Dr. John (a.k.a. Mac Rebennack) kicks off a month-long summer tour of Europe and the UK, starting at the Hop Farm Festival in Kent this Friday, June 29, and making stops at clubs in Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, London, Edinburgh, Gateshead, and Dublin and festivals like Roskilde, Montreux, Nice, and more through July. The tour will feature music from his new album, Locked Down, which NPR includes among its 25 favorite albums of the year so far, and favorite tunes from throughout the New Orleans legend's 50+ year career. Joining Mac for the tour will be his band The Lower 911, featuring fellow New Orleans-based musician Jon Cleary; Trombone Shorty & New Orleans Avenue also join for a few shows along the way.
The European tour follows Dr. John's spring tour of the United States. He returns to the States in August for the next leg of his North American tour, which begins with a concert for the opening night of the Newport Jazz Festival on August 3. A number of fall US dates have been announced as well, including two with the Blind Boys of Alabama. See below for all of the currently scheduled tour dates; for additional information and ticket links, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.
To pick up a copy of Locked Down, head to the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include an instant download of the complete album at checkout.
DR. JOHN ON TOUR
| Jun 29 |
Hop Farm Festival |
Paddock Wood, UK |
| Jun 30 |
Django Reinhardt Festival |
Samois-sur-Seine, FRANCE
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| Jul 2 |
Paradiso |
Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
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| Jul 4 |
La Cigale |
Paris, FRANCE
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| Jul 5 |
Strasbourg Jazz Festival* |
Strasbourg, FRANCE
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| Jul 6 |
Lugano Estival Jazz |
Lugano, SWITZERLAND
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| Jul 8 |
Roskilde Festival |
Roskilde, DENMARK
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| Jul 9 |
Montreux Jazz Festival* |
Montreux, SWITZERLAND
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| Jul 10 |
Nice Jazz Festival* |
Nice, FRANCE
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| Jul 12 |
Astra Kulturhaus |
Berlin, GERMANY
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| Jul 13 |
Jazz Open Stuttgart |
Stuttgart, GERMANY
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| Jul 15 |
Cahors Blues Festival |
Cahors, FRANCE
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| Jul 18&19 |
Under the Bridge |
London, UK
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| Jul 21 |
Festival Theatre |
Edinburgh, UK
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| Jul 22 |
The Sage Gateshead |
Gateshead, UK
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| Jul 24 |
Vicar Street |
Dublin, IRELAND
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| Aug 3 |
Newport Jazz Festival Opening Night |
Newport, RI
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| Aug 4 |
Flood City Festival |
Johnstown, PA
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| Aug 10 |
Festival of the River |
Arlington, WA
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| Aug 12 |
Edmonton Folk Festival |
Edmonton, AB
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| Aug 18 |
Club Nokia: Guitar Center Battle of the Blues |
Los Angeles, CA
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| Aug 25 |
SEC BeachFest |
Gulf Shores, AL
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| Sep 2 |
Big Muddy Blues Festival |
St. Louis, MO
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| Sep 6 |
Live on the Green |
Nashville, TN
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| Oct 10 |
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts** |
Cerritos, CA
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| Oct 25 |
Grand Theater |
Wassau, WI
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| Nov 12 |
Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts** |
Newport News, VA
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* w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
** w/ Blind Boys of Alabama
