Chris Stapleton Unveils “Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning”

April 22, 2017 Press Release In the News 0

FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 OUT MAY 5 AND NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR

Chris Stapleton’s version of “Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning” premiered Friday (4/21) (listen/share HERE). Written by Gary P. Nunn and Donna Sioux Fararand made famous by Willie Nelson, the song is the second track unveiled from Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, From A Room: Volume 1, which will be released May 5 on Mercury Records Nashville and is now available for pre-order digitally and with physical bundles. Each digital pre-order comes with an instant download of “Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning” as well as the album’s lead track, “Broken Halos,” which premiered last Friday.

The highly anticipated full-length record is the first new music from Stapleton since 2015’s breakthrough double Platinum solo debut Traveller and will be followed by From A Room: Volume 2—coming later this year.

The album takes its name from Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, where it was recorded during the winter of 2016-17. Once again produced by Grammy Award-winning producerDave Cobb, Volume 1 features eight original songs as well as “Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning.” Additional album highlights include “Second One To Know,” which Stapleton recently premiered at the 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards as well as the album’s first single, “Either Way.”

In addition to Stapleton on vocals and guitar and Cobb on acoustic guitar, the album features Morgane Stapleton on harmony vocals as well as longtime band-members J.T. Cure on bass and Derek Mixon on drums and musicians Mickey Raphael on harmonica,Robby Turner pedal steel and Mike Webb on keys.

The May 5 release of Volume 1 comes exactly two years to the day since the release ofTraveller. Released to immediate widespread critical acclaim, the album had one of the best-selling first weeks by a debut country artist in 2015. Following a historic turn on the 49th Annual CMA Awards—where Stapleton became the first artist to win Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year at the same awards – Travellerbecame the first album to re-enter the Billboard 200 all-genre album chart at No. 1, where it stayed for two straight weeks. The critically acclaimed album went on to win multiple Grammy and ACM Awards and was the #1 selling Country album of 2016 and the fourth-highest selling album of 2016 across all genres. Additionally, in the past two years, Stapleton has performed on multiple national TV shows including “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and was profiled on “CBS News Sunday Morning.”

Coming off a sold-out Canadian tour last month, Stapleton is currently in the midst of an extensive U.S. tour. “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show” will span throughout 2017 and includes stops at L.A.’s The Forum, Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre and New York’s Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater and will feature Brothers Osborne, Lucie Silvas, Anderson East, Brent Cobb, Margo Price and Marty Stuart as special guests. Of a recent performance, the Seattle Times declares, “…Stapleton dazzled the sold-out crowd with a barrage of songs that defy easy categorization while receiving the kind of deafening cheers reserved for superstars.” See below for complete tour details.

FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 TRACKLIST

1.  Broken Halos (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)
2.  Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning (Gary P. Nunn and Donna Sioux Farar)
3.  Second One To Know (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)
4.  Up To No Good Livin’ (Chris Stapleton and Casey Beathard)
5.  Either Way (Chris Stapleton, Tim James and Kendall Marvel)
6.  I Was Wrong (Chris Stapleton and Craig Wiseman)
7.  Without Your Love (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)
8.  Them Stems (Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Stewart and Shawn Camp)

9.  Death Row (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)

“CHRIS STAPLETON’S ALL-AMERICAN ROAD SHOW” 

April 21—Pikeville, KY—East Kentucky Expo Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 22—Pikeville, KY—East Kentucky Expo Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 27—Columbia, MO—Mizzou Arena† (SOLD OUT)
April 28—Cape Girardeau, MO—Show Me Center† (SOLD OUT)
April 29—Bloomington, IL—U.S. Cellular Coliseum† (SOLD OUT)
May 5—Alpharetta, GA—Verizon Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
May 6 – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
May 11—Virginia Beach, VA—Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at VA Beach‡
May 12—Raleigh, NC—Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek§ (SOLD OUT)
May 13—Charlotte, NC—PNC Music Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
May 18—San Diego, CA—Mattress Firm Amphitheatre‡
May 19—Phoenix, AZ—Ak-Chin Pavilion‡
May 20—Los Angeles, CA—The Forum‡
May 23—Denver, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
May 24—Denver, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 1—Fresno, CA—Save Mart Center at Fresno State‡
June 2— Mountain View, CA—Shoreline Amphitheatre‡
June 3—Wheatland, CA—Toyota Amphitheatre‡
June 9—Southaven, MS—BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove§
June 10—Birmingham, AL—Oak Mountain Amphitheatre§ (SOLD OUT)
June 11—Nashville, TN—CMA Music Fest
June 15—Charleston, WV—Charleston Civic Center§ (SOLD OUT)
June 16—Cincinnati, OH—Riverbend Music Center§
June 17—Indianapolis, IN—Klipsch Music Center§
June 22—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center§
June 23—Manhattan, KS—Country Stampede
June 24—North Platte, NE—Nebraskaland Days
June 29—Chicago, IL—Wrigley Field# (SOLD OUT)
July 5—Milwaukee, WI—Summerfest#
July 6—Milwaukee, WI—Summerfest#
July 14—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center§
July 15—Hartford, CT—The XFINITY Theatre§
July 16—Darien Lake, NY—Darien Lake Performing Arts Center§
July 20—Holmdel, NJ—P.N.C. Bank Arts Center§
July 21—Wantagh, NY—Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater§
July 22—Bristow, VA—Jiffy Lube Live§
July 28—George, WA—Watershed Festival (SOLD OUT)
July 29—Central Point, OR—Country Crossings Music Festival
July 30—Mountain Home, ID—Mountain Home Country Music Festival
August 3—Duluth, MN—AMSOIL Arena** (SOLD OUT)
August 4—Prairie Du Chien, WI—Country on the River
August 5—St. Louis, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre**
August 10—Hershey, PA—Giant Center**
August 11—Pittsburgh, PA—KeyBank Pavilion**
August 12—Philadelphia, PA—BB&T Pavilion**
August 17—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage**
August 18—Cleveland, OH—Blossom Music Center**
August 19—Clarkston, MI—DTE Energy Music Theatre** (SOLD OUT)
August 25—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**
October 6—Des Moines, IA—Wells Fargo Arena**
October 7—St Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center**
October 19—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center Arena†† (SOLD OUT)
October 20—San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center††
October 21—Bossier City, LA—CenturyLink Center††
October 26—Austin, TX—Austin360 Amphitheater††

November 4—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena††

*with special guest Brent Cobb
†with special guest Lucie Silvas
‡with special guests Brothers Osborne and Lucie Silvas
§with special guests Anderson East and Brent Cobb
#with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
**with special guests Margo Price and Brent Cobb
††with special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb

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