GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings performed his song, “The Fire On My Tongue,” last night on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” Watch/share HERE.
The performance adds to yet another unstoppable year for Strings, who will continue his massive headline tour through this fall with newly confirmed shows at Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium, Los Angeles’ The Wiltern, Asheville’s ExploreAsheville.com Arena (three nights), Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, Philadelphia’s The Met (two nights) and Washington DC’s The Anthem (two nights) among several others. See below for complete itinerary. Tickets for the new shows go on-sale this Friday, July 1 at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at www.billystrings.com/tour.
The tour celebrates Strings’ widely acclaimed new album, Renewal, which was produced by Jonathan Wilson and is out now via Rounder Records (stream/purchase here). Released to overwhelming praise, The New York Times proclaims, “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.” The album also 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. Strings recently performed the album track “Hide And Seek” on the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards—watch the full performance HERE.
In addition to Strings (vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, synth, guitjo) and Wilson (celesta, percussion, harpsicord), the record features Strings’ band—Billy Failing (banjo, piano, background vocals), 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).
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, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards, 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 “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 recently collaborated with a wide variety of artists including Bill Kreutzmann, Luke Combs, Del McCoury, Fences, RMR and many more.
BILLY STRINGS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 29—New York, NY—The Rooftop at Pier 17
(SOLD OUT)
June 30—Scranton, PA—Peach Music Festival
July 2—Baltimore, MD—Pier Six Pavilion
(SOLD OUT)
July 3—Baltimore, MD—Pier Six Pavilion
(SOLD OUT)
July 22—Louisville, KY—Iroquois Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
July 23—Louisville, KY—Iroquois Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
July 24—Louisville, KY—Iroquois Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
July 27—Chicago, IL—Metro (SOLD OUT)
July 28—Chicago, IL—Lollapalooza
July 29—Indianapolis, IN—TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park
July 30—Indianapolis, IN—TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (SOLD OUT)
August 4—Saint Charles, IA—Hinterland Music Festival
August 5—Minneapolis, MN—Surly Brewing Festival Field (SOLD OUT)
August 6—Moorhead, MN—Bluestem Amphitheater
August 9—Bonner, MT—Kettlehouse Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
August 10—Bonner, MT—Kettlehouse Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
August 12—Troutdale, OR—McMenamins Edgefield (SOLD OUT)
August 13—Troutdale, OR—McMenamins Edgefield (SOLD OUT)
August 14—Redmond, WA—Marymoor Park
August 27—Tisbury, MA—Beach Road Weekend
September 9—Alpharetta, GA—Outlaw Music Festival at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
September 10—Charlotte, NC—Outlaw Music Festival at PNC Music Pavilion
September 11—Virginia Beach, VA—Outlaw Music Festival at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
September 13—Bridgeport, CT—Outlaw Music Festival at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
September 16—Boston, MA—Outlaw Music Festival at Xfinity Center
September 17—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea.Hear.Now Festival
September 18—Saratoga Springs, NY—Outlaw Music Festival Performing Arts Center
September 23—Buena Vista, CO—Renewal at The Meadows
September 24—Buena Vista, CO—Renewal at The Meadows
September 28—Sacramento, CA—Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
September 30—Stanford, CA—Frost Amphitheater at Stanford
October 1—Dana Point, CA—Ohana Fest
October 2—Los Angeles, CA—The Wiltern
October 7-9—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits 2022
October 14-16—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits 2022
October 15—Oklahoma City, OK—The Criterion
October 29—Asheville, NC—ExporeAsheville.com Arena
October 30—Asheville, NC— ExporeAsheville.com Arena
October 31—Asheville, NC— ExporeAsheville.com Arena
November 3—Kalamazoo, MI—Wings Event Center
November 4—Saginaw, MI—Dow Event Center
November 5—Pittsburgh, PA—Petersen Events Center
November 9—Rochester, NY—Blue Cross Arena
November 11—Uniondale, NY—Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 12—Philadelphia, PA—The Met
November 13—Philadelphia, PA—The Met
November 16—Richmond, VA—Virginia Credit Union LIVE!
November 18—Washington, DC—The Anthem
November 19—Washington, DC—The Anthem
November 29—Oslo, Norway—Rockefeller Music Hall
November 30—Copenhagen, Denmark—Vega
December 1—Sockholm, Sweeden—Slaktkyrkan
December 3—Berlin, Germany—Columbia Theater
December 4—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Melkweg
December 5—Cologne, Germany—Gebadue 9
December 7—London, UK—O2 Forum Kentish Town
December 8—Manchester, UK—O2 Ritz Manchester
December 9—Dublin, Ireland—The Academy (SOLD OUT)
December 11—Glasgow, UK—Galvanizers Yard
December 30—New Orleans, LA—Venue TBA
December 31—New Orleans, LA—Venue TBA
