Conor Oberst sans-Bright Eyes: New tracks & tour.
June 20th, 2008 by intr0vert
Omahan Conor Oberst has announced a lengthy solo tour to accompany his impending solo LP due out August 5th.
Why even drop the name Bright Eyes? Bright Eyes is Conor Oberst. No offense to Mike Mogis and Nate Wolcott, they are both very talented but everyone else on stage with Conor is just “you know, those guys in Bright Eyes’ band”. And actually he is still bringing Nate with on this tour, along with Maria Macey Taylor, Taylor Hollingsworth, Nik Freitas, and Rilo Kiley’s Jason Boesel in his band called the Mystic Valley Band. I’m guessing this naming followed a couple days visit with Mescalito.
You can stream 2 of the tracks on ConorOberst.com now. Let me know if you get a pre-release.
So dare I shell out 40 bucks tomorrow morning to see him at the Trubadour August 5th? A CD release show of sorts? Probably not. He seems to loathe his audiences and never fails to play exactly what nobody else wants to here. I’ll wait for a smaller Bright Eyes show.
North American Tour Dates
7/25 Billings, MT Bones Brewing
7/27 Calgary, AB Calgary Folk Festival
7/29 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
7/30 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
7/31 Bend, OR Midtown Ballroom
8/01 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
8/02 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
8/03 Santa Cruz, CA Rio Theatre
8/05 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
8/08 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
8/09 Carrboro, NC Cats Cradle
8/10 Norfolk, VA Norva
8/11 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
8/12 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
8/17 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Music Festival
9/25 Tulsa, TX Cain’s Ballroom
9/20 Omaha, NE Anchor Inn
9/21 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium w/ Jenny Lewis
9/23 Fayetteville, AR George’s Majestic Lounge w/ Jenny Lewis
9/24 Oxford, MS The Lyric w/ Jenny Lewis
9/25 Tulsa, TX Cain’s Ballroom w/ Jenny Lewis
9/27 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
