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T Bone Burnett Announces First U.S. Tour In 18 Years
Following a few performances in May in Nashville, T Bone Burnett is gearing up for his first U.S. tour since 2006. The renowned producer, songwriter and musician will perform songs from his new album, The Other Side, released in April, along with selections from his career stretching more than 50 years.
Burnett will be joined on the road by bandmates Dennis Crouch on bass, Colin Liden (who co-produced The Other Side with Burnett and Michael Piersante) on guitars, and David Mansfield on fiddle and mandolin.
The tour starts Sept. 7 at Berkeley, California’s Freight & Salvage and includes gigs in Seattle, Minneapolis, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas and more. The last stop is Nov. 16 at Houston’s The Heights Theater.
An announcement from his PR team explains that while Burnett was making his new record, he was thinking a lot about art and the concept of “you.”
“I was reading a news story that some shocking percentage of number one hit songs had the word you in the title,” he said in a statement.
“I view the purpose of art as creating conscience, so I was constantly appealing to people’s consciences,” he says of his decades-long solo career. “But I realized when a songwriter uses the word you, he is, of course, in the world of conscience, but he’s also in the world of people’s dreams. And when you enter into people’s dreams, you have to be very careful with them.”
Burnett is booked by Paladin Artists’ Steve Martin and Sara Schlievert.
Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, July 19 via https://tboneburnett.com/
Check out the routing below.
TOUR DATES
September 7—Berkeley, CA—Freight & Salvage
September 9—Eugene, OR—Soreng Theater
September 11—Portland, OR—Aladdin Theater
September 13—Seattle, WA— Washington Hall
October 5—Pelham, TN—The Caverns
October 16—Minneapolis, MN—Parkway Theater
October 17—Stoughton, WI—Stoughton Opera House
October 19—Chicago, IL— Old Town School of Folk Music
October 29—Vienna, VA—Barns at Wolf Trap
October 30—Philadelphia, PA —World Cafe Live
November 9—Phoenix, AZ—Musical Instrument Museum
November 10—Phoenix, AZ—Musical Instrument Museum
November 14—Dallas, TX —The Kessler Theater
November 15—Austin, TX—The 04 Center
November 16—Houston, TX—The Heights Theater