Sturgill Simpson Adds Tons of New Tour Dates
If you’ve been waiting for the Sturgill Simpson tour to head your way behind his recent album A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, chances are you’ll be getting your wish soon. After announcing a slew of dates in Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Upper Midwest in March, Sturgill just announced a ton of new dates, including 10 dates in Europe, 10 dates in Canada, and a ton of dates throughout the United States in the fall from the Northeast to the West Coast.
Sturgill opened the new tour in Austin, TX on May 5th at ACL Live, sporting a expanded band lineup that includes a 3-piece horn section. Reports from his early shows on the tour recount Sturgill playing his new record A Sailor’s Guide to Earth in its entirety at some shows, his previous record Metamodern Sounds in Country Music in its entirety at other shows, and at a couple of shows he’s played both.
Tickets for most remaining shows in May and June are sold out. Many of the shows in Canada and the northern United States will go on sale on May 20th. Fans are strongly encouraged to check with local venues and purchase tickets early because most dates will sell out quickly.
Sturgill Simpson Tour Dates:
05/18 – Chattanooga, TN @ Tivoli Theater – SOLD OUT
05/20 – Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theater – SOLD OUT
05/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room – Old National Centre – SOLD OUT
05/22 – Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace – SOLD OUT
06/02 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak TheatreÂ
06/03 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre – SOLD OUT
06/04 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
06/05 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue – SOLD OUT
07/02 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival – SOLD OUT
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07/04 – Göteborg, SE @ Pustervik
07/05 – Stockholm, SE @ Berns
07/08 – Lille, BE @ Sjock Festival
07/09 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
07/11 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
07/12 – Gateshead, UK @ The Sage
07/13 – Glasgow, UK @ O2 ABC
07/15 – London, UK @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
07/16 – Southwold, UK @ Latitude Festival
08/04 – Montreal, QC @ Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre
08/05 – London, ON @ Centennial Hall
08/06 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
08/07 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
08/09 – Green Bay, WI @ Meyer Theatre
08/10 – Fargo, ND @ Fargo Theatre
08/12 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
08/13 – Saskatoon, SK @ O’Brians Event Centre
08/14 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
08/16 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
08/18 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
08/19 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
08/20 – Victoria, BC @ Royal Theatre
09/09 – New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre
09/10 – Memphis, TN @ Orpheum Theatre
09/11 – Birmingham, AL @ Alabama Theatre
09/14 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
09/15 – Ashland, KY @ Paramount Arts Center
09/16 – Charlottesville, VA @ nTelos Wireless Pavilion
10/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
10/08 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
10/09 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
10/11 – Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall
10/13 – Ithaca, NY @ State Theatre
10/14 – Cleveland, OH @ Masonic Auditorium
10/15 – Munhall, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
10/28 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium – SOLD OUT
10/29 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium – SOLD OUT
11/01 – Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre
11/02 – Des Moines, IA @ Hoyt Sherman Place Theater
11/04 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
11/05 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
11/08 – Missoula, MT @ The Wilma Theater
11/09 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Concert House
11/11 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
11/12 – Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium
11/13 – Redding, CA @ Cascade Theatre
11/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
11/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
11/18 – Bakersfield, CA @ Fox Theater
11/19 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
May 18, 2016 @ 8:41 am
No High Top Mountain in its entirety? That’s a bummer, particularly for those of us that prefer that album to his latter two. My criticisms of him aside, I would like to see him in concert (just for the heck of it, I suppose). But why in the hell is it so hard to find dates in Arkansas with most artists? Katy Perry or Linkin Park and the like skipping us is one thing, but country music artists? I hate to be stereotypical, but wouldn’t this area be home to the type of fanbase that they’re looking for? Are we seen as TOO backwoods in this state or something? Or is the impression just that there wouldn’t be enough people attending the shows? Paul McCartney just came to Verizon Arena and the place was packed. Why is it the only time I’ll be able to see Chris Stapleton near my home at our annual Riverfest festival? I’d rather go to a show that’s about music than people letting it all hang out in plain sight.
