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Jack Johnson’s June-July Adventure
Jack Johnson will travel the U.S. and Canada on a June through July adventure. Markets include Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto and Denver with tickets going on sale next week.
AP Photo / Hans Pennink – Jack Johnson
Farm Aid, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
News of Johnson’s travel plans arrives with word that his new song, “Fragments” will be available Feb. 17. Purchasing a ticket for one of his shows will snag you a download of the tune. Meanwhile, you can check out the song’s premiere via RollingStone.com. “Fragments” is included in the documentary “The Smog Of The Sea.” The film explores the pollution of our oceans and makes a call for “rethinking single-use plastic.” Watch the stream here.
Jackson has been an advocate of reducing single-use plastic for over a decade. His crew maintains a plastic-free environment backstage at his shows and all of his concerts have provided fans with free hydration through water-refill stations. Johnson helped established a reusable pint program at the
Johnson continues to work with Reverb to promote his environmental causes. The 2017 tour includes additional greening actions such as sourcing sustainable biodiesel fuel for touring vehicles as well as providing up-cycled and eco-friendly merch. More information about Johnson’s pro-green efforts can be found at his website.
Here’s the routing:
June 2 – Chicago, Ill., Huntington Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Island
June 3 – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Blossom Music Center
June 4 – Toronto, Ontario, Budweiser Stage
June 7 – Bangor, Maine, Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
June 9 – Mansfield, Mass., Xfinity Center
June 10 – Camden, N.J., BB&T Pavilion
June 11 – Columbia, Md., Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 14 – Queens, N.Y., Forest Hills Stadium
July 14 – Englewood, Colo., Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
July 16 – Los Angeles, Calif., Hollywood Bowl
July 17 – Santa Barbara, Calif., Santa Barbara Bowl
July 18 – Santa Barbara, Calif., Santa Barbara Bowl
July 20 – Bend, Ore., Les Schwab Amphitheater
July 22 – Quincy, Wash., Gorge Amphitheatre
July 23 – Burnaby, British Columbia, Deer Lake Park
July 26 – Berkeley, Calif., Greek Theatre At UC Berkeley
July 28 – Stateline, Nev., Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena At Harveys
Special guests Bahamas appears June 2-7, and July 14; Lake Street Dive June 9-11; Jamtown featuring Donavon Frankenreiter, G. Love and Cisco Adler July 14-16; Alo July 17 & 28; John Craigie July 18-26 and
Presales begin next week and general onsales launch Feb. 17. Visit JackJohnsonMusic.com for everything you need to know.