
Sept. 18 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
Sept. 19 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
Sept. 20 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
Sept. 23 - Washington, DC - Lincoln Theatre (sold out)
Sept. 24 - Washington, DC - Lincoln Theatre
Sept. 25 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
Sept. 26 - Boston, MA - Boston Calling Festival
Oct. 2 - 4 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
Oct. 9 - 11 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
Oct. 15 - Tuscaloosa, AL - Tuscaloosa Amphitheater $
Oct. 23 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle (sold out)
Oct. 24 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle (on sale date July 31)
Oct. 30- Nov. 1 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium (sold out)
Nov. 5 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre (sold out)
Nov. 6 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre (on sale date July 31)
Nov. 7 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
Nov. 10 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory Concert House
Nov. 12 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
Nov. 13 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
Nov. 14 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
Nov. 15 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
Nov. 18 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
Nov. 20 - Los Angeles, CA - The Theater at Ace Hotel
Nov. 21 - Los Angeles, CA - The Theater at Ace Hotel (on sale date July 31)
Nov. 22 - San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park
* appearing with Old Crow Medicine Show
# appearing with Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson
$ appearing with Jason Isbell
More news for Sturgill Simpson
- 06/05/24: Simpson, aka Johnny Blue Skies, surfaces with new disc, tour
- 05/10/24: Kelley, McCreery, Peck release new music
- 04/23/24: Simpson headlines Outside Lands
- 04/05/24: Simpson's "Metamodern Sounds" coming back
- 08/20/21: Wanda Jackson, Simpson, McMurtry, Booth, Williams lead new releases
- 07/21/21: Simpson plans on concept album
- 05/24/21: Simpson, Price, Shovels & Rope join MerleFest
- 12/11/20: Simpson, King dish out new releases
CD reviews for Sturgill Simpson
Anybody that believes you can have too much of a good thing, obviously hasn't listened to Sturgill Simpson's "Cuttin' Grass" collections, volumes one and two. Volume one contains a plentiful 20 songs, and it's a hoot and a holler – start to finish.
Simpson's point of view is complicated. He sounds just as natural singing about God, as he does on "All Around You," as he does while traveling down that highway to hell with "Railroad of Sin. ...
If scratching your head about the sounds emanating from Sturgill Simpson's third release, then "It Ain't All Flowers" from his last release, the excellent "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music," ought to serve as a reference point. In a disc filled with traditional country sounds, "Flowers" was about as far away as one could get with the electronics sounding so completely disjointed from everything else on the release. Put it this way - " Islands" ...
The first time you hear Sturgill sing you may feel like you've heard a ghost - the ghost of Waylon Jennings, that is. Although his voice isn't as low as Jennings' was, it's nevertheless still in the same general vocal range ballpark. Better still, the Kentucky native sings wonderfully honest country songs. "Life of Sin," for instance, is a song about, well, sinning, which is really some of what great country is all about.
Yes, most of this album will do a ...
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