Drive-By Truckers Announce Extensive 2020 Tour Plans

The year 2020 is going to be a busy one for the Drive-By Truckers -- and a good one for their fans. The band has announced an extensive slate of tour dates, beginning early in the new year.

The Truckers will hit the road right at the start of 2020, on Jan. 16, when they'll play in Boulder, Colo. Through early May, they'll be on the road throughout the United States, with stops planned in New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville and elsewhere. In June, they'll venture overseas, with dates scheduled throughout Europe in the first half of the month.

A complete list of currently announced 2020 Drive-By Truckers tour dates is below. Fans can visit DriveByTruckers.com for full ticketing details.

The Drive-By Truckers' 2020 tour is in support of their forthcoming new album, The Unraveling, due out on Jan. 31, after a three-year break between records -- the band's longest stretch without a new project yet. Band co-founders Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley spent that time since the release of 2016's American Band dealing with writer's block, brought on largely by the current state of society and politics in America.

“How do you put these day to day things we’re all living through into the form of a song that we (much less anybody else) would ever want to listen to? How do you write about the daily absurdities when you can’t even wrap your head around them in the first place?" Hood reflects in a press release. I think our response was to focus at the core emotional level. More heart and less cerebral, perhaps.”

Drive-By Truckers, 2020 Tour Dates:

Jan. 16 -- Boulder, Colo. @ Fox Theater
Jan. 17-18 -- Denver, Colo. @ Gothic Theatre
Feb. 13-15 -- Athens, Ga. @ 40 Watt Club
Feb. 18 -- Carrboro, N.C. @ Cat’s Cradle
Feb. 19 -- Charlottesville, Va. @ Jefferson Theater
Feb. 21 -- New York City @ Webster Hall
Feb. 22 -- Boston, Mass. @ Somerville Theatre
Feb. 23 -- Portland, Maine @ State Theatre
Feb. 25 -- New Haven, Conn. @ College Street Music Hall
Feb. 27 -- Philadelphia, Pa. @ Union Transfer
Feb. 28-29 -- Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
March 20-21 -- Portland, Ore. @ Wonder Ballroom
March 22 - Arcata, Calif. @ Van Duzer Theatre
March 24 - Petaluma, Calif. @ Mystic Theatre
March 26 - San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore
March 27 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Regent Theater
March 28 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Van Buren
March 31 - Albuquerque, N.M. @ El Rey Theater
April 2 - Dallas, Texas @ Granada Theater
April 3-4 - Austin, Texas @ Scoot Inn
April 16-17 - Asheville, N.C. @ The Orange Peel
April 18 - Charleston, N.C. @ High Water Festival *
April 21 - Winston-Salem, N.C. @ The Ramkat
April 23 - Lexington, Ky. @ Manchester Music Hall
April 24 - St. Louis, Mo. @ The Pageant
April 25 - Nashville, Tenn. @ Ryman Auditorium
April 27 - Pensacola, Fla. @ Vinyl Music Hall
April 28 - Orlando, Fla. @ The Plaza Live
April 29 - Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. @ Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
May 1 - Birmingham, Ala. @ Iron City
May 2 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Shaky Knees *
June 1 - Raalte, the Netherlands @ Ribs and Blues
June 3 - Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
June 5 - Leeds, United Kingdom @ Irish Centre
June 6 - London, United Kingdom @ O2 Forum
June 7 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands @ Paradiso
June 8 - Antwerp, Belgium @ De Roma
June 9 - Cologne, Germany @ Kantine
June 11 - Berlin, Germany @ Kesselhaus
June 12 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Amager Bio
June 13 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Sthlm Americana *
June 14 - Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller
June 15 - Arhaus, Denmark @ Train

* festival performance

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