Eric Church To Celebrate New Album At The Pinnacle
Eric Church has revealed a set of exclusive live shows celebrating his new album, Evangeline Vs. The Machine, at The Pinnacle on May 23 and 24. “Evangeline Vs. The Machine Live” will see Church perform the new album in sequence for the first time and feature performances of his most iconic tracks.
Performing the album like this, as a cohesive work, is important to Church. “An album is a snapshot in time that lasts for all time,” he explains. “I believe in that time-tested tradition of making records that live and breathe as one piece of art – I think it’s important.
“I’ve always let creativity be the muse. It’s been a compass for me,” he continues. “The people that I look up to in my career and the kind of musicians I gravitate to never did what I thought they were going to do next – and I love them for it. I never want our fans to get an album and go, ‘Oh, that’s like Chief or that’s like this.’ Painstakingly, I lose sleep at night to try to make sure that whatever we do creatively, they go, ‘Wow, that’s not what I thought.’ I think that’s my job as an artist.”
Evangeline Vs. The Machine, produced by Jay Joyce, is set for release on May 2. The lead single, “Hands of Time,” has already made an impact at country radio, becoming the most-added song this week with 135 first-week stations.
Tickets to “Evangeline vs. The Machine Live” go on sale to premium Church Choir members Monday, Mar. 31 at 10 a.m. CT.