May 18, 2016 @ 9:04 am
Consider yourself lucky. The only way I’ll get to see Stapleton in my neck of the woods is if I buy tickets to a Luke Bryan show to see him as the opener. No thank you. LOL
May 18, 2016 @ 10:01 am
I’d personally rather pay to see Chris with Luke Bryan (and by that I mean leave after the former’s set) than go to a festival where everybody is drunk or high, or both. Not that people don’t get wasted at traditional concerts, but in my experience at Riverfest people just use it as an excuse to pretend like public property in the middle of the city is their lawn at home on a Saturday night. I don’t have much patience for obnoxious drunkenness; I have less patience for it when it’s combined with stupid and a crowd of a few thousand on a lawn.
May 18, 2016 @ 9:17 am
Every time tour dates are released, there are folks that feel slighted, as if their particular locale was left out, when in reality it has much more to do with routing and other concerns. People have been complaining here for years that Sturgill never comes to Canada except maybe a date or two. Well now he’s going on a full-blown Canadian tour. I’m sure he’ll hit Arkansas in the future. What also hurts Sturgill is that since he’s too big for some theaters, but too small for arenas, he has to double up dates at certain venues, which takes up a lot of calendar space. Trust me, his booking agency knows where he hasn’t gone in a while. They want to tap into the appeal of those markets as well.
May 18, 2016 @ 10:11 am
Well, when he and Chris mount a full-blown tour of Arkansas, let me know. Sarcasm aside, it’s not just these two that give us the slip here. I know that we’re a smaller market and whatnot, but it’s ridiculous. AC/DC has only been here about two times in 40 years (not that it makes a difference to me now since it’s the band in name only), and as far as I know Big & Rich have only ever been here with Tim McGraw or Brooks & Dunn (maybe both) back in 2004 and the aborted Thunder On the Mountain festival, which presents the same problems as Riverfest (not that anyone else around here but me cares, but I haven’t actually gotten to see them live and it’s annoying). I saw Garth in NLR and Clint Black in El Dorado of all towns, but that’s about it as far as my local concert attendance is concerned. I went to see Mark Tremonti’s solo band at a club, but that’s a different scene entirely.
I understand that venues and locations are often chosen out of logistical concerns more than anything, but it’s still frustrating. I don’t like the idea of having to drive across Creation just to see some music live that I own a recording of, the mystique of the live setting and my love for certain artists notwithstanding. A lot of the artists I’d like to see in person have tickets for prices that cause me to experience heart palpitations. It’s always a budgeting decision to go to a concert or not with me, as I assume with most folks. If I have to add ten hours worth of gas, meals and a hotel stay into it, it ceases to become reasonable.
That said, I DO want to attend Willie’s 4th of July Picnic, but that’s a slightly different affair than a standard concert that isn’t anywhere near me.
May 18, 2016 @ 12:04 pm
Promoters and clubs also utilize “radius clauses” in booking shows as well, sometimes up to 100-150 miles in more rural areas. So if he’s playing Memphis, that may be why he’s not playing in, say, Little Rock.
May 18, 2016 @ 1:49 pm
Yeah, I’m aware of the concept. I suppose what I’m referring to is that I wish the radius deferred to Little Rock a bit more often than it currently does. Of course, Memphis is a much different and more musical city than LR, so I understand why. Doesn’t mean I have to like it, though.
May 18, 2016 @ 1:24 pm
Acca,
You’re musical tastes are right up my alley: Tremonti and Clint…Nice!
May 18, 2016 @ 2:04 pm
Cool! I kinda thought that the Tremonti reference would be lost on everyone here; his solo stuff isn’t really that popular outside of his established fanbase. His 2012 debut All I Was is one of my favorite music albums of all time, any genre. If you’ve read any of my other comments on various articles over the years, you might also know that I’m a big Creed fan (not sure why, but I have a compulsive need to bring up frequently unrelated artists through tangents around here). Not too big on Alter Bridge, though. The band is tight, but I don’t care for Myles Kennedy’s voice or lyrics at all.
