Dave & Phil Alvin headlining US tour behind 1st LP together in 30 yrs – Coming to The Southgate House Revival on 7/23

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Dave & Phil Alvin
7/23/14
Southgate House Revival, 111 E 6th St, Newport, KY
7pm doors, 8pm show, $25, Buy Tickets

Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin, founders of seminal early LA punk roots band The Blasters, will embark on a lengthy US tour this Spring/Summer, playing songs off their upcoming first LP together in 30 years + more.

‘Common Ground: Dave Alvin + Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy’ is out June 3 on Yep Roc, and is a howling album of roots and rockabilly to celebrate the blues great Big Bill Broonzy. It includes 12 songs that capture a 30-year cross section of Broonzy’s canon. Stream “All By Myself” here via an exclusive Billboard Q+A: http://bit.ly/1blEAGd

The Alvin brothers founded The Blasters in 1979, and they soon emerged to international fame, performing with everyone from X and Black Flag to The Cramps and Queen. The brothers went their separate ways in 1986, when Dave left the band to pursue a solo career. After Phil Alvin had a health scare in 2012, it inspired the two to reunite. In Dave’s own words: “We argue sometimes, but we never argue about Big Bill Broonzy.”

Full tour dates below, more to be announced soon.

Dave Alvin + Phil Alvin Tour Dates:
4/11-4/15 – Roots on the Rails
4/24 – Los Angeles, CA – The Grammy Museum
5/24 – Aptos, CA – Aptos Village Park (Santa Cruz Blues Festival)
5/25 – Valecito, CA – Twisted Oak Winery
6/11 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
6/12 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s
6/13 – Santa Barbara, CA – Live Oak Campground (Live Oak Music Festival)
6/14 – W. Hollywood, CA – Troubadour 6/19 – Chico, CA – Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
6/20 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
6/22 – Seattle, WA – The Tractor
6/27 – Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s
6/28 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
7/3 – Buffalo, NY – Sportsmen’s Tavern
7/9 – New York, NY – City Winery
7/10 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
7/11 – Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House
7/12 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
7/16 – Annapolis, MD – Ram’s Head
7/17 – Alexandria, VA – Birchmere
7/19 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
7/22 – Ferndale, MI – The Magic Bag
7/23 – Newport, KY – The Southgate House Revival
7/24 – Chicago, IL – City Winery
7/25 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
7/26 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota
8/15 – Dallas, TX – Kessler Theater
8/16 – Conroe, TX – Crighton Theatre

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