City and Colour embark on world tour, set to make their network television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

This amazing album was in my year-end top 10 (see it elsewhere on this blog). See the latest news below...

 

City and Colour will make their network television debut next Monday, Jan. 11 on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The band will perform their single, “Lover Come Back,” which is currently #13 on the AAA Radio chart. Watch the official music video for the song here.

“Lover Come Back” is from City and Colour’s acclaimed new album, If I Should Go Before You, which recently debuted at #16 on the Billboard 200 Chart, #3 on the Vinyl Albums Chart and #4 on the Independent Albums Chart. Available now on Dine Alone Records (iTunes, Amazon, cityandcolour.com), the album also debuted at #1 in Canada (the band’s third consecutive chart-topper) and #5 in Australia.

After performing countless shows worldwide, including recent sold-out dates at L.A.’s Palladium, NYC’s Terminal 5 and Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium, City and Colour (aka world-renowned singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green), will continue to tour throughout the U.S. this month followed by extensive European, Australian and Canadian tours. See below for complete details.

Recorded at Nashville, Tennessee’s Blackbird Studios, If I Should Go Before You was produced by Green with additional production and engineering by Karl “Horse” Bareham. Unique to this project, the studio players on If I Should Go Before You are made up of Green’s trusted touring band: Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs, Dead Weather) on bass, Dante Schwebel (Spanish Gold, Dan Auerbach) on guitar, Doug MacGregor (Constantines) on drums and Matt Kelly on pedal steel guitar and keys.

Of the album and recording process, Dallas comments, “They inspired me to want to create new music, just to create it with them—I don’t think I wrote these songs for the band, per se, but I certainly wrote them because of the band.” He goes on to add, “Anybody who has seen us play will understand that this is the best representation of what we do live that we have ever recorded. I was so excited about being able to make and record an album with these guys that it just flowed. I felt so confident about their abilities to make all of my ideas come true.”

If I Should Go Before You is Green’s fifth release as City and Colour and follows 2013’s The Hurry and The Harm. Most recently, in 2014, Green collaborated with international superstar Alecia Moore (aka P!nk) on a new project, entitled You+Me. The duo’s acclaimed debut, rose ave., debuted at #4 on the U.S. Top 200 Chart, #1 in Canada, #2 in Australia and #6 in Germany. 

TOUR DATES

 

January 15—Memphis, TN—Minglewood Hall*

January 16—Birmingham, AL—Iron City*

January 18—New Orleans, LA—House of Blues*

January 19—Houston, TX—House of Blues*

January 21—Dallas, TX—House of Blues* (SOLD OUT)

January 22—Austin, TX—Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater*

January 23—San Antonio, TX—The Aztec Theatre*

January 25—Kansa City, MO—Arvest Bank Theater at The Midland*

January 26—St. Louis, MO—The Pageant*

January 28—Cleveland, OH—House of Blues*

January 29—Ann Arbor, MI—Ann Arbor Folk Festival - Hill Auditorium

January 30—Grand Rapids, MI—The Intersection* (SOLD OUT)

February 9—Hamburg, Germany—Docks†

February 10—Berlin, Germany—Huxley’s†

February 11—Munich, Germany—Theaterfabrik†

February 13—Cologne, Germany—Palladium†

February 14—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso†

February 16—Antwerp, Belgium—Trix Muziekcentrum†

February 18—Brighton, U.K.—Dome†

February 19—Cardiff, U.K.—Great Hall† (SOLD OUT)

February 20—Manchester, U.K.—Albert Hall† (SOLD OUT)

February 22—Dublin, Ireland—Helix†

February 23—Belfast, Ireland—Mandela Hall†

February 24—Glasgow, Ireland—O2 Academy Glasgow†

February 26—London, U.K.—Troxy†

February 27—London, U.K.—Troxy† (SOLD OUT)

March 25—Byron Bay, Australia—Bluesfest

March 26—Brisbane, Australia—The Tivoli‡ (SOLD OUT)

March 28—Adelaide, Australia—Thebarton Theatre‡

March 30—Perth, Australia—Red Hill Auditorium‡

April 2—Melbourne, Australia—Sidney Myre Music Bowl‡

April 4—Sydney, Australia—Enmore Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)

April 5—Sydney, Australia—Enmore Theatre‡

April 8—Thirroul, Austalia—Anita’s Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)

June 2—Kelowna, BC—Prospera Place#

June 3—Vancouver, BC—Rogers Arena#

June 5—Prince George, BC—CN Centre#

June 6—Red Deer, AB—Enmax Centrium Arena#

June 8—Medicine Hat, AB—Canalta Centre#

June 10—Edmonton, AB—Rexall Place#

June 11—Calgary, AB—Scotiabank Saddledome#

June 12—Regina, SK—Brandt Centre#

June 14—Winnipeg, MB—MTS Centre#

June 15—Thunder Bay, ON—Community Auditorium#

June 18—Toronto, ON—Molson Canadian Amphitheatre#

June 20—Montreal, CQ—Bell Centre#

July 16—London, ON—Harris Park, Rock the Park

*with special guest Greyhounds

†with special guest Lucy Rose

‡with special guest Little May

#with special guest Shakey Graves