Drive-By Truckers Announce ‘Southern Rock Opera Re-Visited’ Tour
The run gets underway June 7 at Indianapolis, IN’s Egyptian Room at Old National Centre.
Drive-By Truckers will celebrate their landmark third studio album, Southern Rock Opera, with a wide-ranging North American tour.
The “Southern Rock Opera Revisited 2024” Tour – which will see Drive-By Truckers performing the acclaimed 2001 album along with fan favorites and other songs from across their discography – gets underway June 7 at Indianapolis, IN’s Egyptian Room at Old National Centre and then continues into early July.
The headlining run will resume October 16 at Washington, DC’s Warner Theatre and then travel through a very special tour finale set for November 24 at Nashville, TN’s historic Ryman Auditorium. Highlights include two-night stands at San Francisco, CA’s The Fillmore (June 28-29), Minneapolis, MN’s Uptown Theater (October 25-26), Chicago, IL’s House of Blues (November 1-2), and Asheville, NC’s The Orange Peel (November 7-8).
Patterson Hood shared his thoughts on the announcement, saying: “DBT is thrilled to announce ‘The Southern Rock Opera Revisited 2024’ Tour. It’s been 23 years since the release of the album that drastically changed our lives and 22 years since we performed it (more or less) straight through in near entirety.
“We’ll be hitting the road, Three Guitars blazing, and telling y’all a story. It’s an album we spent years writing and learning to play and then recording (in the upstairs of a uniform shop in downtown Birmingham, AL). It was initially released on 9/11/2001 (and later reissued by Lost Highway in the summer of 2002).
A lot has happened in the decades since it came out, both to the band and to the world we live in. We feel that the record, while somewhat timeless, also has a current timeliness to it considering the social and political issues of today. Instead of performing it as if it’s still 2000AD, we want to make it our own, reflecting who we all are now in 2024.
“It’s going to be intense, but also a hell of a lot of fun and this time we’re offering a very special ‘Southern Rock Opera Revisited’ VIP Experience that includes a soundcheck party and some special SRO Revisited limited edition items…
“We’ll be playing songs from the original release, plus a small handful of songs that pertain to its themes and points of view, plus a short encore set that will be different each night. It’ll be a different and very special show, and very likely the last time we’ll ever do it so DON’T MISS IT!”
Visit Drive-By Truckers’ official website for a full list of tour dates and ticket information.
