Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. Photo: Alysse Gafkjen
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real are launching an extensive headline tour this fall beginning Sept. 3 that includes newly confirmed shows at Chicago’s The Vic Theatre, Boston’s Royale, Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Steel, Atlanta’s Roxy, Seattle’s The Showbox, two nights at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre, and Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, among several others.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 25 at 10 a.m. local time at lukasnelson.com. Ahead of the fall run, the band will also perform special shows in Nashville at the Basement East on June 23 and in Austin at Antone’s on June 26.
“I’m from what one might say is the ultimate road family—I’ve been on the road my entire life,” shares Nelson. “I’ve never been anywhere longer than three months, and suddenly here we are, the four of us together. And thank god we were together. I can’t remember the last time we had that much time together as a family. We had a lot of really important bonding that happened during that time. And I have to say, as terrible as the pandemic has been in so many ways, for my inner peace, I was able to take a lot of good from this time. I was able to pause and reflect.”
He continues, “It took me a really long time to come back to the home in my heart. In a physical sense, that’s Texas and Hawaii. But in a spiritual sense as well—I think I finally decided not to run from who I am and who I am destined to be. First and foremost, that’s a songwriter. That’s what this record means to me. There’s a story being told through the whole record. A story about connection and coming home.”
The new tour supports the band’s new album, A Few Stars Apart, out now on Fantasy Records. Produced by Dave Cobb, the album was inspired by the stillness Nelson found while riding out the beginning of the pandemic with his family in Texas, and was recorded with the full band live on eight-track tape over three weeks at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A.
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Tour Dates:
Sept. 3—Pioneertown, CA—Pappy & Harriet’s
Sept. 4—Solana Beach, CA—Belly Up
Sept. 5—Solana Beach, CA—Belly Up
Sept. 7—Pomona, CA—Glass House
Sept. 9—Ventura, CA—Ventura Theatre
Sept. 10—Santa Cruz, CA—The Catalyst
Sept. 11—Mill Valley, CA—Sound Summit Festival at Mt. Tamalpais State Park
Sept. 14—Salt Lake City, UT—Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
Sept. 15—Steamboat Springs, CO—Strings Music Pavilion
Sept. 17—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Sept. 18—Telluride, CO—Telluride Brews & Blues Festival
Sept. 19—Telluride, CO—Telluride Brews & Blues Festival
Sept. 21—Kansas City, MO—Uptown Theater
Sept. 22—Des Moines, IA—Hoyt Sherman Place
Sept. 28—Madison, WI—The Sylvee
Sept. 29—Minneapolis, MN—First Avenue
Sept. 30—Chicago, IL—The Vic Theatre
Oct. 2—Covington, KY—Madison Theatre
Oct. 3—Louisville, KY—Mercury Ballroom
Oct. 4—Indianapolis, IN—Deluxe at Old National Centre
Oct. 7—Cleveland, OH—House of Blues
Oct. 8—Grand Rapids, MI—The Intersection
Oct. 9—Rockbridge, OH—Hocking Hills Music Festival
Oct. 11—McKees Rocks, PA—Roxian Live
Oct. 12—Detroit, MI—St. Andrews Hall
Oct. 13—Buffalo, NY—Asbury Hall
Oct. 15—Boston, MA—Royale
Oct. 16—Providence, RI—Fete
Oct. 17—Philadelphia, PA—Union Transfer
Oct. 18—Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Steel
Oct. 20—Northampton, MA—The Academy of Music
Oct. 22—Port Chester, NY—Capitol Theatre
Oct. 23—Washington DC—Lincoln Theatre
Oct. 24—Richmond, VA—The National
Oct. 26—Raleigh, NC—Lincoln Theatre
Oct. 28—Asheville, NC—The Orange Peel
Oct. 29—Knoxville, TN—The Mill & Mine
Oct. 30—Atlanta, GA—Roxy
Nov. 2—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
Nov. 4—Tulsa, OK—Cain’s Ballroom
Nov. 5—Wichita, KS—The Cotillion
Nov. 6—Dallas, TX—House of Blues
Nov. 8—Houston, TX—House of Blues
Nov. 9—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater
Nov. 11—Tucson, AZ—Rialto Theatre
Nov. 12—Phoenix, AZ—The Van Buren
Nov. 13—Santa Ana, CA—The Observatory
Nov. 15—Los Angeles, CA—El Rey Theatre
Nov. 16—Los Angeles, CA—El Rey Theatre
Nov. 21—Seattle, WA—The Showbox
Nov. 22—Portland, OR—Crystal Ballroom
Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.
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