Beginning June 6th, three days after Andrew Bird releases Things are Really Great Here, Sort Of…, the multi-talented singer-songwriter will embark upon a stacked North American tour with his band Hands of Glory. The new album showcases a compilation of cover songs from band The Handsome Family, and is available for pre-order here.
2013 saw the release of Bird’s EP I Want to See Pulaski at Night, as well as his support of Joshua Tree National Park with a performance of “Give It Away,” alongside Tift Merritt, in the desert.
Bird is following up to his 2012 full-length Hands of Glory, which he created with most of the band he’ll soon be touring with – this includes Merritt, as well as Alan Hampton on bass, Eric Heywood on pedal steel and Kevin O’Donnell on drums. For the tour, he’ll be supporting an album that celebrates the work of Brett and Rennie Sparks, a husband and wife duo known for their old-school rock ‘n’ roll pop, mixed with bits of vintage country.
On their upcoming tour, Bird and Hands of Glory will be all over North America, including stops at Bonnaroo and the Ottawa Blues Fest. See below for a complete listing:
Andrew Bird Summer 2014 Tour
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Jun 06: Brooklyn, NY – Studio 360 WNYC Radio Love Fest at BAM Harvey Theater
Jun 07: Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
Jun 08: Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
Jun 09: Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
Jun 10: Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Jun 12: Asheville, TN – Orange Peel
Jun 13: Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
Jun 15: Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
Jun 16: Austin, TX – The Paramount Theater
Jun 20: Boulder, CO – Chautauqua
Jun 21: Telluride, CO – Telluride
Jul 02: Ann Arbor, MI – Power Center
Jul 04: Toronto, ON – Toronto Urban Roots Fest
Jul 05: Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Blues Fest
Jul 06: Montreal, QC – Jazz Fest
Jul 08: New York, NY – Summerstage
Jul 10: Hanover, NH – Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center
Jul 11: Bridgeport, CT- The Klein
Jul 12: Lowell, MA – Lowell Summer Music Series
Jul 18: Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Folk Fest
Jul 24: Calgary, AB – Calgary Folk Fest
Jul 26: Edmonton, AB – Interstellar Rodeo
Aug 01: Big Sur, CA- Henry Miller Library
Aug 02: Saratoga, CA – Mountain Winery
Aug 03: San Francisco, CA – Sigmund Stern Grove
Sep 19: San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s
Sep 21: Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl