My Morning Jacket embraces Urges with nationwide tour

The members of My Morning Jacket will be courting the dark side as they travel across the country on their upcoming Evil Urges tour.

Jim James and Co. won’t be releasing their fifth album Evil Urges until June 10, but if early ticket sales are any indication, fans around the country can’t wait to get up close and personal with the Louisville rockers. Case in point: the band’s June 20 show at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall sold out in only 22 minutes back in January, before a single song from the new album had been released.

MMJ offered SXSW attendees a sneak preview of the new album during a showcase performance at the Austin Music Hall, surprising many fans and critics with a sound that’s a marked departure from the band’s last album, 2005’s Z.

Dates:

August
18 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Uptown Theater
19 - Council Bluffs, Iowa @ Stir Cove
23 - Dallas, Texas @ Palladium Ballroom
24 - Austin, Texas @ Stubb’s
27 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Fox Theater
29 - Miami, Fla. @ The Fillmore Miami Beach
30 - Orlando, Fla. @ House of Blues
31 - Myrtle Beach, S.C. @ House of Blues

September
2 - Charlottesville, Va. @ Charlottesville Pavilion
3 - Washington D.C. @ Constitution Hall
5 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing
6 - Boston, Mass. @ Bank of America Pavilion
19 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Greek Theatre
21 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Greek Theatre
23 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ Marquee Theatre
24 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ The Joint
25 - San Diego, Calif. @ SDSU Open Air Theatre
27 - Portland, Ore. @ McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater
28 - Seattle, Wash. @ McCaw Hall

October
2 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Orpheum Theatre
3 - Milwaukee, Wisc. @ Riverside Theater
4 - Detroit, Mich. @ The Fillmore
9 - Chicago, Ill. @ Chicago Theatre
10 - Chicago, Ill. @ Chicago Theatre

Related links:
MyMorningJacket.com
My Morning Jacket on MySpace
Feature: ‘It’s All Happening’ for My Morning Jacket

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