Editor’s Note: With society’s gradual re-opening and our overall return to normalcy, there has been a deluge of tour announcements. Band in the USA keeps you updated on the shows you need to know about, and just who might be soon coming to town.
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Here’s a reason to hang on until summer: The Wild Hearts Tour is coming to town.
That’s a new tour package featuring Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, and Julien Baker, and the inspired trio will be heading out on a North American tour for 20 triple-headlining dates this July and August. Included in the run is an August 18 show at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion, and tickets go on sale this Friday (January 14) at 10 a.m. EST.
Each artist will be performing with her own respective band, but we can’t help but imagine some fun collaborations could be potentially happening. Last year, Van Etten and Olsen worked together on “Like I Used To,” and all three are no strangers to awesome collaboration (we miss Baker’s boygenius project, specifically). Spencer., period intentional, will serve as the tour’s opener.
Let’s go around-the-horn and get word from each songwriter, shall we?
Olsen: “I’m so thrilled to be traveling and playing music alongside Spencer., Julien Baker, and Sharon Van Etten. It’s truly a dream, something to hold and share collaboratively as we get out from under the last few years. I know for fans it’s something different and special too, and for me, it’s sort of like a caravan summer camp-a chance to get to know other artists in a deeper way and talk about music and life and how it affects us all as we move forward. Most of all, I am excited to sing live again, in an open and real way, both alone and together with my tourmates.”
Baker: “Sharon and Angel are artists that I have genuinely admired for many years and whose music has honestly informed much of my own writing and music making, and I’m thrilled to be sharing a stage with them every night. I think after interacting with their recorded work separately so much, it will be special to get to learn from them as we share the space of performance.”
Van Etten: “Our aim is to strengthen our respective communities and promote camaraderie in the music world in a safe and enjoyable environment while supporting, A New Way Of Life, an organization that we feel is making genuine impact for the underserved. We have carefully chosen the venues we think will deliver the best experience for us and our fans. I look up to Angel and have the deepest admiration for Julien and Spencer.. It is an honor, to say the least, to be able to share the stage with such talent on a tour across North America.”
Get all the dates below.
The Wild Hearts Tour Dates
July 21 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap Center For the Performing Arts *
July 22 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit *
July 23 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
July 25 – Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater *
July 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre *
July 30 – Berkeley, Ca @ Greek Theatre *
August 2 – Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater *
August 3 – Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Amphitheater *
August 5 – Boise, ID @ Idaho Botanical Garden *
August 6 – Salt Lake City, UT @ TBA *
August 7 – Denver, CO @ Sculpture Park *
August 9 – Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Festival Field *.
August 10 – Chicago, IL @ TBA *
August 11 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe *.
August 12 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
August 15 – Shelburne, VT @ The Green at Shelburne Museum *
August 16 – LaFayette, NY @ Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards *
August 18 – Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion *
August 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage at The Mann *
August 21 – New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage *
* = with Spencer.