While I have a very specific preference for country and rock, I like to think within those two templates I allow for a lot of variation. I don’t like a whole lot of modern pop country like most folks around here, but if I hear something that speaks to me I certainly won’t discount it based on the source (unless it’s Luke Bryan as I’m purely sick of him at this point). Unless we’re talking about a product of one style that’s being sold as another like with modern country, I don’t really pay much attention to subgenre lines. For instance, I like just about as many hair metal artists and albums as grunge artists and albums, though I’m more inclined to criticize the latter because they took themselves SO much more seriously than the hair metal scene did, not to mention that they were more concerned with anger and angst than actual talent (whether that be singing or instrumental).
Another good example of this would be a general list of my favorite country artists: Big & Rich, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Johnny Paycheck, Montgomery Gentry, Clint Black, among others. Whereas I’ve yet to drink the kool-aid of some other well-regarded artists like Waylon Jennings and Sturgill, not because I dislike them but moreso because I have some very particular problems with their output. But, this little comment is self-indulgent enough as is, but I figured I’d give a little background on my own proclivities in response to your comment. I’ll spare you further reading unless you are curious 🙂
May 18, 2016 @ 8:45 am
So bummed that he is skipping St Louis…
May 18, 2016 @ 8:48 am
Awesome! I can’t wait for Friday to get my tickets!
May 18, 2016 @ 1:01 pm
For the Calgary show, that is.
May 18, 2016 @ 9:09 am
He must be afraid to come back to Atlanta.
May 18, 2016 @ 3:20 pm
Haha, I was thinking the same thing. Wouldn’t want him to get “sick” again.
May 19, 2016 @ 2:42 pm
At least I can say I had a duet performance with him from the show he couldn’t continue on in the fall. Consolation prize for making the trip down for no show.
May 18, 2016 @ 10:16 am
Going to the Indy show this Saturday. The Egyptian Room is a perfect venue for a small show. I never expected to be able to see him in such a small space.
May 18, 2016 @ 10:56 am
Brent, I live about 3 hours away. Is the Egyptian Room a theatre style venue, with seating? Seems like that particular place gets a lot of good acts. Is it downtown? Thanks for any info!
May 18, 2016 @ 11:14 am
Not much seating. Maybe 30 seats total with a few tables on the sides. Basically it’s just one big room but not too huge that you feel far away from the stage. I just saw Musgraves there about a month ago. Stood about halfway back and it was great. I’m going to try to get in line early this Saturday and get one of the few seats.
May 18, 2016 @ 12:03 pm
This is why I bought tickets for The Egyptian Room, I heard it was relatively small. Will be driving over from Columbus, Ohio. Saw him at The Vogue in December 2014. How do the two compare? Save me a seat!
May 18, 2016 @ 10:23 am
YES!!! He’s coming to my town!
May 18, 2016 @ 10:37 am
I am freaking out because there is a radio pre-sales listed that I know nothing about. With tickets going on sale before the general public tomorrow.
Also notice Sturgill is playing a lot of nites in a row with travel between.. For instance: Philly, NYC, Boston.
With his history of allergies and losing his voice, I’d hate to see quality of shows suffer.
May 18, 2016 @ 11:15 am
He started this tour with his voice not at 100%, but apparently it was slightly better the second night than the first, so he seems to be able to recover well. This is another concern with not have an opening band, because he’s now tasked to sing for a good two hours instead of 90 minutes.
But I’m also taking Sturgill releasing so many tour dates that he’s confident in what he’s doing at the moment, confident in the lineup, and wants to push this thing.
May 18, 2016 @ 11:21 am
I saw him the coldest nite of the year in February Boston last tour.
He was sick as hell and still was still awesome.
I think right after that is when he cancelled some dates
May 18, 2016 @ 2:08 pm
Let’s hope he doesn’t contract a case of double pneumonia…
May 18, 2016 @ 11:04 am
I’ve been hoping for this since first hearing him on this site. He’s coming to Winnipeg.
