Punch Brothers have announced a US tour in May. The two-week headline tour kicks off with a concert at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville and makes stops in Birmingham, Athens, Cambridge, and Milwaukee, culminating in two nights at Chicago's Thalia Hall on May 13 and 14. Those dates follow a concert with Dave Rawlings Machine in Charleston on April 29 and a set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 1. The band will also take part in the MusicNOW, Huck Finn Jubilee, Telluride Bluegrass, Oregon Bach, and RockyGrass festivals in the months ahead.
Punch Brothers have announced a tour of the United States in May. The two-week headline tour, featuring music from the band's latest album, The Phosphorescent Blues, kicks off with a concert at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville and makes stops in Birmingham, Athens, Cambridge, and Milwaukee, culminating in two nights at Chicago's Thalia Hall on May 13 and 14. A pre-sale for the newly announced May headline dates begins tomorrow, February 2, at 10 AM local time via PunchBrothers.com; general on-sale begins Friday.
Those dates follow a concert with Dave Rawlings Machine in Charleston on April 29 and a set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 1. The band will also take part in the MusicNOW Festival in March, the Huck Finn Jubilee and Telluride Bluegrass Festival in June, and the Oregon Bach and RockyGrass festivals in July. See below for all of the currently scheduled shows.
The full band joined Punch Brother Chris Thile as he guest-hosted A Prairie Home Companion on public radio stations across the US this past weekend; you can hear it below. Several members of the group return for his next guest-hosting gig this coming Saturday. For details, to listen as episodes air live, and to hear past episodes, visit prairiehome.org.
Punch Brothers have been nominated for three Grammy Awards this year: Best Americana Album for The Phosphorescent Blues, and Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance for the album track "Julep." To pick up a copy of the album and the band's recent EP, The Wireless, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store.
| Mar 20 | MusicNOW Festival | Cincinnati, OH |
| Apr 29 | Charleston Music Hall* | Charleston, SC |
| May 1 | New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival | New Orleans, LA |
| May 2 | Schermerhorn Symphony Center | Nashville, TN |
| May 3 | Iron City Birmingham | Birmingham, AL |
| May 5 | Georgia Theatre | Athens, GA |
| May 6 | Pisgah Brewing Co. | Black Mountain, NC |
| May 7 | Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival | Pittsboro, NC |
| May 9 | Keswick Theatre | Glenside, PA |
| May 10 | Sanders Theatre | Cambridge, MA |
| May 12 | The Pabst Theater | Milwaukee, WI |
| May 13&14 | Thalia Hall | Chicago, IL |
| Jun 12 | Huck Finn Jubilee | Ontario, CA |
| Jun 16–19 | Telluridge Bluegrass Festival | Telluride, CO |
| Jul 5 | Oregon Bach Festival | Eugene, OR |
| Jul 31 | RockyGrass Festival | Lyons, CO |
*w/Dave Rawlings Machine
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