NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Atlantic recording artist Marc Broussard has unveiled a new slate of headline dates, celebrating the recent release of "KEEP COMING BACK." The just-announced schedule, featuring The Gabe Dixon Band and
Josh Hoge as main support, begins November 8th at Washington, DC's Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, and then continues through the end of the month (see below itinerary). Pre-sale tickets - as well as an exclusive bundle offering tickets, a copy of "KEEP COMING BACK," and a live "bootleg" CD to be picked up on the night of the show - are available now via Broussard's recently updated official website, www.marcbroussard.com.
Broussard has also slated an upcoming live performance on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," set for Wednesday, October 8th (check local listings).
The national television appearance will herald the Louisiana-based bayou soul troubadour's North American tour supporting longtime friend
Sara Bareilles, which kicks off the following day, October 9th, at San Diego's Spreckels Theatre. The schedule will then travel through early November. Broussard - who is currently on the road headlining his own "Keep Coming Back Tour," presented by Paste Magazine - has also confirmed a festival appearance at New Orleans' annual Voodoo
Music Experience, slated for October 25th.
"KEEP COMING BACK" arrived on September 16th to beaucoup critical acclamation. "Justin T., take note: Marc Broussard is the real blue-eyed, blond, Southern soul singer," wrote Vanity Fair's Lisa Robinson. "He's been compared to Donnie Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, and Van Morrison, and his new album, 'KEEP COMING BACK,' features the outstanding 'Real Good Thing.'" Performing Songwriter also praises the collection, stating, "Next time you hear a soul-music fanatic say, 'They don't make 'em like that anymore,' let them hear 'KEEP COMING BACK'... Broussard gives what amounts to a master class in soul singing."
"Broussard possesses the soulful baritone pipes and honest delivery of a musician at least twice his age," hailed Live Daily. "Think Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Stevie Wonder and Otis Redding." The New York Post declared that "KEEP COMING BACK" "captures (Broussard's) groovy live sound," while the Philadelphia Daily News praised the set in a three-and-a-half starred rave as "one of Broussard's best efforts. It allows him to bend his voice from the raspy blues of swamp rock to the pitch-perfect tenor that dominates most of the tracks."
"KEEP COMING BACK" more than confirms Broussard as an artist uniquely gifted in channeling the multiple spirits of classic R&B and soul into contemporary terms. The Louisiana-based bayou soul troubadour recorded the collection earlier this year in a whirlwind 11-day session at Nashville's historic Ocean Way Studios. In addition, two noteworthy guests appear on "KEEP COMING BACK": LeAnn Rimes - whose country-meets-swamp-blues turn on "When It's Good" returns the compliment Broussard paid as co-writer and vocal partner on "Nothing Wrong," from her top 5-charting 2007 album, "FAMILY" - and pop/rock sensation Sara Bareilles, who has opened several Broussard tours, and lends vocals to the powerful ballad, "Why Should She Wait."
For up-to-the-minute news and tour information, please visit: www.marcbroussard.com and www.myspace.com/marcbroussard.
MARC BROUSSARD ON TOUR 2008
10/9-11/7: w/Sara Bareilles except *
SEPTEMBER
25 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
26 Chicago, IL Lakeshore Theatre
27 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
28 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
30 Council Bluffs, IA Whiskey Roadhouse/Horseshoe Council Bluffs
OCTOBER
2 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre
3 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre
4 Lafayette, LA NiteTown
5 McKinney, TX McKinney Performing Arts Center
7 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
9 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre
10 Las Vegas, NV The Joint/Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
11 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
14 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
15 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
20 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
22 Dallas, TX House of Blues
23 Houston, TX House of Blues
24 Austin, TX Antone's *
25 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music Experience *
27 Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre
28 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
30 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
NOVEMBER
1 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
2 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
3 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
5 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
6 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
7 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Music Box
8 Washington, DC Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
9 New York, NY The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza
11 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
12 Philadelphia, PA Fillmore @ The TLA
13 Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live
14 Albany, NY Revolution Hall
15 Buffalo, NY Buffalo State College Performing Arts Center
18 Pittsburgh, PA Mr Smalls Funhouse
19 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
20 Milwaukee, WI Northern Lights Theatre - Potawatomi Casino
21 Davenport, IA The Redstone Room
22 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
