GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings will continue his extensive headline tour through this fall including newly confirmed shows at Portland’s Moda Center (two nights), Seattle’s WAMU Theater, Stanford’s Frost Amphitheater (two nights), Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena, Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center (two nights), Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena (two nights) and Syracuse’s The Oncenter as well as dates in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and the U.K. See below for complete itinerary.
Tickets will be available for pre-sale starting this Wednesday, April 26 at 10:00AM local time with general on-sale following this Friday, April 28 at 10:00AM local time. Full details can be found at www.billystrings.com/tour.
The fall dates are just the latest added to Strings’ extensive 2023 run, which also includes upcoming shows at Morrison’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre (two nights, both sold out), Denver’s Mission Ballroom, Phoenix’s Arizona Financial Center (sold out), Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre (sold out), Las Vegas’ Brooklyn Bowl (sold out), Austin’s Moody Center, Indianapolis’ TCU Amphitheater (two nights, both sold out) and Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion (two nights) among many others.
The upcoming performances add to yet another landmark year for Strings, who released Me/And/Dad, the first album he’s recorded with his dad, Terry Barber, this past fall via Rounder Records (stream/purchase here). The product of a longtime dream, the record features new versions of fourteen bluegrass and country classics that the two have been playing together since Strings was a young child. Released to overwhelming acclaim, NPR Music praises, “exuberant interplay…a match made tender by the familiar harmonies of these two lifelong picking partners,” while The Wall Street Journal declares, “Me/And/Dad works beautifully…the guitars from the principals along with mandolin, banjo, fiddle and bass are expertly played with joy and verve” and Billboard proclaims, “Top-notch, wooly bluegrass picking wraps around distinct, family harmonies throughout.” In celebration of the release, Strings and Barber were featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” speaking with host Ailsa Chang, while Strings was also featured on “CBS Sunday Morning” speaking with correspondent Conor Knighton.
The new record follows Strings’ acclaimed album, Renewal, which landed on several “Best of 2021” lists including The Bitter Southerner, No Depression, Glide, The Boot, Folk Alley and was one of the Top 50 Most Played Albums at Americana Radio last year. Produced by Jonathan Wilson, the record was released to overwhelming praise with The New York Times declaring, “a premier bluegrass mind for this post-everything era…he has zigged and zagged between the form’s antediluvian traditions and rapid-fire improvisations that hit like hard bop, all within songs with hooks so sharp that he seems poised for crossover stardom.”
Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. Since his 2017 debut, he has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2022 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards (the organization also named him Entertainer of the Year and Guitar Player of the Year in 2021), Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards, Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards and has performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits” and “Bluegrass Underground.” A respected figure across all genres, Strings has also collaborated with a wide variety of artists.
BILLY STRINGS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale this Friday, April 28 at 10:00AM local time
April 29-30 /// Los Angeles, CA /// Hollywood Bowl
– Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday (SOLD OUT)
May 11 /// Morrison, CO /// Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
May 12 /// Morrison, CO /// Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
May 13 /// Denver, CO /// Mission Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
