Blackberry Smoke returns to the road
COUNTRY STANDARD TIME
HomeNewsInterviewsCD ReleasesCD ReviewsConcertsArtistsArchive
 

Blackberry Smoke returns to the road

Tuesday, October 31, 2017 – Blackberry Smoke will continue its nationwide tour in 2018 including stops at New Orleans, St. Louis and Detroi, the group announced today.

For the third straight year the band, which is touring behind "Like an Arrow," will headline the sold-out Outlaw Country Cruise in
Jan..

Tickets for the newly announced shows go on-sale this Friday, Nov. at 10 a.m. local time. A fan pre-sale starts Wednesday (code:SMOKEFAN).

Tour dates are:
Nov. 2-Little Rock, AR-Verizon Arena*
Nov. 3-Tupelo, MS-BancorpSouth Arena*
Nov. 4-Evansville, IN-Old National Events Plaza*
Nov. 5-Huntsville, AL-Von Braun Center*
Nov. 8-Indiana, PA-Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex*
Nov. 9-Grand Rapids, MI-20 Monroe Live*
Nov. 10-Madison, WI-Orpheum Theatre*
Nov. 11-Warren, OH-Packard Music Hall*
Nov. 14-New York, NY-Terminal 5*
Nov. 15-Salisbury, MD-Wicomico Civic Center*
Nov. 16- Upper Darby (Philadelphia), PA-Tower Theatre*
Nov. 17-Charleston, WV-Charleston Municipal Auditorium*
Nov. 24-Atlanta, GA-The Tabernacle **
Dec. 9-Asheville, NC-Christmas Jam US
Dec. 31-Austin, TX-ACL Live at the Moody Theatre
Jan. 19-20-New Orleans, LA-House of Blues
Jan. 22-26-The Outlaw Country Cruise (sold out)
Feb. 8-Kansas City, MO-Uptown Theater ** (ON SALE NOV. 3)
Feb. 9-Tulsa, OK-Cain's Ballroom % (ON SALE NOV. 3)
Feb. 10-Robinsonville, MS-Horseshoe Tunica % (ON SALE NOV. 3)
Feb. 15-St. Louis, MO-The Pageant %(ON SALE NOV. 3)
Feb. 16-17-Glasgow, KY-Plaza Theatre % (ON SALE NOV. 3)
Feb. 22-Augusta, GA-The Bell Auditorium % (ON SALE NOV. 3)
Feb. 23-Chattanooga, TN-Tivoli Theatre % (ON SALE NOV. 3)
Feb. 24-Rocky Mount, VA-Harvester Performance Center % (ON SALE NOV. 3)
March 1-Jacksonville, FL-Florida Theatre (ON SALE NOV. 3)
March 8-Traverse City, MI-Ground Zero Showroom & (ON SALE NOV. 3)
March 9-Elkhart, IN-Lerner Theatre & (ON SALE NOV. 3)
March 10-Detroit, MI-Fillmore Detroit & (ON SALE NOV. 3)
March 22-Brandon, MS-City Hall Live & (ON SALE NOV. 3)
March 23-24-Athens, GA-Georgia Theatre & (ON SALE NOV. 3)
*co-headlining with Aaron Lewis
** with special guest Jason & the Scorchers
% with special guest Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
& with special guest Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown

In advance of the 2018 dates, the Atlanta-based band is currently on the "Sinners and Sanctified Tour," a co-headline tour with Aaron Lewis. On Nov. 24, the band will return to Atlanta's The Tabernacle for its "5th Annual Holiday Homecoming." In the five years since the concert began, the band has donated more than $150,000 to children's cancer research. Proceeds from this year's VIP meet and greets will be donated Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.


More news for Blackberry Smoke


CD reviews for Blackberry Smoke

CD review - Live From Capricorn Sound Studios Blackberry Smoke's covers EP is not a tribute to just one group. Rather, it's a celebration of one particular recording studio, Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, Ga., instead. Blackberry Smoke has become one of the best modern Southern rock revivalists, so it follows logically that the group would salute the studio home and city to many of its primary artistic inspirations where some of the songs were originally recorded. This six-song release includes a couple of The Allman ...
CD review - The Southern Ground Sessions Blackberry Smoke's "The Southern Ground Sessions" EP is five versions of songs from the band's recent "Find a Light" album, along with a cover of Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky," which also features vocalist/violinist Amanda Shires. The project takes its name from the Southern Ground studio in Nashville, and this band, which can ramp up its music to Southern rock power - especially in concert - takes a few moments to quiet things down. ...
CD review - Find a Light Blackberry Smoke will never fit the mold of a mainstream country act the way, say, Midland has done. They love to rock way too much to ever tamp it down permanently. And the aptly named "The Crooked Kind" follows a rollicking, rock & roll path that feels like just the right road. With that said, though, there are moments during "Find A Light" where Blackberry Smoke softens the sonic nicely and naturally. "Medicate My Mind," for instance, rocks to a likeable, gentle groove. ...


©Country Standard Time • Jeffrey B. Remz, editor & publisher • countrystandardtime@gmail.com
AboutCopyrightNewsletterOur sister publication Standard Time
Subscribe to Country Music News Country News   Subscribe to Country Music CD Reviews CD Reviews   Follow us on Twitter  Instagram  Facebook  YouTube