North Carolina based rock band The Avett Brothers are gearing up to play NPR’s official SxSW Music Conference showcase on Wednesday March 18, 2009 in Austin, TX. NPR will kick off the festival with a special showcase featuring The Avett Brothers live from Stubb’s Bar-B-Q. This amazing show will be streamed live, archived and podcast at
www.NPR.org/sxsw, and will be available for broadcast on NPR Member stations across the country. This concert will be anchored by Bob Boilen, host and creator of the popular show All Songs Considered and its Live in Concert series.
The Avett Brothers also announce more tour dates this spring, including stops at Sasquatch! Music Festival and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Tapped to support The Dave Matthews Band on select dates, The Avett Brothers expand their tour to include headlining shows in Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Portland and more (see below for full itinerary). Last year alone The Avett Brothers played upwards of 150 shows, including notable appearances at Bonnaroo and MerleFest. On July 26, 2008 The Avett Brothers played to an impressive, sold-out, crowd of over 7,000 people at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, NC. 2008 culminated with 5 sold out holiday shows in Asheville and Charlotte, NC.
The Avett Brothers will be featured on the March/April cover of American Songwriter magazine talking for the first time about their upcoming release. The band has been working with Grammy winning producer Rick Rubin on the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2007 album Emotionalism. The Rubin produced album is expected to hit stores in Summer of ’09.
The Avett Brothers Tour Dates (*with The Dave Matthews Band)
DATE CITY VENUE
April 16 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
April 17 Danville, KY Centre College Carnival
April 18 Chattanooga, TN Tivoli Theatre
April 19 Orange Beach, AL The Ampitheatre at The Wharf
*April 22 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Pavillion at Walnut Creek
*April 24 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
April 25 Birmingham, AL Sloss Furnaces Nat’l Hist. Landmark
April 26 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
*April 28 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
*April 29 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
*May 1 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
*May 2 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
*May 5 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavillion
*May 6 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavillion
May 9 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theater
May 14 Santa Cruz, CA Rio Theatre
May 15 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
May 16 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
May 22 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
May 23 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
May 24 George, WA Sasquatch! Music Festival
May 30 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
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