NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Lost Highway Records/ Mercury Records Nashville) - Acclaimed singer-songwriter
Lucinda Williams will kick off a 27-city summer tour in San
Diego on July 7 in support of her latest Lost Highway release World Without Tears. Williams' brilliant live show will be stateside this summer and will include the five previously postponed dates from the spring tour in Charlotte, Nashville, Columbus, St. Louis and Kansas City.
World Without Tears, produced by Mark Howard, has sold over 350,000 copies to date. The album also received two Grammy nominations for Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single "Righteously."
Heralded as one of the most important songwriters of her generation, Williams has garnered high critical praise for World Without Tears from top national publications such as Time, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Spin, Blender, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, among others.
"One of the sharpest, most uncompromising singer-songwriters of any gender..." - Rolling Stone
"Singer, songwriter, genius...unparalleled ability to fuse words and music." - Vanity Fair
"...one of America's Greatest living songwriters." - Spin
Williams, along with her amazing trio of musicians (Doug Pettibone/guitar, pedal steel, Taras Prodaniuk/bass, and Jim Christie/drums), will perform songs from World Without Tears as well as favorites from her Grammy winning albums Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (1998) and Essence (2001), among others.
Lucinda Williams 2004 Tour Dates:
7/7 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey's
7/15 - Reno, NV - Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater
7/16 - Grass Valley, CA - California Worldfest
7/18 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery
7/19 - Jacksonville, OR - Britt Pavilion
7/21 - Seattle, WA - Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre
7/22 - Bend, OR - Athletic Club of Bend
7/23 - Portland, OR - Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre
7/25 - Calgary, AB - The Calgary Fold Music Festival
7/26 - Edmonton, AB - Winspear Centre
7/28 - Apple Valley, MN - Music in the Zoo: Outdoor
7/29 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
7/30 - Des Moines, IA - Simon Estes Amphitheater
8/6 - Shelburne, VT - The Green At Shelburne Museum
8/7 - Newport, RI - Apple & Eve Folk Festival-Newport
8/8 - Northampton, MA Calvin Theater
8/10 - New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage
8/11 - Oyster Bay, NY - The Planting Fields
8/12 - Bethlehem, PA - Zoeliner Arts Center
8/14 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
8/15 - Charlotte, NC - Queens University of Charlotte
8/17 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
8/18 - Columbus, OH - PromoWest Pavilion
8/20 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
8/21 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Club
8/22 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
9/6 - Snowmass Village, CO - Jazz Aspen Snowmass
