Steve Martin plans tour
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 – Steve Martin will tour in support of his first CD with the Steep Canyon Rangers backing him up.
Martin released “The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo” on his own and then the CD was picked up by Rounder. He played gigs in New York , Nashville and Los Angeles , but now will open his tour Sept. 9 in Nashville and end Nov. 3 in Seattle .
Tour dates are:
Sept. 9 Nashville GRAMMY Salute to Country Music
Sept. 12 Brevard, N.C. Mountain Song Festival
Oct. 1 Nashville IBMA
Oct. 3 San Francisco Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
Oct. 6 New York Carnegie Hall
Oct. 7 Boston Wang Center
Oct. 9 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheater
Oct. 10 Charlotte, NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Oct. 11 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
Oct. 12 Washington, DC Kennedy Center
Oct. 15 Toronto , ON Roy Thomson Hall
Oct. 19 Philadelphia Verizon Theater
Oct. 22 Chicago Cadillac Palace Theatre
Oct. 24 Denver , CO Paramount Theatre
Oct. 27 Dallas , TX Meyerson Symphony Center
Nov. 2 Spokane , WA Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox
Nov. 3 Seattle , WA Benaroya Hall