Joe Pug Preps Full-Length Album, Tours with Steve Earle

After making a big impression with his debut EP, Nation of Heat, and its follow-up, the In the Meantime EP (available for free here), Chicago-based folk poet/guitarist Joe Pug plans to release his first full-length Messenger in early 2010. Meanwhile, he'll hit the road this fall for a jam-packed solo tour through the US and jaunt through Europe with Steve Earle.

Dates:

September
3 - Yosemite, Calif. @ Strawberry Music Festival
9 - Basingstoke, UK @ The Anvil +
10 - Manchester, UK @ Bridgewater Hall +
12 - Derby, UK @ Assembly Hall +
14 - St. Albans, UK @ St. Albans Arena +
17 - Champaign, Ill. @ Pygmalion Music Festival
18 - Nashville, Tenn. @ AMA Music Festival
19 - Madison, Wisc. @ Forward Music Festival

October
1 - St. Louis, Mo. @ The Billiken Club
2 - Rock Island, Ill. @ Rock Island Brewing Co.
3 - Chicago, Ill. @ Americana Staqe @ Chicago Country Music Festival
15 - Boulder, Colo. @ The B-Side Lounge
16 - Denver, Colo. @ Daniels Hall @ Swallow Hill
27 - Seattle, Wash. @ Tractor Tavern
28 - Portland, Ore. @ The Doug Fir

November
6 - Ann Arbor, Mich. @ The Ark
13 - Ennis, Ireland @ Glor +
14 - Castlebar, Ireland @ TF Royal +
15 - Derry, Ireland @ Derry Millennium Forum +
17 - Dublin, Ireland @ Dublin Olympia +
19 - Eindoven, Netherlands @ Effenaar +
23  - Groningen, Netherlands @ Groningen Oosterport +
25  - Stuttgart, Germany @ LKA Stuttgart +
26  - Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Club +
27 - Nurenberg, Germany @ Hirsch +
29  - Kaiserslautern, Germany @ Kammgarn +

December
1 - Milan, Italy @ La Salumeria Della Musica +
2 - Rome, Italy @ Roma Circolo Degli Artisti +
3 - Faenza, Italy @ Strade Blu Festival at Teatro Masini  +
6 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall +
7 - Perth, Scotland @ Perth Concert Hall +
8 - Aberdeen, S.C. @ Aberdeen Music Hall +
10 - Inverness, S.C. @ Inverness Ironworks +

+ with Steve Earle

Related links:
Paste Station: Joe Pug's "Dodging The Wind"
JoePugMusic.com
Joe Pug on MySpace