This is such great news!
Thanks very much.
May 18, 2016 @ 11:18 am
To have major acts (old and new ones!) of country music perform here is a brand new thing to the Province of Québec.
It is not that country was not or is not popular here, but – due to our difference in language and culture versus the rest of Canada (Mostly French in Québec, and mostly English in the rest of Canada), there are no major radio stations in the country music genre in the Province (only a few, very very small ones, here and there, surely not powerful enough – money wise – to advirtise these concerts at all…). Last year, we started to have major country acts, oh, not many, but still, it’s a start. it is very nice to have them here in Québec too, and – hopefully – every single – or most of them anyway! – will make a stop in Montreal on their future tours. The fans are there, waiting for them to show up here! Even our English-speaking country Canadian country music acts were never doing any Québec date on their coast to coast tours, performing in all 9 other Provinces. We do have AWESOME French-language country acts here, but it is nice to have them from both languages .
NOTE: I was able to meet Dustin Lynch in Montreal on last February 25th (he was – naturally, with Little Big Town and Luke Bryan). I was going to that show mainly for Dustin anyway, who – among these 3 acts – is the only one to do country music. Dustin is a really nice guy, and I told him never to believe anyone who would tell him that country music is not popular here in Québec, because it is, it is only that we do not have the chance to have much of it in our Province. He replied to me” Sylvie, we are HERE in Montreal tonight, see? “
May 18, 2016 @ 11:23 am
I am really considering a ride up to Montreal to see him from Mass.
Last time I was there I didn’t need a passport though..
IDK if I want one.
May 18, 2016 @ 11:36 am
Hi Stringbuzz. Yes, a passport is obligatory to come to Canada now. Please read this: https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Travel-g153339-s602/Canada:Crossing.The.Border.html Bienvenue au Québec – Welcome to Québec! Enjoy your stay here!
May 18, 2016 @ 1:32 pm
If you’re a bordering state to Canada they may also offer an enhanced license as an option. I’m in between buffalo/Niagara Falls so three border crossings within ten minutes of me to Canada. We have that option. It will let you go to a handful of countries touching USA but not like a full passport. I opted for the passport and got it in three weeks. I went to see Garth in Hamilton and was my first time In Canada in about ten years.
May 18, 2016 @ 11:54 am
where do you get tickets?..Ticketbastard?
May 18, 2016 @ 12:05 pm
Most are being served through Ticketmaster, but some shows aren’t. Check local listings, as they say.
May 18, 2016 @ 2:10 pm
Are you affiliated with Pearl Jam in any way, Lunchbox? We already ascertained that you have no ties to Bobby Bones, but I’m expecting something concrete soon…. 😛
In all seriousness, I laughed out loud at that pun against Ticketmaster. Did you make that up or did it hail from elsewhere?
May 18, 2016 @ 8:58 pm
“Presale for tickets starts May 19th. All tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 20 via Ticketbastard. ”
…your boy Triggerman came up with that in the Willie Nelson Picnic article. he might of used before but it was the first time i’ve noticed it.
May 18, 2016 @ 11:53 pm
I’d love to take credit for “Ticketbastard,” but I bet there was dudes that tattooed that before I ever put it in print. People have been fighting with that company for 20 years now. They just settled a massive class action lawsuit, admitting that they screwed the public out of millions for erroneous fees. But it’s a drop in the bucket to them.
May 19, 2016 @ 11:03 am
Why have they been able to operate with such immunity for so long? Is it another one of those new age law issues where people don’t know the best way that newer services should be governed? “Newer” being relative of course, but the internet seems to be at the forefront of most intellectual property concerns these days.
May 19, 2016 @ 12:15 pm
Ticketmaster was a monopoly 20 years ago when Pearl Jam took them on. Today, it’s even worse, especially now that they’ve partnered with LiveNation, the biggest concert promoter in the world, who has also been buying out smaller promotional companies left and right. This is a massive issue nobody is talking about.
