Fiona Apple will appear on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" tonight – the eve of the release of her first album in seven years, which is entitled:
The Clean Slate/Epic Records recording artist will kick off her summer headline tour tomorrow at the State Theatre in Ithaca, NY. The first leg includes performances at The Governors Ball Music Festival on New York City’s Randall’s Island (6/24) and Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium (7/13) and wraps up at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, CA (7/29).
Tickets go on sale this Friday and Saturday, June 22 and 23, for the second leg of the tour, which kicks off at San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, CA on September 9 and includes shows at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre (9/14) and Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater (9/20). It will conclude at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA on October 21. See below for itinerary or visit www.fiona-apple.com.
"Apple’s first LP since 2005 is full of cold truths and her most raw music yet," said Rolling Stone. "Throughout, Apple sings amazingly, wringing different colors from her voice in every song." The New York Times’ Jon Pareles praised The Idler Wheel… as "a collection of stripped-down, percussive songs that’s as passionate, smart and cutting as anything she’s done" in a Sunday "Arts & Leisure" cover story. "Ms. Apple writes metaphor-laden outpourings set to music that pulls rock, show tunes, classical piano and jazz into her own realm of brooding and bravado."
Vulture.com called The Idler Wheel… "magical" and Entertainment Weekly awarded it an "A," observing: "this is an album that will make you stay up late, playing each song over and over, trying to answer the questions it stirs up…Like Apple herself, it’s highly confessional and creative and temperamental, and will probably make you fall crazy in love." "She doesn’t simply push herself vocally; she embraces the role of the contortionist, the strange expression, the note that might make someone turn away," said NPR Music, which gave fans a "First Listen" to the album last week. "She also sings beautifully at times. It’s a mix, reflective of the tangle she’s trying to unravel – thought itself."
Apple made her debut at age 19 with 1996’s Tidal, which is certified triple Platinum. Rolling Stone named her Artist of the Year in 1997 and in 1998 she won a GRAMMY for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for one of the album’s singles, "Criminal." When the Pawn… followed in 1999, and was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "the work of an original." In early 2005, fans organized a massive "Free Fiona" letter-writing campaign, insisting that her label release the long-delayed follow-up album, Extraordinary Machine. Released in the fall of 2005, Extraordinary Machine was named the top album of the year by The New York Times, which called it "magnificent," and was awarded four stars by Rolling Stone, which praised it as her "strongest and most detailed batch of songs yet." Five years later, Extraordinary Machine earned a spot on Rolling Stone’s "100 Best Albums of the ’00s" list, underscoring how her work continues to resonate powerfully.
Watch the video for lead single "Every Single Night:
Fiona Apple – Summer Tour Dates
FIRST LEG
6/19 Ithaca, NY – State Theatre
6/20 Baltimore, MD – Lyric Opera House
6/22 Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
6/23 Holyoke, MA – Mountain Park
6/24 New York, NY – Randall’s Island
6/26 Washington, DC – Warner Theatre
6/27 Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
6/29 Danbury, CT – Ives Concert Park
6/30 Boston, MA – Citi Performing Arts Center
7/1 Portland, ME – State Theatre
7/3 Montreal, QC – Olympia Theatre
7/4 Toronto, ON – The Sound Academy
7/6 Cleveland Hts., OH – Cain Park
7/7 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
7/9 Grand Rapids, MI – Meijer Gardens
7/10 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
7/11 Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre
7/13 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
7/14 St. Louis, MO – Peabody Opera House
7/16 Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
7/17 Kansas City, MO – The Midland by AMC
7/20 Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
7/21 Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall – University of Utah
7/24 Vancouver, BC – Orpheum
7/25 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
7/26 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
7/28 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
7/29 Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Palladium
SECOND LEG
9/9 San Jose, CA – San Jose Civic Auditorium
9/11 San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
9/12 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
9/14 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
9/15 Las Vegas, NV – The Joint
9/16 Oceanside, CA – Oceanside Pier Amphitheater
9/18 Mesa, AZ – Ikeda Theater
9/20 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Live at Moody Theater
9/21 Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
9/22 Thackerville, OK – Winstar Casino
9/24 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
9/26 Charlotte, NC – Fillmore Charlotte
9/27 Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
9/29 Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
9/30 Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach
10/1 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
10/3 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
10/5 Louisville, KY – Louisville Palace Theatre
10/6 Cincinnati, OH – Aronoff Center
10/7 Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre
10/9 Buffalo, NY – Kleinhans Music Hall
10/21 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
