NASHVILLE |DATE: MARCH 26, 2002
FROM: TODD BRODGINSKI/MARCEE RONDAN/MITCH SCHNEIDER
ART ALEXAKIS STRIPS DOWN FOR SOLO ACOUSTIC TOUR: Last week in Detroit, MI, ART ALEXAKIS kicked off a 17-date solo tour and debuted a new EVERCLEAR song. The acoustic performance featured the new song "Volvo-Driving Soccer Mom" as well as a few EVERCLEAR favorites including "Father Of Mine," "Santa Monica," "I Will Buy You A New Life" and "Good Witch Of The North," which ALEXAKIS performed last week (3/19) on the "Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn." The singer/songwriter/producer/video-director also performed a cover of the 1979 Paul Collins' Beat song "Rock And Roll Girl." ALEXAKIS is touring clubs and colleges before returning to his Portland, OR studio to continue work on the sixth EVERCLEAR album, which is expected to be released later this year. Before setting off on the tour, ALEXAKIS said, "I'm really looking forward to it, but I'm scared to death. It's not like getting up there with your buddies and having a wall of sound behind you."
The in-progress tour dates are as follows:
DATE CITY VENUE
Tue 3/26 De Land, FL Forest of Arden-Stetson University
Wed 3/27 Joplin, MO Taylor Auditorium
Thu 3/28 St. Louis, MO The Gargoyle-Washington University
Fri 3/29 Urbana, IL Foellinger Auditorium-Univ. of Illinois
Sat 3/30 Boston, MA Paradise
Mon 4/1 New York, NY Supper Club
Tue 4/2 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Wed 4/3 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
Thu 4/4 Los Angeles, CA The Knitting Factory
Fri 4/5 Moscow, ID SUB Ballroom-Univ. of Idaho
Sun 4/7 Seattle, WA Crocodile CafŽ
Tue 4/9 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
Fri 4/19 Laramie, WY A&S Auditorium Univ. of Wyoming
Sat 4/20 Kenosha, WI Phys. Ed Center–Carthage College
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