May 19, 2016 @ 11:00 am
That’s strange. I actually did read the article, but perhaps I mentally checked out when Trigger iterated when tickets would be on sale, as the likelihood that I will be able to attend this year is quite low (though I would definitely LIKE to).
May 18, 2016 @ 1:29 pm
I’m jacked to see that he’s coming to VA!
May 18, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
Does Sturgill have something against the southeast?? I really would like to see him but he literally only has one show in the southeast in Birmingham and that’s a 7 hour drive for me (Jacksonville, FL), no thanks.
May 19, 2016 @ 8:25 am
Yeah no kidding. The closest to me is Knoxville which is about 3½ hours away over the mountains on top of that. I was hoping for something between Atlanta and Charlotte. The Georgia Theatre in Athens is where I figured he would be. Whitey Morgan is gonna be there in September and I can’t wait, when I saw the title of this post I was crossing my fingers for a Sturgill date there too. Oh well. I’m in the very corner if SC, where GA/SC/NC meet and with the exception of an occasional Spartanburg or Greenville show Charlotte, Athens, Atlanta, Asheville are usually as close as anybody gets.
May 18, 2016 @ 4:21 pm
He definitely seems to be trying to distance himself from the southeast and the redneck/country/southern/backwoods culture. Especially in the last year or so.
May 18, 2016 @ 4:54 pm
Amazing that Milwaukee isn’t sold out yet, especially since it’s only 90 minutes from Chicago.
I’ll be there with wife and daughters, a very special road trip indeed!
May 18, 2016 @ 5:20 pm
Ashland, KY? Yes! I can finally see him live.
May 18, 2016 @ 6:52 pm
I have been waiting for him to head back to Iowa for a long time. Saw him open for Dwight at the Surf Ballroom (Which might have been the best concert experience of my life.) Going to have to act quick on Friday.
May 18, 2016 @ 7:27 pm
Hoping to make the show in Fargo but that’s a small venue and I might be harvesting grain by then :(.
Two years in a row he’s been in Fargo/Moorhead. Both times during harvest. I know it’s not a big time location but goddammit.
May 19, 2016 @ 10:41 am
drive up to the Peg. only a couple of hours.
May 19, 2016 @ 7:04 am
It’s insane to me that Sturgill is now big enough to play the Midland here in KC. Just a little over a year ago he was at Knucklehead’s, the little honkytonk in the East Bottoms. Now he’s in the biggest KC venue outside of the Sprint Center.
Even Isbell plays the smaller Uptown Theater.
Either way, I’m planning on getting in on the presale this morning.
May 19, 2016 @ 7:26 am
Went to Chattanooga last night. Was incredible show. Played most of Meta then Sailors in concept. Horns were money throughout show. Lots of Joe on steel and Stu on electric. Good as I’ve seen. Also noticed lot more females in attendance which was interesting observation from last few years. Also crowd got much more into sailors then meta but could of been show timing since played sailors 2nd.
Stu hardly talked. Overall opposite of previous review here.
It was a 10/10
May 19, 2016 @ 8:31 am
It’s interesting that you mentioned the rise in female attendance, my wife comes from a musical background so she is very critical of music, where I just like what I like. Usually if I try to turn her on to a new artist, usually one I hear about on here, she is always skeptical because she thinks my musical opinion sucks, lol. She never really listened to Sturgill until I played the cover of In Bloom and MADE her listen. She loved Sailor and now she knows more of his stuff than I do. But it was Sailor that turned her on to the rest. I thought it was just because she’s a music snob, maybe it’s a woman thing?
May 19, 2016 @ 8:52 am
Interesting. It was very obvious. Younger girls too. Good to see its not just a flannel shirt sausage fest.
