For Immediate Release

May 24, 2017

STURGILL SIMPSON TO JOIN GUNS N’ ROSES ON SELECT STADIUM TOUR DATES THIS AUGUST

Sturgill Simpson will join Guns N’ Roses on select stadium tour dates this August including Denver’s Mile High Stadium on August 2, Little Rock’s AR War Memorial Stadium on August 5 and Miami’s Marlins Stadium on August 8.

The performances expand Simpson’s already impressive 2017 tour schedule, which features headline shows at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, Austin’s Austin360 Amphitheater, New York’s Radio City Music Hall, DC’s Merriweather Post Pavilion and L.A.’s Greek Theatre among others. See below for complete tour details.

The 2017 performances culminate a series of groundbreaking years for Simpson, who recently won Best Country Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards for his acclaimed new album A Sailor’s Guide To Earth and performed “All Around You” on the live broadcast. Watch the full performance here.

Out now on Atlantic Records (purchase here), A Sailor’s Guide To Earth continues to receive overwhelming critical acclaim with recent “Best of 2016” coverage running at The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Pitchfork, Salon, Billboard, The Atlantic, Paste, SPIN, American Songwriter among many others. Moreover, since the album’s release, Simpson has performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” “Conan,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” “Charlie Rose” and, most recently, the 2017 debut episode of “Saturday Night Live.”

STURGILL SIMPSON 2017 TOUR DATES

July 7—Charlotte, NC—Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre

July 8—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre

July 14—Atlanta, GA—Fox Theatre

July 15—Louisville, KY—Forecastle Festival

July 16—Birmingham, AL—Sloss Music & Arts Festival

July 30—Niigata, Japan—Fuji Rock Festival

August 2—Denver, CO—Mile High Stadium*

August 5—Little Rock, AR—AR War Memorial Stadium*

August 8—Miami, FL—Marlins Stadium*

September 7—Sugar Land, TX—Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land

September 8—Grand Prairie, TX—Verizon Theatre

September 9—Austin, TX—Austin360 Amphitheater

September 14—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall

September 15—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion

September 16—Boston, MA—Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

September 19—Detroit, MI—Fox Theatre

September 21—St. Louis, MO—Fox Theatre

September 22—Chicago, IL—Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

September 25—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre

September 29—Portland, OR—Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

September 30—Redmond, WA—Marymoor Amphitheater

October 6—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theatre

*with Guns N’ Roses

For more information, please contact

Asha Goodman 615.320.7753 or Carla Sacks 212.741.1000 at Sacks & Co., or .

Or Sheila Richman 212-707-3063 at Atlantic Records, .