Jason Isbell Releases New Tour Dates for Spring 2018
Jason Isbell has just added a slew of brand new tour dates for the spring to go on top of an already-packed winter touring schedule. Along with his current round of touring which just started last week with appearances in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Alabama, Isbell will be playing throughout January and into February with James McMurtry opening, and in front of his band, The 400 Unit.
The new dates now take Jason Isbell’s touring schedule well into April and May, with marquee performances at the Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, GA on April 14th, the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, CA on April 28th, and a benefit concert for Huntsville Hospital Foundation in Alabama on May 10th. Richard Thompson will open on most dates.
Jason Isbell continues his head full of momentum from 2017, which saw the singer and songwriter receive a nomination for a CMA award for Album of the Year, sell out an unprecedented six consecutive nights at the Ryman, play a residency at the Country Music Hall of Fame, and land him in contention for Best Americana Album at the 2018 Grammy Awards for his most recent release, The Nashville Sound.
Find the full list of tour dates below.
Jan 18 – Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre #
Jan 19 – Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre #
Jan 20 – Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre #
Jan 21 – Little Rock, AR Robinson Center #
Jan 23 – Cedar Rapids, IA Paramount Theatre #
Jan 24 – Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre #
Jan 27 – Indianapolis, IN Murat #
Jan 29 – Pittsburgh, PA Heinz Hall #
Jan 30 – Buffalo, NY UB Center for the Arts #
Jan 31 – Albany, NY Palace Theatre #
Feb 2 – Providence, RI: Veterans Memorial Auditorium #
Feb 3 – Brooklyn, NY: Kings Theatre #
Feb 5 – Red Bank, NJ: Count Basie Theatre #
Feb 6 – Baltimore, MD: The Modell Lyric #
Feb 8 – Atlanta, GA: Fox Theatre #
Feb 9 – Atlanta, GA: Fox Theatre #
Feb 10 – Durham, NC: DPAC #
Feb 11 – Durham, NC: DPAC #
Feb 13 – Ithaca, NY: State Theatre #
Feb 14 – Reading, PA: Santander PAC #
Feb 16 – Richmond, VA: Altria #
Feb 17 – Charleston, WV: Municipal Auditorium #
# – with James McMurtry
New Spring Dates
(Richard Thompson will open “most” shows)
April 14 – Savannah, GA – Savannah Music Festival
April 15 – Panama City, FL – Marina Civic Center
April 17 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
April 18 – Orlando, FL – Walt Disney Theater
April 20 – Greenville, SC – Peace Center
April 21 – Charleston, SC- Highwater Festival
April 22 – Chattanooga, TN – Tivoli Theatre
April 24 – Amarillo, TX – Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium
April 25th – Albuquerque, NM – Popejoy Hall
April 26 – El Paso, TX – The Plaza Theatre
April 28 – Indio, CA – Stagecoach
April 30 – Midland, TX – Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center
May 1 – San Antonio, TX – Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
May 2 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre
May 5 – El Dorado, AR – Griffin Music Hall
May 6 – Montgomery, AL – Montgomery Performing Arts Centre
May 8 – Knoxville, TN – Tennessee Theatre
May 9 – Knoxville, TN –Tennessee Theatre
May 10 – Huntsville, AL
January 8, 2018 @ 11:28 am
BFD
January 8, 2018 @ 12:22 pm
SMH
January 8, 2018 @ 7:35 pm
CSB
January 8, 2018 @ 11:39 am
Jason having James McMurtry and Richard Thompson (my favorite music artist) open for him makes me think a little of Stevie Ray Vaughan looking up some of his heroes like Otis Rush and asking them if they wanted to open for him. Good on him, as the Aussies would say. I remember him bringing up McMurtry’s album Where’d You Hide The Body as an example of “devastating songwriting.”
January 11, 2018 @ 9:15 am
I try to see McMurtry every time he comes around. He is the best songwriter out there. Richard Thompson is a heck of a guitar player, but I can’t get into his songs. Not my cup of tea.
January 8, 2018 @ 2:59 pm
Really hoping he swings through Fargo again sometime soon. When he was in Fargo/Moorhead recently it was during harvest and had no choice but to miss it.
January 8, 2018 @ 3:37 pm
He will be coming to Indiana when I am there for business. Might have to make that happen.
