Nick Lowe Unplugs - Pollstar News

Embarking on an acoustic headlining tour in August, Nick Lowe’s schedule has the artist playing shows on the East Coast, accompanied by label-mate opening act Kim Richey.

Photo: John Davisson

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.

Quite nicely rolling along on the strength of his last album, 2011’s The Old Magic, Lowe’s long-unavailable first two albums – Jesus Of Cool and Labour Of Lust – have received the reissue treatment from Yep Roc.

Richey is a new arrival to Yep Roc. The two-time Grammy nominated artist’s seventh album, Thorn In My Heart, was released in April and marked her debut on the label.

Here’s the schedule:

Aug. 8 – Philadelphia, Pa., World Café Live
Aug. 9 – Bay Shore, N.Y, YMCA Boulton Center Ctr. For The Perf. Arts
Aug. 10 – New York, N.Y., Lincoln Center For Performing Arts (Outdoors)
Aug. 11 – Alexandria, Va., Birchmere
Aug. 13 – Annapolis, Md., Rams Head On Stage
Aug. 15 – Londonderry, N.H., Tupelo Music Hall
Aug. 16 – Londonderry, N.H., Tupelo Music Hall
Aug. 17 – Fall River, Mass., Narrows Center For The Arts
Aug. 18 – Brownfield, Maine, Stone Mountain Arts Center
Aug. 19 – Northampton, Mass., Iron Horse Music Hall
Aug. 21 – Hudson, N.Y., Club Helsinki
Aug. 23 – Fairfield, Conn., Fairfield Theatre StageOne
Aug. 24 – Chatham, N.J., Presbyterian Church

Richey does not appear Aug. 10 & 18.

Some shows are already on sale. Check out NickLowe.com for more information.