Lyle Lovett furthers solo tour, adds fall run with John Hiatt
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Lyle Lovett has tacked more dates onto his summer run with his Large Band and added an acoustic fall outing alongside John Hiatt to the end of the schedule.
The award-winning singer/songwriter will kick off the return to the road with his backing band July 14 in Memphis, followed by stops in 25 cities across the Midwest and West Coast through mid-August. After a six-week hiatus, Lovett will perform a one-off solo gig Oct. 3 in San Francisco, before setting out Oct. 6 in Albuquerque alongside John Hiatt for an 11-date acoustic co-headlining tour that concludes Oct. 18 in Tacoma. Details are shown below.
Lovett, who has been on the tour trail sporadically since January, released his most recent album, "It's Not Big It's Large," in 2007. The 12-track set, which features the performer's Large Band on a variety of country, blues, folk, jazz and gospel songs, charted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200.
"We've always done arrangements that border on blues music, that border on jazz arrangements, that border on what folks might think of as 'big band,' but we don't really play big band music," Lovett said of the album's title in a promotional video clip posted at Amazon.com. "But we've always had a lot of people in the band, so that's why I call the band the 'Large Band' and not the 'Big Band.' But invariably people refer to the band as the 'Big Band' and ... it's not big ... you get the idea."
Blues-rock veteran John Hiatt, who received the American Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting last fall, released "Same Old Man" last May.
July 2009
14 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall
15 - Effingham, IL - The Rosebud Theatre
16 - Kettering, OH - Fraze Pavilion for the Performing Arts
17 - Rochester, MI - Meadow Brook Music Festival
18 - French Lick, IN - French Lick Springs Resort & Casino
19 - Grand Rapids, MI - Frederik Meijer Gardens
21 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
22 - Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival at Ravinia Park
23 - Minneapolis, MN - The State Theatre
24 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
25 - Salina, KS - The Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts
26 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
27 - Durango, CO - Fort Lewis College
29 - Boise, ID - Idaho Botanical Garden
30 - Spokane, WA - Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox
31 - Woodinville, WA - Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
August 2009
1 - Grand Ronde, OR - Spirit Mountain Casino
2 - Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater
4, 5 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery
6 - Monterey, CA - Golden State Theatre
7 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
8 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Christopher Cohan Center
9 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
11 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
13 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
15 - Raleigh, NC - Raleigh Convention Center
October 2009
3 - San Francisco, CA - Speedway Meadow at Golden Gate Park
6 - Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium (with John Hiatt)
7 - Colorado Springs, CO - Pikes Peak Center (with John Hiatt)
8 - Boulder, CO - Macky Auditorium Concert Hall (with John Hiatt)
9 - Greeley, CO - Union Colony Civic Center (with John Hiatt)
10 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kingsbury Hall (with John Hiatt)
12 - Modesto, CA - Rogers Theater (with John Hiatt)
13 - Davis, CA - Mondavi Performing Arts Center Jackson Hall (with John Hiatt)
14 - Santa Rosa, CA - Wells Fargo Center for the Arts (with John Hiatt)
15 - Eugene, OR - Silva Concert Hall (with John Hiatt)
16 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (with John Hiatt)
18 - Tacoma, WA - Pantages Theater (with John Hiatt)
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