January 8, 2018 @ 3:41 pm
stone cold lock Bama by 50 roll damm tide
January 8, 2018 @ 7:59 pm
I’ll see your 50 and raise you a HUNKER DOWN …
January 9, 2018 @ 11:22 am
They tried their best, but they still couldn’t make that pudgy little cherub look hot. She’s a 5.7 in the looks department, but her lack of intelligence and personality, drag her down near zero.
January 9, 2018 @ 4:53 pm
u must like the fellas or some thin then rd and thats yur bizness but do not tell me she aint hot in that video and in the urlee yeers of there band and wile Im at it Id luv to see marty nekkid
January 9, 2018 @ 6:23 pm
Her inner ugliness will always make her look like a sow in heat to me. Now, after too much yoga and empowerment, she looks like the unfortunate result of a gang bang involving Pink, Max Headroom, Arnold Ziffel, and Robert Palmer, after they polished off a bottle of courvoisier and things got wild on the set of the Simply Irresistible video.
January 8, 2018 @ 4:26 pm
Looks like he’s coming to a town near me. Ok, I suppose I could go a fifth time.
January 8, 2018 @ 4:36 pm
Less than 1 month to Red Bank NJ. Can’t wait!
January 8, 2018 @ 5:27 pm
I’m going in a couple weeks. My first time seeing him, I’m so excited! 🙂 wish I could pick the set list, lol. He’s taken a couple of my faves out of the rotation it seems.
January 8, 2018 @ 5:30 pm
Im going to his Jan 31st concert. I bought the tickets for my wife as a Christmas gift because I know how much she loves country music. And I’m going to need a box of Kleenex because his songs are a sucker punch to my heart.
January 8, 2018 @ 6:17 pm
Little Rock show is sold out.
January 9, 2018 @ 6:11 am
I love Jason….my only wish is he would do some acoustic songs in his sets once in a while…..the shows I’ve been to are all electric, all rockin’.
January 9, 2018 @ 11:09 am
Something is the wrong way round with Richard Thompson opening for anyone, let alone Isbell…
January 9, 2018 @ 12:56 pm
Except for the fact that Isbell is the one that can sell out six nights at the Ryman, multiple nights at places like The Beacon Theatre in NYC, and headline the 19,000 or so capacity Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland. Richard Thompson certainly cannot.
I imagine Richard Thompson has a higher opinion of Isbell than you do.
January 9, 2018 @ 3:26 pm
That basically proves something is wrong. Isbell’s good, although I preferred him with the Truckers. Thompson is, with the possible exception of Dylan, the greatest living songwriter, and it’s a sad reflection of things when he’s supporting anybody.
January 10, 2018 @ 12:07 pm
Thompson is, with the possible exception of Dylan, the greatest living songwriter
Well, I’m glad you feel that way! 😉 As I mentioned in my first comment, he’s my favorite. I have 40+ music releases of his and have seen him live 30 times. I think #2 on my live show list is John Hiatt at about a dozen.
I can understand preferring Jason’s DBT songs. I think songs like Outfit, Decoration Day and We Ain’t Never Gonna Change are classics, but also are more immediately enjoyable. I’ve wanted him to rock out a little more on his solo albums and I guess he has a little on the last one. Still, I think he’s hit three home runs in a row with his last three albums and that they are gifts that keep on giving.
I personally think it’s great that an independent label artist like Isbell (and one that I love) has achieved the large profile that he has. I’m happy that Richard is going to get to play in front of bigger, Isbell fan audiences. I hope many will appreciate his great songs, guitar hero level playing and wicked sense of humor.
January 9, 2018 @ 4:28 pm
As a long time fan of Isbell, McMurtry and Thompson I think they all love the idea of sharing a stage for more than a few nights. Good for all of them and great for the audience as well. Heck Jason could have picked Midland and then where would be?
January 9, 2018 @ 6:14 pm
Wooot woot! Seeing him in Reading PA! Thanks for the heads up, Trig!
January 13, 2018 @ 9:29 pm
I love James McMurtry. Period. If you’ve never seen him live, do yourself a favor. Even if you don’t like isbell
January 27, 2018 @ 10:21 am
Just found out he’s playing 2 shows here in Chicago suburb Downers Grove at the Tivoli Theater.
Feb 27-28. Nice old theater hold about 1000.