May 17 /// Phoenix, AZ /// Arizona Financial Theatre (SOLD OUT)
May 19 /// Los Angeles, CA /// Greek Theatre (SOLD OUT)
May 20 /// San Diego, CA /// Cal Coast
Credit Union Open Air Theatre (SOLD OUT)
May 21 /// San Diego, CA /// Cal Coast
Credit Union Open Air Theatre
May 24 /// Las Vegas, NV /// Brooklyn Bowl (SOLD OUT)
May 26 /// Napa, CA /// BottleRock Napa Valley
June 2 /// Austin, TX /// Moody Center
June 3 /// Austin, TX /// Moody Center
June 7 /// Tulsa, OK /// BOK Center
June 9 /// St. Louis, MO /// Chaifetz Arena
June 10 /// Indianapolis, IN /// TCU Amphitheater
at White River State Park (SOLD OUT)
June 11 /// Indianapolis, IN /// TCU Amphitheater
at White River State Park (SOLD OUT)
June 13 /// Cleveland, OH /// Jacobs Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
June 14 /// Cleveland, OH /// Jacobs Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
June 16 /// Clarkston, MI /// Pine Knob Music Theatre (SOLD OUT)
June 17 /// Chicago, IL /// Huntington Bank
Pavilion at Northerly Island (SOLD OUT)
July 13 /// Cary, NC /// Koka Booth Amphitheatre
July 14 /// Cary, NC /// Koka Booth Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
July 15 /// Cary, NC /// Koka Booth Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
July 19 /// Norfolk, VA /// Chartway Arena
July 21 /// Bridgeport, CT /// Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
July 22 /// Essex Junction, VT /// Midway Lawn
at Champlain Valley Expo (SOLD OUT)
July 23 /// Essex Junction, VT /// Midway Lawn
at Champlain Valley Expo (SOLD OUT)
July 25 /// Boston, MA /// Leader Bank Pavilion
July 26 /// Boston, MA /// Leader Bank Pavilion
July 28 /// Portland, ME /// Thompson’s Point (SOLD OUT)
July 29 /// Portland, ME /// Thompson’s Point (SOLD OUT)
July 30 /// Newport, RI /// Newport Folk Festival (SOLD OUT)
August 7 /// Frankfurt, Germany /// Batschkapp
August 8 /// Berlin, Germany /// Huxleys
August 9 /// Hamburg, Germany /// Grobe Freiheit 36
August 11 /// Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County /// Way Out West
August 12 /// Oslo, Norway /// Oya Festival
August 24 /// Knoxville, TN /// Knoxville Civic Coliseum (SOLD OUT)
August 25 /// Huntsville, AL /// Orion Amphitheater
August 26 /// Huntsville, AL /// Orion Amphitheater
September 14 /// Louisville, KY /// Bourbon & Beyond Festival
September 22 /// Buena Vista, CO /// venue announcing soon
September 23 /// Buena Vista, CO /// venue announcing soon
September 27 /// Nampa, ID /// Ford Idaho Center Arena
September 29 /// Portland, OR /// Moda Center
September 30 /// Portland, OR /// Moda Center
October 1 /// Seattle, WA /// WAMU Theater
October 4 /// Sacramento, CA /// Golden 1 Center
October 6 /// Stanford, CA /// Frost Amphitheater
October 7 /// Stanford, CA /// Frost Amphitheater
October 8 /// Stateline, NV /// Tahoe Event Center
October 10 /// West Valley City, UT /// Maverik Center
October 13 /// Independence, MO /// Cable Dahmer Arena
October 14 /// Independence, MO /// Cable Dahmer Arena
October 31 /// Grand Rapids, MI /// Van Andel Arena
November 6 /// Amsterdam, NL /// Paradiso
November 7 /// Amsterdam, NL /// Paradiso
November 8 /// Antwerp, BE /// De Roma
November 10 /// Cologne, DE /// Carlswerk Victoria
November 11 /// Luxembourg /// den Atelier
November 12 /// Munich, DE /// Neue Theaterfabrik
November 14 /// Paris, FR /// La Cigale
November 15 /// London, UK /// Roundhouse
November 17 /// Manchester, UK /// Manchester Academy
November 18 /// Glasgow, UK /// O2 Academy Glasgow
November 19 /// Birmingham, UK /// O2 Academy
December 6 /// Greensboro, NC /// Greensboro Coliseum
December 8 /// Baltimore, MD /// CFG Bank Arena
December 9 /// Baltimore, MD /// CFG Bank Arena
December 12 /// Pittsburgh, PA /// Petersen Events Center
December 13 /// Pittsburgh, PA /// Petersen Events Center
December 15 /// Wilkes-Barre, PA /// Mohegan Sun
Arena at Casey Plaza
December 16 /// Syracuse, NY /// The Oncenter
December 29 /// New Orleans, LA /// Uno Lakefront Arena
December 30 /// New Orleans, LA /// Uno Lakefront Arena
December 31 /// New Orleans, LA /// Uno Lakefront Arena
(photo credit: Christopher Morley)
