Singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco is picking up her guitar and heading out on the road with her band for a combined fall and winter tour. The 27-date, three-leg tour starts September 16 at the Arkansas Music Pavilion in Fayetteville, AR, and concludes with November 21-22 performances at the Town Hall Theatre in New York City.
DiFranco is touring in support of “Red Letter Year,” scheduled for a September 30 release on DiFranco’s own Righteous Babe Records. It is the eighteenth studio record for the performer, who is best known for her songs’ autobiographical and political content.
In a July 15 interview with Shock Records, DiFranco described the new album, “When I listen to my new record, I hear a very relaxed me, which I think has been absent in a lot of my recorded canon.”
DiFranco attributed this newfound sense of musical calm to her family life with partner Mike Napolitano and new baby, Petah Lucia. “Now I feel like I’m in a really good place,” the folk rocker commented.
Providing musical accompaniment for the tour are Todd Sickafoose (upright bass), Allison Miller (drums), and Mike Dillon (percussion, vibes). Following the first leg of the tour, which ends October 7 in Royal Oak, MI, DiFranco and her band will complete an eight-date European jaunt before returning to the States for the third and final leg of the trek.
Ani DiFranco itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)
| September 16 | Fayetteville, AR | Arkansas Music Pavilion |
| September 17 | Tulsa, OK | Cain’s Ballroom |
| September 19 | Dallas, TX | Granada Theater |
| September 21 | Austin, TX | Stubb’s Bar-B-Q |
| September 23 | Sante Fe, NM | Lensic Performing Arts Center |
| September 24 | Phoenix, AZ | Celebrity Theatre |
| September 26 | Grand Junction, CO | Mesa Theatre and Club |
| September 27 | Denver, CO | Paramount Theatre |
| September 29 | Lawrence, KS | Liberty Hall |
| September 30 | Saint Joseph, MO | Missouri Theater |
| October 1 | Saint Louis, MO | The Pageant |
| October 3 | Minneapolis, MN | State Theatre |
| October 5 | Madison, WI | Union Theater |
| October 6 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Theatre |
| October 7 | Royal Oak, MI | Royal Oak Music Theatre |
| October 18 | Murcia, ES | Auditorio de Murcia |
| October 19 | Barcelona, ES | Auditori de Barcelona |
| October 21 | Milan, IT | Rolling Stone |
| October 23 | Freiburg, DE | Jazzhaus |
| October 25 | Frankfurt, DE | Batschkapp |
| October 26 | Paris, FR | La Cigalle |
| October 27 | Amsterdam, NL | Paradiso |
| October 29 | London, UK | The Forum |
| November 15 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | Kirby Center For The Performing Arts |
| November 18 | Red Bank, NJ | Count Basie Theatre |
| November 19 | Poughkeepsie, NY | Bardavon 1869 Opera House |
| November 21-22 | New York, NY | Town Hall Theatre |
