Widespread Panic’s May 9 show at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre will be simulcast at movie screens nationwide through a deal with Regal Cinemas and National Cinemedia. Director Blake Morrison will shoot the concert, which fans can view live for $15 at 150 Regal, United Artists and Edwards screens coast to coast.
The Fox show, to be preceded by a May 8 performance to work out technical issues, will come on the heels of April 21-22 dates at the 20,000-capacity Alltel Pavilion in Raleigh, N.C., to complete the band’s spring live work.
The cinema deal is geared to set up the Widespread/Sanctuary Records June 13 release of the new Panic album “Earth to America,” which is also the title of the simulcast. The album’s production wrapped in January at Compass Point in Nassau, with veteran producer Terry Manning twisting the knobs.
Source billboard.com.
