New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Two-time Grammy Award winner
Jason Isbell and his mighty band The 400 Unit have announced
Spring 2018 tour dates in support of their highly acclaimed album The Nashville Sound (Southeastern Records). The legendary Richard Thompson has been slated to open most of the new dates (see full list below).
The Nashville Sound has been nominated for two 2018 Grammy Awards - Best Americana Album and Best American
Roots Song ("If We Were Vampires"). The independently released album has gone on to sell over 120,000 copies.
Following its release, The Nashville Sound received great support from the press. Feature coverage ranged from Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly and Garden & Gun to NPR Morning Edition, Huffington Post and Men's Journal. Isbell was the subject of a November Q&A in Vanity Fair. In 2017,
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and CBS Saturday Morning, along with feature segments on PBS Newshour and CBS This Morning. (See Highlights). The group recently taped their second appearance of Austin City Limits, which is scheduled to begin airing nationally on January 13th.
The Nashville Sound is the follow up to 2015's critically acclaimed Something More Than Free, which won Grammy Awards for Best Americana Album and Best American
Roots Song ("
24 Frames").
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit features, Isbell (guitar) Derry deBorja (keyboards), Chad Gamble (drums), Jimbo Hart (bass),
Amanda Shires (fiddle) and Sadler Vaden (guitar). Years of touring and packing venues in the U.S. and abroad has galvanized this group of fantastic musician and made them one of strongest acts on the road today.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit ~ 2018
Spring US Tour Dates
April 14 - Savannah, GA - Savannah
Music festival
April 15 - Panama City, FL -
Marina Civic Center
April 17 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
April 18 - Orlando, FL - Walt Disney Theater
April 20 - Greenville, SC - Peace Center
April 21 - Charleston, SC- Highwater Festival
April 22 - Chattanooga, TN - Tivoli Theatre
April 24 - Amarillo, TX - Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium
April 25th - Albuquerque, NM - Popejoy Hall
April 26 - El Paso, TX - The Plaza Theatre
April 28 - Indio, CA - Stagecoach
April 30 - Midland, TX - Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center
May 1 - San Antonio, TX - Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
May 2 - Sugar Land, TX - Smart Financial Centre
May 5 - El Dorado, AR - Griffin
Music Hall
May 6 - Montgomery, AL - Montgomery Performing Arts Centre
May 8 - Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre
May 9 - Knoxville, TN -Tennessee Theatre
May 10 - Huntsville, AL - Huntsville Hospital Foundation Benefit Concert at Von Braun Center
For tour and ticket information go to https://www.jasonisbell.com
