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The Kacey Musgraves Country & Western Rhinestone Revue
In addition to releasing her sophomore album this week, Kacey Musgraves unveiled dates for “The Kacey Musgraves Country & Western Rhinestone Revue.” The country star is showing love to fans on both sides of the Atlantic, with gigs in the U.S. and Europe.
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Fairgrounds Racecourse, New Orleans, La.
Pageant Material is the follow-up to 2013’s Same Trailer Different Park, which won the Grammy award for Best Country Album. Musgraves once again co-wrote all of the tracks and co-produced the LP with Shane McAnally and Luke Laird.
“I really wanted this album to have a classic feel, like a lot of the records I know and love,” Musgraves said. “I intended on it having a laid-back yet lush, slightly kitschy, western vibe. And most of all, I wanted it to feel like me.”
In its 3.5-star review, Rolling Stone writes, “Her follow-up is more calculated and confident, intent on both courting and bending the mainstream with wit and timeless arrangements. It misses some of Trailer’s storytelling wistfulness and formal experiments –
but track for track, it’s stronger, an object lesson in Nashville songwriting.”
The Kacey Musgraves Country & Western Rhinestone Revue follows a previously announced run of dates in June and July that includes an appearance at Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic in Austin July 4. Speaking of Willie, look out for a hidden-track on Pageant Material – a duet with the Red Headed Stranger called “Are You Sure.”
Here’s the itinerary for the Revue:
Aug. 27 – Atlanta, Ga., The Buckhead Theatre
Sept. 11 – Los Angeles, Calif., The Wiltern
Sept. 18 – St. Louis, Mo., The Pageant
Sept. 23 – Nashville, Tenn., Ryman Auditorium
Oct. 9 – New Orleans, La., The Howlin’ Wolf New Orleans
Oct. 11 – Tulsa, Okla., Cain’s Ballroom
Oct. 15 – Charlottesville, Va., Paramount Theater
Oct. 16 – Washington, D.C., Lincoln Theatre
Oct. 23 – New Haven, Conn., College Street Music Hall
Oct. 24 – New York, N.Y., Apollo Theater
Nov. 9 – Gateshead, England, Sage Gateshead
Nov. 10 – Birmingham, England, The Institute
Nov. 12 – Dublin, Ireland, The Academy
Nov. 15 – Glasgow, Scotland, ABC1
Nov. 16 – Manchester, England, Albert Hall
Nov. 18 – London, England, Royal Albert Hall
Nov. 20 – Hamburg, Germany, Knust
Nov. 22 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Melkweg
Presale tickets are available now. General onsales are scheduled Friday, June 26. Visit KaceyMusgraves.com for more information.