Tuesday, May 10, 2011

STEVE EARLE DEBUTS AT #24, DEBUT NOVEL RELEASED THIS WEEK

Steve Earle's new album, I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive, debuted last week at #24 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and #4 on the Billboard Country, Folk, and Independent Record charts.  The album also attained Steve Earle's highest chart debuts in the United Kingdom at #28 and Sweden at #16.  Additionally, it debuted at #17 in Canada.  Produced by T Bone Burnett,I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alivehas received critical acclaim including a 3 ½ out of 4 Star review in the Los Angeles Times while the New York Poststated that the new album was "American roots music at its best" in their 3 ½ out of 4 Star review. 

 

Earle's long anticipated debut novel, also named I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and will be in stores this Thursday, May 12th.  The novel imagines the troubled life of Doc Ebersole as he is haunted by the ghost of his former patient and friend, Hank Williams.  Patti Smith stated, "Steve Earle brings to his prose the same authenticity, poetic spirit and cinematic energy he projects in his music.  I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive is like a dream you can't shake, offering beauty and remorse, redemption in spades."  Steve Earle has also reprised his role of Harley during the second season of HBO's celebrated series Treme (appearing for the first time this season in last night's new episode). 

 

After many years of touring solo and acoustically worldwide, Earle will be touring in support of the new album with his electric live band, The Dukes (and Duchesses) featuring Allison Moorer.  The tour will start on June 9th in Seattle, WA but first, the band will perform on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this Wednesday night on NBC (11:35pm/10:35pm C).  Confirmed tour dates are below.

 

I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive follows Steve Earle's three consecutive Grammy Award winning albums, The Revolution Starts...Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007) and Townes (2009).  It features the song "This City" which has garnered both Emmy and Grammy Award nominations as it was written for and appeared on HBO's Treme.  

Steve Earle with The Dukes (And Duchesses) Featuring Allison Moorer Tour Dates (more TBC):

June 9th Seattle, WA The Moore Theatre

June 10th Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom

June 11th Spokane, WA Fox Theatre

June 13th Bozeman, MT Emerson Cultural Center

June 16th Telluride, CO Telluride Bluegrass Festival

June 18th Missoula, MT Wilma Theater

June 19th Medicine Hat, AB Esplanade Arts & Heritage Center

June 20th Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

June 22nd North Battleford, SK Gold Eagle Casino

June 23rd Swift Current, SK Living Sky Casino

June 24th Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

June 26th Vancouver, BC The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts

June 28th Nanaimo, BC Port Theatre

June 29th Victoria, BC Royal Theatre

July 1st Eugene, OR John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts - Jaqua Concert Hall

July 6th Houston, TX House of Blues

July 7th Austin, TX Paramount Theatre

July 8th New Braunfels, TX Gruene Hall

July 9th Ft. Worth, TX Billy Bob's

July 11th New Orleans, LA House of Blues

July 12th Mobile, AL Saenger Theater

July 14th Birmingham, AL Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

July 15th Atlanta, GA Botanical Gardens

July 16th Somerset, KY Master Musicians Festival

July 17th Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theater

July 19th Chicago, IL Vic Theatre

July 20th Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre

July 22nd Bayfield, WI Lake Superior Big Top

July 23rd Minneapolis, MN Pantages Theatre

July 24th  Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater

July 26th Lexington, KY Lexington Opera House

July 27th Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre

July 28th Columbus, OH Southern Theatre

July 30th Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre

July 31st Kent, OH Kent Stage

August 2nd Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection

August 3rd Greensburg, PA The Palace Theater For Performing Arts

August 6th Ithaca, NY State Theater

August 7th Concord, NH The Capitol Center For The Arts

August 11th Tarrytown, NY Tarrytown Music Hall

August 13th Alexandria, VA The Birchmere

August 14th Alexandria, VA The Birchmere

August 15th Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage

August 17th Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion

August 18th Upper Darby, PA Tower Theater

August 20th Toronto, ONT Molson Amphitheatre

August 21st Rochester, NY Harro East Theatre and Ballroom

August 22nd State College, PA State Theatre

August 23rd Wilkes Barre, PA The Kirby Center For The Performing Arts

August 25th Owen Sound, ONT The Roxy Theatre

August 27th Sudbury, ONT The Grace Hartman Amphitheatre

August 29th London, ONT Centennial Hall

August 30th Lindsay, ONT The Academy Theatre

August 31st Kingston, ONT Grand Theatre

September 2nd Woodstock, NY Bearsville Theater

September 3rd Charlestown, RI Ninigret Park

September 5th  Fredericton, NB Fredericton Playhouse

September 6th Moncton, NB The Capital Theatre

September 7th Halifax, NS Rebecca Cohn Auditorium

September 8th Membertou, NS Membertou Trade and Convention Center

September 10th St. Johns, NL Holy Heart Theatre

September 13th New York, NY Town Hall

September 14th Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg

September 16th Richmond, VA The National

September 17th Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center

September 19th Iowa City, IA Englert Civic Theater

September 20th Bloomington, IL The Castle Theatre

September 21st Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater

September 23rd Denver, CO Ogden Theatre 
September 24th Santa Fe, NM Lensic Performing Arts Center
September 26th Anaheim, CA House of Blues
September 27th West Hollywood, CA House of Blues
September 28th Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern 

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