The Drive-By Truckers have announced a couple of new tour dates for January 2009 on their website in a message written by bandleader Patterson Hood. The band has so far added ten shows during the second half of January, including three at the 40 Watt Club in their hometown Athens, Georgia, and opening acts for all the shows will be announced soon. The first show at the 40 Watt Club is for Nuci’s Space Benefit (a non-profit health organization for musicians). The band is also set to start the recording of their new album during the beginning of 2009, which will be the follow-up to this year’s critically praised Brighter Than Creations Dark.
The band is currently co-headlining the Rock And Roll Means Well Tour together with The Hold Steady, and Hood also mentions that the tour has exceeded everyone’s expectations so far. The tour will end on November the 25th in Los Angeles and a couple of the shows before that have already sold out.
Drive By Truckers & The Hold Steady – Rock And Roll Means Well Tour:
11.12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall (The Hold Steady closes)
11.13 – Bloomington, IN – Bluebird (Drive-By Truckers closes)
11.14 – Chicago, IL – Riviera (The Hold Steady closes) SOLD OUT
11.15 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue (Drive-By Truckers closes) SOLD OUT
11.16 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue (The Hold Steady closes) SOLD OUT
11.19 – Boise, ID – The Big Easy (Drive-By Truckers closes)
11.20 – Seattle, WA – Showbox (The Hold Steady closes)
11.21 – Seattle, WA – Showbox (Drive-By Truckers closes)
11.22 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom (The Hold Steady closes)
11.23 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore (Drive-By Truckers closes)
11.24 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore (The Hold Steady closes)
11.25 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern (The Hold Steady closes)
Drive-By Truckers:
01.15 – Athens, GA – the 40 Watt Club (Nuci’s Space Benefit)
01.16 – Athens, GA – the 40 Watt Club
01.17 – Athens, GA – the 40 Watt Club
01.21 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
01.22 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
01.23 – Baltimore, MD – The Recher
01.24 – Richmond, VA – The National
01.29 – Knoxville, TN – Valarium
01.30 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
01.31 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
– Johan A.