He just crushed Bloom last night by the way. Crowd loved it
May 19, 2016 @ 9:29 am
It’s funny you mention the increase in women attending Sturgill’s concerts. My husband and I saw him Monday night in Lexington and I asked him beforehand if he thought I’d be vastly outnumbered by men. Turned out I wasn’t, but the audience did skew more heavily toward the menfolk.
My husband is the one who listened to him first, but I think my fan-dom has since surpassed his. I can only speak for myself and don’t pretend to represent all women, but I think a lot of his appeal lies in his, for lack of a better word, sensitivity. He’s obviously a man who cares deeply about his wife and kid and being a decent human being in general and can write some of the best music I’ve ever listened to about it on top of that. Well, that and his intelligence. It’s an almost-lethal combo. Gets me every time.
I’m not a religious person at all, but his concert was as close to a religious experience as I think I’ll ever come. (And I tend to not be someone who is overly dramatic and/or experiences everything remotely pleasant as some sort of soul-changing mystical experience.:) ) The whole time I kept thinking about how lucky I was to get to be there, of all the other places I could’ve been in the wide, wide world, with the one I love most in the world, listening to the one whose music I love most. 🙂
Just some (not particularly profound) thoughts from one of those audience members missing a Y chromosome… 🙂
May 19, 2016 @ 10:12 am
Really cool prospective to hear. Thanks for sharing. This is very interesting because it was my first show since the new album. But there is no doubt he turned off a certain demographic with this new album and is preaching love not drugs (which he always has). Guess now I know why more girls are coming 🙂
I’ve seen a lot of shows; greatful dead, pink Floyd, pearl jam, the stones to name a few. When is he on, and the sound is way he wants it, it as good as I’ve personally found for live music (pink Floyd light show melted my mind few times). I’ve converted many a non country feiend taking them to his shows and they leave mind blown. But I’ve caught him on a bad night too
May 19, 2016 @ 11:13 am
I’d love to see him again but your comment on catching him on an off night is making me second guess myself. Lol. I’d hate to go expecting what I experienced a few days ago and be totally let down. (I’ll definitely be seeing him again, in all seriousness, even with that being a possibility. I guess that’s always a possibility with live music, though, regardless of the artist.)
I should also add that, in addition to his sensitivity, part of the reason I love Sturgill is that he’s an unabashed badass. Sensitivity/badassery is another deadly combo for me.
Thanks for raising such an interesting point about the rise in female Sturgill fans. It’s something I had been thinking about myself. 🙂
May 19, 2016 @ 11:31 am
I didn’t say his bad nights aren’t still good music. Maybe I should of said “off” but to me that’s the beauty, mystic and magic of live shows. Pearl Jam crushed in Greenville then laid down few nights later in Columbia. Dead shows were always the same. That’s what keeps you going back.
May 19, 2016 @ 10:42 am
My wife loves the new album.. We had it on the jukebox at the bar the other nite and the female bartender and a couple other women were asking me who it was. They dug it..
May 19, 2016 @ 10:20 am
Got my tickets to see him in Brooklyn — really looking forward to it!
May 19, 2016 @ 10:48 am
So.. I emailed the local radio station that was sponsoring the show yesterday. They were real nice and emailed me the presales code. I was psyched. I COULD NOT GET TICKETS. I was on right when pressale started. I had wife and a friend trying too. No luck. I was so pissed off.
I talked to another friend who I gave the code.
He and his wife tried same time and both were able to get 4 tickets each. He is letting me take the 4 I need.
So relieved. Still 40 rows back though, but center (Orpheum theater Boston)
Sturgill is a whirlwind right now.
I didn’t think there would be such a quick demand here in Boston.
Was sad thinking I will never see him at the small lil Paradise Rock Club again.
Oh well, he does freaking deserve it if anyone does.
I saw Jeff Beck at the same place last year.
It is a cool place, but I am not a fan of theather seats. LOL
May 19, 2016 @ 12:22 pm
I tried to get the pre-sale code for the DC show at DAR Constitution Hall. Thought I signed up on the right list, but never got the code sent to me. Oh, well. I’ll be at my computer at 10:00 am tomorrow hoping for the best. If I’m lucky enough to get a ticket, I’ll buy, even if it’s far back. The acoustics aren’t the best at this place and I would imagine that a seat really far back will mean that it will be a much less enjoyable listening experience than previous shows and much more intimate venues. Still, I want to be there.
