On the heels of a sold-out tour, an acclaimed third studio album, Middle, and his late-night television debut, Jesse Welles announces his “Meet You In The Middle” tour of the United States and the EU/UK. Tickets for his previous tour sold out immediately and, on this tour, Welles will perform in cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Dublin, London, and Berlin. Tickets for all dates will go on sale to the general public here on Friday, May 16th at 10am local with several presales available, info here. Welles today announces his performance at Farm Aid on September 20 and will also make his debut at Newport Folk Festival this year. Tickets for all current dates are available here.
Jesse Welles continues to live up to his title as the prolific poet of the woods, and has released two new songs, “Friends” and “Life Is Good.” The two songs follow his third studio album, Middle, which was produced by Eddie Spear (Sierra Ferrell, Zach Bryan), and continues the songwriter’s singular unbridled creativity and gift for writing songs that speak truth to power with a plain-spoken and clear-eyed delivery. Rolling Stone calls his writing “wickedly sharp” and he has earned comparisons to his heroes, Dylan, Prine, and Guthrie.
Welles also recently released Under The Powerlines (April 24 – September 24), a 63-song collection of recent field and live recordings which initially appeared on social media platforms, including live versions of his songs “War Isn’t Murder,” “Fentanyl,” and Walmart”. The album also includes covers of songs by Welles’s heroes including John Prine’s “Angel from Montgomery,” Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” and The Rolling Stones’s “Wild Horses”.
JESSE WELLES TOUR (NEW DATES IN BOLD)
May 14: Dublin, Ireland- Academy 2 Sold Out
May 16- 17: Bentonville, AR Fresh Grass
Jun 1: Railbird Music Festival- Lexington, KY
Jul 26: Newport Folk Festival- Newport, RI
NORTH AMERICA MEET YOU IN THE MIDDLE TOUR
September 20: Minneapolis, MN- Farm Aid
October 18: Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
October 23: Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
October 29: Denver, CO – The Ogden Theatre
November 4: San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
November 13: Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco Theater
November 20: New York, NY – Webster Hall
EUROPE MEET YOU IN THE MIDDLE TOUR
December 5: Dublin, IE – 3Olympia
December 7: Glasgow, UK – Old Fruitmarket
December 8: Manchester, UK – Club Academy
December 9: London, UK – Electric Ballroom
December 11: Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg MAX
December 13: Copenhagen, DK – Amager Bio
December 15: Berlin, DE – Columbia Theater
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Jesse Welles is on fire! New tour, new music, and hitting up so many cool spots. Can’t wait to see him at Newport Folk Fest, and those covers sound amazing! Def gonna grab tickets.