Tracy Chapman Announces New Album 'Our Bright Future' And European Solo Tour

LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Elektra Records) - Our Bright Future, the new album from Tracy Chapman will be released by Elektra Records on November 11, 2008. Recorded this summer in Los Angeles, the album comprises 11 new songs written by Tracy and co-produced with Larry Klein (Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Madeleine Peyroux).
Our Bright Future is the eighth studio album from the multi-platinum, four-time Grammy-winner and her first since 2005's acclaimed Where You Live. Beginning with the 1988 release of her eponymous debut, Tracy has created a body of work that has been as consistently compelling as it is honest and uncompromising, eloquently telling stories with perennial appeal that are at once personal and universal.

Tracy Chapman has announced a 21-date tour of Europe in November and December to coincide with the release of her new album, Our Bright Future. The dates mark Tracy's first solo tour in over a decade and will give audiences a rare chance to hear the work of this truly individual musician's celebrated 20-year career performed in an intimate and memorable way.

Tour dates - November & December:
Wed Nov 12 - Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts
Sat Nov 15 - Oslo, Sentrum Scene
Sun Nov 16 - Stockholm,Cirkus
Mon Nov 17 - Copenhagen, Royal Theatre
Wed Nov 19 - Berlin, Tempodrom
Thu Nov 20 - Dresden, Kulturpalast
Sat Nov 22 - Paris, Folies Bergeres
Sun Nov 23 - Amsterdam Paradiso
Tue Nov 25 - Hamburg, CCH 1
Wed Nov 26 - Munich, Postpalast
Fri Nov 28 - Milan, Teatro degli Arcimboldi
Sat Nov 29 - Rome, Auditorium di Via della Conciliazione
Mon Dec 1 - Florence, Teatro Verdi
Tue Dec 2 - Zurich, Kongreshaus
Thu Dec 4 - Marseilles, Le Dome
Fri Dec 5 - Lyon, Ampitheatre
Mon Dec 8 - Dublin, Olympia Theatre
Fri Dec 12 - Bristol, Colston Hall
Sun Dec 14 - Manchester, Apollo
Mon Dec 15 - London, Hammersmith Apollo
Thu Dec 18 - Strasbourg, Zenith