Josh Ritter- Small Town USA tour dates!

[radioradi0]

Got this in the in-box yesterday... woo! :banana

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Hey everyone,

We're very excited to announce that after Josh and the band's tours of Canada (Feb. 22nd - Mar. 6th) and the UK & Netherlands (Mar. 21st - Apr. 5th), they will be coming back to the U.S. for what's being called the "Small Town USA" Tour!

Tickets have JUST been made available today for a special Pre-Sale. Those who purchase their tickets during this pre-sale period will not only get the first stab at 'em, but will also get an exclusive, live mp3 download not available anywhere else online.

Here are the dates:

4/24/08 Asbury Park, NJ (The Stone Pony)
4/25/08 *Peekskill, NY (Paramount Center for the Arts)
4/28/08 Brooklyn, NY (Music Hall of Williamsburg)
4/29/08 Towson, MD (Recher Theatre)
4/30/08 Carrboro, NC (Cat's Cradle)
5/01/08 Charlotte, NC (Visulite)
5/02/08 Asheville, NC (The Orange Peel)
5/03/08 Athens, GA (The Melting Pot)
5/06/08 Nashville, TN (The Belcourt Theatre)
5/07/08 Nashville, TN (The Belcourt Theatre)
5/09/08 Little Rock, AR (The Revolution Room)
5/10/08 Omaha, NE (Slowdown)
5/11/08 Lawrence, KS (Granada Theater)
5/13/08 Des Moines, IA (Vaudeville Mews)
5/14/08 Madison, WI (High Noon Saloon)
5/15/08 Indianapolis, IN (The Music Mill)
5/16/08 *Dayton, OH (Bellbrook Jamboree)

Pre-Sale Tickets are here (http://www.joshritter.tickets.musictoday.com/JoshRitter/calendar.aspx)

*there is no pre-sale for the Peekskill show (but tix are on sale (http://tickets.paramountcenter.org/ordertickets.asp?p=202&backurl=%2FDefault%2Easp%)now) or the Dayton, Ohio festival appearance.

West Coast: no, we haven't forgotten about you (!) and will be making our way back there soon enough...

Canadian tour starts in a few days, with the UK & Netherlands to follow! All dates can be found on the official site's tour page, here (http://www.joshritter.com/tour.php).



Thanks folks, see you out on the road!



Best,
Doug &the Josh Ritter Team

official site: www.joshritter.com
stream the new album: www.joshritter.com/historical
on myspace: www.joshritter.com
fansite and street team: www.dougrice.net/joshritter.html

[raisemyglass]

I was hoping for maybe a St. Cloud or Duluth date, but no luck.:(

[radioradi0]

I was hoping for maybe a St. Cloud or Duluth date, but no luck.:(

Josh's a tour fool, though. You know he'll be back through. :)

[La Cienega]

I saw Josh and his band play with the Boston Symphony Orchestra tonight. It was fantastic. Josh was smiley and grateful and cute as ever, and he seemed truly humbled to be playing with the BSO and at Boston Symphony Hall. Repeatedly mentioned how he'd lived in Boston and had so many great memories here.

Josh's music fit beautifully with the orchestra and vice versa, there was a good variety of songs, he even rocked out a few electric and it still sounded fabulous with the orchestra. "Kathleen" was absolutely transcendent... and not just because that's my name, I swear. That song always has great energy and is the audience favorite, but Josh and the band, together with the full orchestra and the energy in symphony hall during that song... sublime. Seriously.

The show ran about 1:20. Here's the setlist I took down:

Idaho
Best for the Best
Other Side
Rumors
Girl in the War
Wolves
Monster Ballads
Thin Blue Flame (Josh solo w/ violin) --> got a standing ovation
The Temptation of Adam
To the Dogs or Whoever
Right Moves

* two poems read by former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky: The Want Bone and The Wave, with the orchestra playing "Edge of the World" as he read *

Bone of Song
Kathleen

Encore:
Wildfires
Empty Hearts

It was really cute, towards the end of "Empty Hearts" he got the whole crowd clapping and invited us to sing by saying "if you've ever wanted to sing at symphony hall, now's your chance." And I read on the Josh Ritter board that Natalie Merchant was in the audience. And I got a rad show poster with the Titanic on it. The End.

[Wayfaringmind]

That sounds wonderful :) So I take it that it made you :) like you had hoped??

[La Cienega]

:) :) :)

and I had pizza for dinner! :pizza
and will probably have pizza for breakfast, if I ever fall asleep (it's 5:15am and I still haven't) :pizza

[Faded Rose]

Pleased it was such a good show.

[La Cienega]

yay! after 14 bazillion tries, I got my video of "Monster Ballads" uploaded to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irlMluvXmF0

I <3 him because he did three songs that night mention Katie or Kathleen (my name), including this one.

Since I'm posting anyways, here's the 3 photos I got that night. It was mother-daughter date night :)

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/katiekav24/Music/IMG_7723.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/katiekav24/Music/IMG_7724.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/katiekav24/Music/IMG_7729.jpg

[radioradi0]

Thanks for posting all this! I'm going to watch the YouTube now. :banana

yay! after 14 bazillion tries, I got my video of "Monster Ballads" uploaded to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irlMluvXmF0

I <3 him because he did three songs that night mention Katie or Kathleen (my name), including this one.

Since I'm posting anyways, here's the 3 photos I got that night. It was mother-daughter date night :)

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/katiekav24/Music/IMG_7723.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/katiekav24/Music/IMG_7724.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/katiekav24/Music/IMG_7729.jpg

[Sydneyfan]

Three new dates with Josh supporting Swell Season and John Prine added over at the most fabulous Ritter board on teh internet...

http://www.indieboards.com/forum/showthread.php?t=209