NASHVILLE |FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/ AMANDA CAGAN
THE BLACK CROWES ANNOUNCE
"SOULED OUT" TOUR DATES STARTING FEBRUARY 11;
BAND TO PERFORM FREE SHOW FOR FANS TUESDAY, JANUARY 12
AT NYC'S BOWERY BALLROOM;
SET FOR IN-STORE APPEARANCE AT TOWER RECORDS IN NYC
ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, THE SAME DAY THEIR
COLUMBIA DEBUT ALBUM `BY YOUR SIDE' IS RELEASED;
PERFORM MONDAY, JANUARY 11 ON
"LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN";
EARLY CRITICAL ACCLAIM GREETS ALBUM
With their last intimate club shows set for Monday, January 11 and Tuesday, January 12 at New York City's Bowery Ballroom, THE BLACK CROWES have announced the initial dates for their full-on larger-venue "Souled Out" tour. The first leg kicks off February 11 in Milwaukee and will bring the band–CHRIS ROBINSON, vocals; RICH ROBINSON, guitars, vocals; STEVE GORMAN, drums; EDDIE HARSCH, keyboards; bassist SVEN PIPIEN; and touring guitarist AUDLEY FREED–to such cities as Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia and New York. Tickets for some of these shows go on sale as early as this weekend.
Out of appreciation for their fans, THE BLACK CROWES decided to add a free show (Tuesday, January 12) at the Bowery Ballroom, which was announced today (Wednesday) after tickets for the first night sold out in a half-hour (fans were lined up around the block of the Bowery Ballroom for hours in advance of the on-sale time). The first 500 fans who show up for the group's in-store appearance on Tuesday, January 12 at Tower Records in lower Manhattan (4th & Broadway)–between 6:00-7:30 PM–and buy a copy of their new CD BY YOUR SIDE will be given one ticket from the band to the show later that night.
This announcement comes in the midst of lots of CROWES excitement. "Kicking My Heart Around" continues to be lodged in the Top Three on Billboard's "Mainstream Rock Tracks" chart and is the set-up track for BY YOUR SIDE, due in stores Tuesday, January 12 and marking their Columbia Records debut. The official first single and video will be "Only A Fool," set to hit radio airwaves in early February.
On the eve of the album's release (January 11), THE BLACK CROWES will perform "Kicking My Heart Around' on the Late Show With David Letterman. Meanwhile, BY YOUR SIDE has already been receiving lots of early acclaim. To wit:
"The Black Crowes Rise Again…Robinson's voice is sure-fire cocky, cheap-whiskey rough and, in spots, downright soulful…BY YOUR SIDE is catchier and hits harder than the band's recent albums."
"…their hardest-rocking collection ever…BY YOUR SIDE swaggers toughest whenever the tempos pick up and Chris Robinson's vocal register gets high and Rich Robinson's slide thickens into the forefront, spreading like whiskey-marinated honey and digging into a massively groiny groove–in the aptly titled vamp `Heavy,' for instance."
"It's only rock and roll–and we like it."
"With gritty slide guitar and think dollops of gospel backing vocals, this band does make some fine rock `n' roll–anyone with a taste for bourbon-drenched boogie `n' blues will enjoy it."
"Reconstituted and rejuvenated…BY YOUR SIDE kicks ass. The Crowes sound fresh, full of energy and determined to rock our world as if their career depended on it."
"…reaffirming the Crowes' as a great rock and roll band."
The dates are as follows:
DATE CITY VENUE
Thu 2/11 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom (The Rave)
Fri 2/12 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
Sat 2/13 St. Louis, MO American Theatre
Sun 2/14 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Tue 2/16 Grand Rapids, MI Devos Hall (Grand Center)
Wed 2/17 Akron, OH EJ Thomas Perf. Arts Hall
Fri 2/19 Detroit, MI Detroit State Theatre
Sat 2/20 Columbus, OH Veterans Memorial Aud.
Sun 2/21 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
Tue 2/23 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
Thu 2/25 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
Sun 2/28 Albany, NY Palace Theatre
Tue 3/2 Pittsburgh, PA Soliders & Sailors Hall
Thu 3/4 Lexington, VA Univ. Ctr. (Washington & Lee Univ.)
Fri 3/5 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Sat 3/6 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Sun 3/7 Carlisle, PA Anita Tuvin Schlecter Aud. (Dickenson College)
Fri 3/12 Waterville, ME Wadsworth Gym (Colby College)
Sat 3/13 Uncasville, CT The Events Center (Mohegan Sun)
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