Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings will continue his extensive headline tour through this summer with newly confirmed shows at New York’s The Rooftop at Pier 17, Baltimore’s Pier Six Pavilion (two nights), Louisville’s Iroquois Amphitheater (three nights), Indianapolis’ TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (two nights), Minneapolis’ Surly Brewing Festival Field and Portland’s McMenamins Edgefield (two nights) among many others.
Tickets for the shows will go on-sale in two phases with the first eight dates on-sale Monday, March 7 at 10:00am local time and the remaining shows going on-sale Monday, March 14 at 10:00am local time. See below for complete itinerary and on-sale details.
The summer dates add to yet another unstoppable year for Strings, who is nominated in two categories at the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Best Bluegrass Album (Renewal) and Best American Roots Performance (“Love and Regret”) and won Best New Headliner/Artist Development Story at the 33rd Annual Pollstar Awards.
Out now via Rounder Records (stream/purchase here), Renewal was produced by Jonathan Wilson and solidifies Strings’ position as a singular artist—one who honors the history of the music that inspires him, while continually pushing it forward. With the record’s sixteen tracks, Strings shares a more personal and honest perspective through his songwriting, while incorporating his wide range of influences with elements of bluegrass, classic rock, metal, psychedelic music and more.
Released to widespread attention, Renewal landed on several “Best of 2021” lists including The Bitter Southerner, No Depression, Glide, The Boot, Folk Alley, Nashville’s WMOT Roots Radio and Pittsburgh’s WYEP Radio. It was also one of the Top 50 Most Played Albums at Americana Radio last year, while Strings was #1 on listener-voted year-end lists at Charlottesville’s WNRN and Spindale-Asheville’s WNCW among others.
In addition to Strings (vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, synth, guitjo) and Wilson (celesta, percussion, harpsicord), the record features Strings’ band—Billy Failing (banjo, piano, Royal Masat (bass, background vocals) and Jarrod Walker (mandolin, guitar, background vocals)—as well as special guest musicians Spencer Cullum (pedal steel), John Mailander (violin) and Grant Millikem (synth).
Renewal adds to a burgeoning career for Strings, who won Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards for his 2019 record, Home. Released to overwhelming acclaim, The Associated Press praised the album, asserting, “it is his creative musical storytelling, paired with solid vocals on Home that should seal the deal, pleasing fans of the genre and creating some new ones…the perfect blend of pure talent and pluck,” while The Wall Street Journal proclaimed, “Billy Strings has clearly emerged as a premier guitar flatpicker of this era” and Rolling Stone declared, “one of string music’s most dynamic young stars.” Strings and the record also topped Billboard’s 2020 year-end chart in both Bluegrass categories: Top Bluegrass Artists and Top Bluegrass Albums.
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 Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards, named Entertainer of the Year and Guitar Player of the Year at the 2021 International Bluegrass Music Awards and has performed on PBS’ “Austin City Limits” and “Bluegrass Underground.” A respected figure across all genres, Strings has also recently collaborated with a wide variety of artists including Bill Kreutzmann, Luke Combs, Del McCoury, Fences, RMR and many more.
RENEWAL TRACK LIST
1. Know It All
2. Secrets
3. Love and Regret
4. Heartbeat of America
5. In The Morning Light
6. This Old World
7. Show Me The Door
8. Hellbender
9. Red Daisy
10. The Fire On My Tongue
11. Nothing’s Working
12. Hide and Seek
13. Ice Bridges
14. Fire Line
15. Running The Route
16. Leaders
BILLY STRINGS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
March 3—Madison, WI—The Sylvee (SOLD OUT)
March 4—Madison, WI—The Sylvee (SOLD OUT)
March 5—Madison, WI—The Sylvee (SOLD OUT)
March 9—Cleveland, OH—KeyBank State Theatre (SOLD OUT)
March 11—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center (SOLD OUT)
March 12—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center (SOLD OUT)
March 15—Boston, MA—Roadrunner (SOLD OUT)
March 26—London, UK—Islington Assembly Hall (SOLD OUT)
March 27—London, UK—Islington Assembly Hall (SOLD OUT)
April 1—Olympic Valley, CA—WinterWonderGrass Tahoe (SOLD OUT)
April 9—Santa Barbara, CA—Santa Barbara Bowl
April 10—Santa Barbara, CA—Santa Barbara Bowl
April 13—Santa Ana, CA—Observatory (SOLD OUT)
April 15—Las Vegas, NV—Brooklyn Bowl (SOLD OUT)
April 16—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
April 21—Houston, TX—713 Music Hall
April 22—Austin, TX—Moody Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
April 23—Dallas, TX—The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
April 29—St. Augustine, FL—St. Augustine Amphitheatre
April 30—St. Augustine, FL—St. Augustine Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
May 1—St. Augustine, FL—St. Augustine Amphitheatre
May 5—New Orleans, LA—New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 6—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
May 7—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
May 8—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
May 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
May 13—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
May 14—Denver, CO—Mission Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
June 15—Dayton, OH—Rose Music Center at The Heights (on-sale 3/7 at 10am local)
June 16—Maryland Heights, MO—Saint Louis Music Park (on-sale 3/7 at 10am local)
June 18—Manchester, TN—Bonnaroo
June 23—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (on-sale 3/7 at 10am local)
June 24—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (on-sale 3/7 at 10am local)
June 25—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (on-sale 3/7 at 10am local)
June 29—New York, NY—The Rooftop at Pier 17 (on-sale 3/7 at 10am local)
June 30—Scranton, PA—Peach Music Festival
July 2—Baltimore, MD—Pier Six Pavilion (on-sale 3/7 at 10am local)
July 3—Baltimore, MD—Pier Six Pavilion (on-sale 3/7 at 10am local)
July 22—Louisville, KY—Iroquois Amphitheater (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
July 23—Louisville, KY—Iroquois Amphitheater (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
July 24—Louisville, KY—Iroquois Amphitheater (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
July 29—Indianapolis, IN—TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
July 30—Indianapolis, IN—TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
August 4—Saint Charles, IA—Hinterland Music Festival
August 5—Minneapolis, MN—Surly Brewing Festival Field (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
August 6—Moorhead, MN—Bluestem Amphitheater (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
August 9—Bonner, MT—Kettlehouse Amphitheater (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
August 10—Bonner, MT—Kettlehouse Amphitheater (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
August 12—Troutdale, OR—McMenamins Edgefield (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
August 13—Troutdale, OR—McMenamins Edgefield (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
August 14—Redmond, WA—Marymoor Park (on-sale 3/14 at 10am local)
August 26-28—Tisbury, MA—Beach Road Weekend