May 20, 2016 @ 7:22 am
I’m in! Third row. At the far end of one of the two center sections. Way, way much better than I hoped for. I think I got lucky because I’ll be going alone (wife digs Isbell and Stapleton. Sturgill, not so much) and there was one seat hanging out on the end of the row. Sometimes life is fair.
May 20, 2016 @ 8:13 am
you’re right…. tickets are selling really fast.
May 20, 2016 @ 9:58 am
I got in for 11/5. Yay!
May 21, 2016 @ 1:54 am
Thanks for the notice! Without the heads up I would have missed when the tickets went up. Now I’m 8 rows back from the centre when he comes to the peg! I owe you!
May 21, 2016 @ 7:22 am
Spectacular show in Knoxville last night. The horn section is a big asset and his voice sounds GREAT!
He nailed In Bloom hard!
If we had the time we’d be on the road to Indy right now!!!
May 21, 2016 @ 7:46 am
I got my tickets to the London date!
It will be my first time seeing him since his past Toronto dates have sold out so quickly.
May 22, 2016 @ 6:50 pm
Finally that son-of-a-bitch is coming back to California. I will see him for my birthday. Hopefully he plays music from his other albums. Although I have come around to sailors guide to earth.
May 24, 2016 @ 12:47 am
He played 15 songs, heavily from Metamodern, then Sailor’s from start to finish in Knoxville.
May 24, 2016 @ 1:51 pm
Yesssssssssssssssss!! That’s good to know! Thanks for the info.
May 24, 2016 @ 11:57 am
Just wanted to leave a few thoughts about Sturgill’s Indianapolis show, for anyone interested. The Egyptian Room show was the fifth time I’ve seen him now, and after Trigger’s review from the first night of the tour in Austin I was admittedly worried how enjoyable it would be. It didn’t sound like Sturgill was having much fun to open the tour, which is unfortunate but happens. Fortunately, the Indy show proved to be a good experience.
Sturgill seemed to enjoy the show and the crowd — save for a monitor that was way too loud in his first song that he yelled for the tech to turn down. Instead of beginning with a full run through of A Sailor’s Guide, he kicked off with many of his standards from the first two albums and a pair of covers. He specifically mentioned after the fourth or fifth song that he was playing those tunes to get the crowd warmed up before playing the new stuff. It was a format that worked. Sturgill also did a nice callout to the venues in Indianapolis he’s played in recent years (Sun King Brewery, Radio Radio, The Vogue) and appeared genuinely appreciative that he had sold out the “beautiful” Egyptian Room.
His voice was very strong and he seemed to be much more comfortable without a guitar than I was expecting. It was a good show, full of strong moments from his band and enjoyably different takes on the songs that Sturgill fans know well. I can’t wait until he’s back in town.
May 25, 2016 @ 2:29 pm
Larger Venue in Columbus OH – September 14
Simpson was booked for Newport Music Hall across from the campus of OSU (capacity 1700). The concert is now moved to Express Live Pavilion. (Indoor standing room capacity 2200).
May 26, 2016 @ 4:47 am
I will definitely see him in LA despite the midweek show dates :/. I’m glad he’s playing the Wiltern with its general admission floor because it was awkward when I saw him at the Ace theatre and there were only seats. Where I was, the older people got mad when the younger people wanted to stand. The Wiltern will accommodate the wide age range of his fans better.
June 6, 2016 @ 4:15 am
Milwaukee was a blast Saturday night! He was in great voice, the horns add SO much to the earlier songs.
He took a poll of the audience (by applause):
Who here knows me from the first, second, and new albums?
At least 50% were there from SGTE, with maybe 30% from Meta. Amazing result for no radio play to speak of.