STAGECOACH SPOTLIGHT ANNOUNCES TOUR FEATURING LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL AND NIKKI LANE
Stagecoach Festival’s Stagecoach Spotlight Tour returns with festival standouts Lukas Nelson & Nikki Lane
LOS ANGELES, CA (July 31, 2017) – Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and Nikki Lane will embark on a thirteen date Stagecoach Spotlight Tour kicking off November 1 in Chicago, and including a stop November 18 at the iconic Levon Helm Studios. Both artists performed at the 11th annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival this past April.
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have quietly developed into one of America’s most dazzling new live acts, playing hundreds of shows and major festivals all over the world, attracting a deeply devoted underground following.
Still, with a bounty of invaluable experience under their belts, nothing foretold the artistic leap of Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real’s new, self-titled album; a mesmerizing, emotionally genuine, endlessly rewarding work of cosmic country soul set for release on August 25 via Fantasy Records. The new album includes twelve Lukas Nelson originals that draw on his country and rock lineage, including literate Texas songsmiths like his father, Willie Nelson and ‘uncles’ Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings, along with the enduring influence of J.J. Cale, The Band, Clapton-era Delaney & Bonnie and of course, his mentor Neil Young. Jess Wolfe and Holly Lessig of the indie-pop group Lucius contribute background vocals on five tracks evoking Exile on Main St.’s ecstatic, gospel-rooted harmonies, and Lady Gaga added stirring background vocals to “Carolina” and “Find Yourself.” Listen to “Find Yourself,” “Forget About Georgia,” and “Set Me Down On A Cloud” HERE.
Nikki Lane’s critically acclaimed third album, Highway Queen, is out now via New West Records. Highway Queen sees the young Nashville singer emerge as one of country and rock’s most gifted songwriters. Blending potent lyrics, unbridled blues guitars and vintage Sixties country-pop swagger, Lane’s music resonates as easily with Lana Del Rey and Jenny Lewis fans as those of Neil Young and Tom Petty. Noisey praised, “Highway Queen is a forceful, rollicking collection of fiery country tunes that places [Lane] toe-to-toe with any outlaw in Nashville,” adding, “it’s her best yet.” The album has garnered mid-year “Best Of” accolades from Rolling Stone Country, UPROXX, Wide Open Country, and The Boot. Watch Lane perform the first single “Jackpot” from Loretta Lynn’s historic home in Hurricane Mills during her recent appearance on CBS This Morning Saturday HERE.
“We have seen some incredible strides by Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real over the past year and this new record seems to be something truly special. We have been discussing doing something together for a long time and we have decided now is the time,” said Stacy Vee, talent buyer for Stagecoach and the Stagecoach Spotlight Tour. “We also decided our work with Nikki Lane was far from done so we asked her to come along. This tour will be one for the storybooks!”
Tickets for the Stagecoach Spotlight Tour go on sale this Friday, August 4 at 10AM local time.
Dates for the Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and Nikki Lane Stagecoach Spotlight Tour are as follows:
11/1/2017 Chicago, IL Park West
11/2/2017 Champaign, IL Canopy Club
11/3/2017 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café
11/4/2017 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
11/5/2017 Detroit, MI The Majestic
11/10/2017 Birmingham, AL Saturn
11/11/2017 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
11/12/2017 Raleigh, NC Motorco Music Hall
11/14/2017 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
11/15/2017 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
11/17/2017 Portland, ME Port City Music Hall
11/18/2017 Woodstock, NY Levon Helm Studios
11/19/2017 Rutland, VT Paramount
For more information about Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real visit http://www.lukasnelson.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/lukasnelsonofficial/ or follow him on Twitter @lukasnelson and Instagram @lukasnelsonofficial.
For more information about Nikki Lane visit www.nikkilane.com and www.facebook.com/nikkilanemusic or follow her on Twitter @nikkilanemusic and Instagram @nikkilane77.
About Stagecoach: Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival consistently draws thousands of music fans to Indio, California, each year for performances from renowned artists like Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, George Straight, Emmylou Harris, Nikki Lane, Cam and more. Produced by Goldenvoice, creators of Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, the festival has sold out the last three years in a row, won ACM’s Festival of the Year award in 2016 and continues to deliver lineups that feature both veteran and rising talent alike. The 2017 lineup featured Dierks Bentley, Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney and more.
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