Aimee Mann Extends U.S. Routing

With sold-out dates on her spring tour, Aimee Mann has added another leg of gigs to her U.S. schedule. The excursion will now keep her busy through late June.

Mann is supporting her new album, Mental Illness, which was released in late March.

“A friend of mine was asking me what the record was about,” Mann told NPR. “And I said, ‘Oh, you know, my usual songs about mental illness,’ kind of being glib about it. And then my other friend said, ‘Maybe you should call it Mental Illness,’ also being glib. It’s so bald, but also accurate and funny, so it really made me laugh. And I felt like if it’s making you laugh, there must be something accurate about it.”

The nearly all-acoustic album is highlighted by a “finger-picky” style that is inspired by some of Mann’s favorite ’60s and ’70s folk rock.

The album features Jonathan Coulton on acoustic guitar and backing vocals, Jay Bellerose on drums, Jamie Edwards on piano, and Ted Leo on background vocals. Mann co-wrote the project with John Roderick.

A review from NPR’s Stephen Thompson proclaims, “Mann is nothing if not an intellectually lively songwriter, not to mention a deeply funny person, so there’s much more to Mental Illness than mere dirges, or waltzes, or rundowns of life’s accumulated disappointments. Most notably, these songs are buoyantly catchy in their own way, with calmly dispensed beauty that consistently outweighs their dourness.”

AP / Hard Rock Café – Aimee Mann
Hard Rock Café, La Jolla, Calif.

Check out Mann’s routing below, with the new dates bolded:

April 20 – Washington, DC, Lincoln Theatre
April 21 – Glenside, Pa., Keswick Theatre
April 22 – New York, N.Y., Town Hall
April 23 – Boston, Mass., The Wilbur
April 25 – Albany, N.Y., The Egg
April 26 – Toronto, Ontario, The Danforth Music Hall
April 28 – Ann Arbor, Mich., The Ark
April 29 – Chicago, Ill., Park West
April 30 – Milwaukee, Wis., Pabst Theater
May 2 – Madison, Wis., Barrymore Theatre
May 3 – Saint Paul, Minn., Fitzgerald Theater
May 5 – Boulder, Colo., Boulder Theater
May 6 – Salt Lake City, Utah, The State Room
May 8 – Missoula, Mont., The Wilma
May 9 – Seattle, Wash., The Neptune
May 10 – Portland, Ore., Revolution Hall
May 12 – San Francisco, Calif., The Fillmore
May 13 – Los Angeles, Calif., The Theatre At Ace Hotel
June 19 – South Orange, N.J., South Orange Performing Arts Ctr.
June 20 – Port Washington, N.Y., Jeane Rimsky Theater
June 21 – Annapolis, Md., Rams Head On Stage
June 23 – Alexandria, Va., The Birchmere
June 24 – Tarrytown, N.Y., The Tarrytown Music Hall
June 25 – Westhampton Beach, N.Y., Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
June 26 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Music Hall Of Williamsburg
June 28 – Oak Bluffs, Mass., Marthas Vineyard Performing Arts Center
June 29 – Providence, R.I., Columbus Theater
June 30 – Portsmouth, N.H., Prescott Park

All dates features Jonathan Coulton. 

Tickets for most shows are on sale now. Visit AimeeMann.com for more information.