“Not only am I going back on tour, but we’re going to Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Pennsylvania and North Carolina and Indiana, and then we’re going to Michigan and Illinois and Minnesota…and then we’re going back to Vermont to re-form the popular rock band Phish! Byaaah!!!” –Page McConnell, 3/30/07
The Chairman of the Boards has announced a full set of tour dates, piggybacking on today’s streaming show on NPR for WXPN’s World Cafe Series and next week’s Gramercy Theater show that Scotty and I will be reviewing for the blog (an HT interview with Leo has also been penciled into Page’s schedule).
Here’s the full set of tour dates from Page’s new website (it’s so nice):
05/30 – Higher Ground, Burlington, VT
05/31 – Avalon, Boston, MA
06/01 – Lupos, Providence, RI
06/02 – Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
06/04 – Irving Plaza, New York, NY
06/05 – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
06/07 – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
06/08 – The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
06/09 – Bogarts, Cincinnati, OH
06/10 – The Vogue Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
06/12 – Majestic, Detroit, MI
06/13 – The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
06/14 – Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis, MNPage’s band includes Adam Zimmon, Jared Slomoff, Rob O’Dea, and Gabe Jarrett. Tickets will be available through a real time presale beginning Friday, March 30th at 5:00pm (EST) and ending Friday, April 13th at noon (EST) at http://pagetickets.rlc.net./. The presale ends on April 12th for a select number of shows, so please check each date’s individual ticketing info.
Damn, this guy Page is really gettin’ himself back into the news cycle after one of the more extensive hibernations outside of the mouse lemur and European hedgehog families. Way to get back out there, buddy.
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