NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - With his critically-acclaimed new album, Nightcrawler, in stores now, singer-songwriter
Pete Yorn will embark on a major North American tour kicking off June 17 at the prestigious Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. Yorn's concert schedule will include festival performances at Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits as well as shared bills with Guster,
Crowded House and the
Dave Matthews Band (see full itinerary following).
Pete Yorn will be performing on the road with his band, Minibar.
Last year, Yorn performed a series of successful shows opening for the Dixie Chicks and, from February-March 2007, counted Aqualung, Moses Mayfield, Charlotte Martin and Robbie Armstrong among his support acts. Following his major US summer concert tour, Pete Yorn will travel to the UK this fall for a series of shows with The Fray.
"For Us," the first single from Nightcrawler, has sold more than 20,000 digital copies, is a Top 5 Triple A radio hit while a video for the track is Top 20 on VH1. Yorn performed his song, "The Man," on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on June 4. Pete's fans can look forward to hearing his new single, "Alive," which has just gone to AAA radio.
Drawing material from Yorn's much-heralded album trilogy - musicforthemorningafter (2001), Day I Forgot (2003), and Nightcrawler (2006) - - Pete's current tour will showcase songs from all three albums as well as the dynamic cover choices and other musical surprises that make every Pete Yorn concert a unique and compelling event.
Pete Yorn's Nightcrawler has been drawing praise from the nation's music press, from the underground to the mainstream.
Penthouse, when naming "Our 20 Favorite Records of 2006," praised Nightcrawler saying, said, "A member of the next generation of great songwriters influenced by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, this New Jersey-born musician complements his romantically disenchanted, raspy vocals with fuzz- tinged guitars and keyboard on his third studio release."
"With an ear for can't miss hooks...Nightcrawler is Yorn's best yet," wrote the Washington Post, echoing the sentiments of many of the nation's music fans and critics, while Guitar World Acoustic concurred, "Pete Yorn is a singer/songwriter to be reckoned with."
From the beginning of his career, singer/songwriter/rocker Pete Yorn has been the topic of numerous critical accolades. Rolling Stone, who picked Pete as one of the magazine's "Ten to Watch in 2001," gave Pete's debut album, musicforthemorningafter, a four-star (****) rating calling the album " ... atmospheric, gently lit by sunlight and regret." Pete's debut album was certified RIAA gold as of April 24, 2002.
USA Today observed "The latest last great hope for the ailing singer/songwriter genre may vaguely resemble a young Springsteen ... .His insinuating melodies and lean ... driving graceful arrangements evoke R.E.M.'s early work. It's impossible to pigeonhole Yorn's music ... inspired quirkiness makes him, if not the future of rock 'n' roll, at least a promising new disciple."
Pete Yorn was born in New Jersey and, after graduating from Syracuse University, migrated to Los Angeles, where he began to attract a strong and loyal local following with his performances at Cafe Largo. In a major, break, the Farrelly Brothers used Yorn's "Strange Condition" and "Just Another" in the Jim Carrey film, "Me, Myself and Irene," for which Pete also composed the score. Pete's music has been included in a number of original motion picture soundtracks including "Orange County" (2001), "Spider-Man" (2002) and "Shrek 2" (2004). Yorn's songs have also appeared on MTV's "The Hills" and The CW's "One Tree Hill," among other television programs.
Pete Yorn has toured actively since the release of his first album, musicforthemorningafter, and has shared bills with the Foo Fighters, Semisonic, Coldplay, REM, and others. He was the headline artist on the inaugural MTV2 Handpicked Tour and played drums on a set of Stooges covers with Iggy Pop, Mike Watt, and the Hives' Mike Vigilante and Pelle Almqvist at the second annual Shortlist Prize for Artistic Achievement at Los Angeles' Henry Fonda Theater.
Pete Yorn's Live from New Jersey, a stunning full-length performance recorded at the Community Theater in Morristown, New Jersey, on October 29, 2003, was released in January 2004. Like Yorn's concerts themselves, his live album was a treasure trove for fans as well as an ideal introduction to the scope of Pete's music.
Pete Yorn's 2007 Summer Tour Dates
Headline / Festival Dates
Jun 17 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
Jul 21 St. Louis, MO St. Louis Riverfront - Outdoor Stage
Jul 22 Louisville, KY Headliner's
Jul 24 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
Jul 25 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
Jul 27 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
Jul 28 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summerstage
Jul 29 Dewey Beach, DE Bottle And Cork
Jul 31 Washington, DC The Filene Center @ Wolftrap (Co-Headline Date With Guster)
Aug 1 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues
Aug 2 Norfolk, VA The Norva Theatre
Aug 4 Chicago, IL Grant Park, Hutchinson Field - Outdoor Stage
Supporting Crowded House
Aug 5 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion
Aug 6 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center For The Performing Arts
Aug 7 Hartford, CT Webster Theater - Headline Date
Aug 8 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Aug 9 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Aug 10 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center For The Performing Arts
Aug 12 Montreal, Quebec St. Denis Theatre
Aug 13 Toronto, Ontario Massey Hall
Supporting Dave Matthews Band
Aug 20 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
Aug 22 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Aug 23 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug 24 Del Mar, CA Del Mar Summer Concert Series (Headline Date)
Supporting Crowded House
Aug 25 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara County Bowl
Aug 26 Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre Of The Arts
Aug 28 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
Aug 29 Saratoga, CA The Mountain Winery
Aug 30 Saratoga, CA The Mountain Winery
Sep 2 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer
Sep 3 Vancouver, British Columbia Orpheum Theatre
Sep 5 Calgary, Alberta Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Sep 6 Edmonton, Alberta Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Sep 8 Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Concert Hall
Sep 9 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
Sep 11 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
Sep 12 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Sep 14 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival @ Zilker Park (Headline Date)
