NEW ALBUM OF ORIGINAL MUSIC COMING IN THE SPRING
Legendary singer, songwriter and performer John Prine will embark on a select series of tour dates in 2018. The tour includes a very special co-headline show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on April 13 with Sturgill Simpson (solo) as well as dates at Philadelphia’s Merriam Theatre on April 14, Chicago’s Chicago Theatre on April 27, San Francisco’s Warfield on May 24 and Norfolk’s Chrysler Hall on June 2 among others. Tickets are on sale now. See below for complete details.
Every ticket sold for these upcoming shows will include a copy of Prine’s forthcoming record (CD only). More information about the album—Prine’s first of original music in 13 years—will be announced soon.
The landmark tour and new album follow a noteworthy 2017, which included an Americana Music Honors & Awards “Artist of the Year” award and saw the release of Prine’s debut book, John Prine Beyond Words. Released on his own independent label, Oh Boy Records, the songbook includes a selection of favorites songs, photographs and stories from Prine’s beloved catalogue. More info is available here.
Bonus Video: Watch Bill Murray talk about how he got his sense of humor back, thanks to “the humor of John Prine”:
JOHN PRINE 2018 TOUR DATES
April 13—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall*
April 14—Philadelphia, PA—Merriam Theatre†
April 25—Milwaukee, WI—Riverside Theatre
April 27—Chicago, IL—Chicago Theatre
April 28—Champaign, IL—Virginia Theatre
May 11—Beaver Dam, KY—Beaver Dam Amphitheater (tickets excluded from album bundle)
May 12—Indianapolis, IN—Clowes Hall
May 19—San Diego, CA—Balboa Theatre
May 23—Folsom, CA—Harris Center
May 24—San Francisco, CA—The Warfield
June 2—Norfolk, VA—Chrysler Hall‡
*co-headline with Sturgill Simpson (solo)
†with very special guest Kurt Vile
‡with very special guest Margo Price
additional tour dates to be announced