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