Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Announce Spring/Summer Tour Behind 'Common Ground,' Their First Album Together In 30 Years, Celebrating The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin, founders of seminal early LA punk roots band The Blasters, will embark on a lengthy US tour this Spring/Summer, playing songs off their upcoming first LP together in 30 years + more.

'Common Ground: Dave Alvin + Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy' is out June 3 on Yep Roc, and is a howling album of roots and rockabilly to celebrate the blues great Big Bill Broonzy. It includes 12 songs that capture a 30-year cross section of Broonzy's canon. Stream "All By Myself" here via an exclusive Billboard Q+A.

The Alvin brothers founded The Blasters in 1979, and they soon emerged to international fame, performing with everyone from X and Black Flag to The Cramps and Queen. The brothers went their separate ways in 1986, when Dave left the band to pursue a solo career. After Phil Alvin had a health scare in 2012, it inspired the two to reunite. In Dave's own words: "We argue sometimes, but we never argue about Big Bill Broonzy."

Full tour dates below, more to be announced soon.
Dave Alvin + Phil Alvin Tour Dates:
4/11-4/15 - Roots on the Rails
4/24 - Los Angeles, CA - The Grammy Museum
5/24 - Aptos, CA - Aptos Village Park (Santa Cruz Blues Festival)
5/25 - Valecito, CA - Twisted Oak Winery
6/11 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up
6/12 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet's
6/13 - Santa Barbara, CA - Live Oak Campground (Live Oak Music Festival)
6/14 - W. Hollywood, CA - Troubadour 6/19 - Chico, CA - Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
6/20 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
6/22 - Seattle, WA - The Tractor
6/27 - Santa Cruz, CA - Moe's
6/28 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
7/3 - Buffalo, NY - Sportsmen's Tavern
7/9 - New York, NY - City Winery
7/10 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
7/11 - Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House
7/12 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
7/16 - Annapolis, MD - Ram's Head
7/17 - Alexandria, VA - Birchmere