Billy Strings on Tour Celebrating New Album, Renewal
GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings will perform two shows at New Orleans’ Lakefront Arena on December 30 and 31. Tickets for the New Year’s Eve run went on-sale in July.
The New Orleans dates will conclude Strings’ massive 2022 headline tour, which includes upcoming shows at Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium, Los Angeles’ The Wiltern (sold out), Asheville’s ExploreAsheville.com Arena (three nights, all sold out), Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, Philadelphia’s The Met (two nights, both sold out) and Washington DC’s The Anthem (two nights) among several others. See below for complete itinerary. Full ticket details can be found at www.billystrings.com/tour.
The tour celebrates Strings’ widely acclaimed new album, Renewal, which was produced by Jonathan Wilson and is out now via Rounder Records (stream/purchase here). Released to overwhelming praise and proclaimed, “a premier bluegrass mind for this post-everything era…” by The New York Times, “… [Billy] has zigged and zagged between the form’s antediluvian traditions and rapid-fire improvisations that hit like hard bop, all within songs with hooks so sharp that he seems poised for crossover stardom.” The album also landed on several “Best of 2021” lists including The Bitter Southerner, No Depression, Glide, The Boot, Folk Alley and was one of the Top 50 Most Played Albums at Americana Radio. Strings recently performed the album track “Hide And Seek” on the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards—watch the full performance HERE.
In addition to Strings (vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, synth, guitjo) and Wilson (celesta, percussion, harpsicord), the record features Strings’ band—Billy Failing (banjo, piano, background vocals), Royal Masat (bass, background vocals) and Jarrod Walker (mandolin, guitar, background vocals)—as well as special guest musicians Spencer Cullum (pedal steel), John Mailander (violin) and Grant Millikem (synth).
Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. Since his 2017 debut, he has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards, Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards, named Entertainer of the Year and Guitar Player of the Year at the 2021 International Bluegrass Music Awards and has performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits” and “Bluegrass Underground.” A respected figure across all genres, Strings has also recently collaborated with a wide variety of artists including Bill Kreutzmann, Luke Combs, Del McCoury, Fences, RMR and many more.
photo by Joshua Wilkins Black
Billy Strings Fall Tour Dates
SEP 9, 2022
Outlaw Music Festival at Ameris Bank Amphitheater
Alpharetta, GA
SEP 10, 2022
Outlaw Music Festival at PNC Music Pavilion
Charlotte, NC
SEP 11, 2022
Outlaw Music Festival at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Virginia Beach, VA
SEP 13, 2022
Outlaw Music Festival at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
Bridgeport, CT
SEP 16, 2022
Outlaw Music Festival at Xfinity Center
Boston, MA
SEP 17, 2022
Sea.Hear.Now
Asbury Park, NJ
SEP 18, 2022
Outlaw Music Festival at Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, NY
SEP 23, 2022
RENEWAL
Buena Vista, CO
SEP 24, 2022
RENEWAL
Buena Vista, CO
SEP 28, 2022
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
Sacramento, CA
SEP 30, 2022
Frost Amphitheater
Stanford, CA
OCT 1, 2022
Ohana Fest
Dana Point, CA
OCT 2, 2022
The Wiltern
Los Angeles, CA
OCT 6, 2022
Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
Austin, TX
ACL Fest Nights
OCT 7, 2022
Austin City Limits Music Festival
Austin, TX
OCT 13, 2022
Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
Austin, TX
ACL Fest Nights
OCT 14, 2022
Austin City Limits Music Festival
Austin, TX
OCT 15, 2022
The Criterion
Oklahoma City, OK
OCT 29, 2022
ExploreAsheville.com Arena
Asheville, NC
OCT 30, 2022
ExploreAsheville.com Arena
Asheville, NC
OCT 31, 2022
ExploreAsheville.com Arena
Asheville, NC
NOV 3, 2022
Wings Event Center
Kalamazoo, MI
NOV 4, 2022
Dow Event Center
Saginaw, MI
NOV 5, 2022
Petersen Events Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Blue Cross Arena
Rochester, NY
NOV 11, 2022
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Uniondale, NY
NOV 12, 2022
The Met
Philadelphia, PA
NOV 13, 2022
The Met
Philadelphia, PA
NOV 16, 2022
Virginia Credit Union LIVE! At Richmond Raceway
Richmond, VA
NOV 18, 2022
The Anthem
Washington, DC
NOV 19, 2022
The Anthem
Washington, DC
NOV 29, 2022
Rockefeller Music Hall
Oslo, Norway
NOV 30, 2022
Vega
Copenhagen, Denmark
DEC 1, 2022
Slaktkyrkan
Stockholm, Sweden
DEC 3, 2022
Columbia Theater
Berlin, Germany
DEC 4, 2022
Melkweg
Amsterdam, Netherlands
DEC 5, 2022
Gebäude 9
Cologne, Germany
DEC 7, 2022
O2 Forum Kentish Town
London, United Kingdom
DEC 8, 2022
O2 Ritz Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
DEC 9, 2022
The Academy
Dublin, Ireland
DEC 11, 2022
Galvanizers Yard
Glasgow, United Kingdom
DEC 30, 2022
Lakefront Arena
New Orleans, LA
DEC 31, 2022
Lakefront Arena
New Orleans, LA
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