Cory Wong Adds Victor Wooten, More To Band Lineup For 2022

Cory Wong has announced a long list of 2022–2023 tour dates in support of his April 2022 LP, Power Station. The tour, divided into two sections, will feature a pair of new-look band lineups with featured guests like revered bassist Victor Wooten, charismatic Ripe vocalist Robbie Wulfsohn, and bluegrass singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sierra Hull.

Each of the tour’s special guests has a noted connection to Wong. Sierra Hull served as a supporting act and frequent onstage guest during Wong’s early-2022 Cory & The Wongtones tour. She also appeared as a featured guest on a recent episode of the YouTube variety show of the same name and collaborated with Wong on Power Station track “Over The Mountain”. Wulfsohn provided vocals on “Light As Anything” from Cory’s 2018 LP, The Optimist.

Wooten made an impact on Wong long before the two actually met. In a YouTube video posted in early 2021, Wong reacted to an old video of Victor Wooten performing a solo bass rendition of “Amazing Grace” from Béla Fleck & The Flecktones‘ Live at the Quick. In the clip, Wong explained how this particular live album “gave him permission” to pursue his own unique, “left-of-center” musical ambitions. Victor Wooten later responded to Cory Wong in a post of his own: “Thank you for taking the baton and running with it,” he said. “You’re the leader now.”

Victor Wooten later appeared as a guest on the latest season of Cory & The Wongnotes and contributed to Power Station‘s thumping “Direct Flyte”. The Power Station 2023 tour dates will mark his first time performing live with Cory Wong in front of a full audience.

The fall 2022 leg of the tour, scheduled to begin in Kansas City, MO on November 2nd and wrap up in Austin, TX on November 19th, will feature a band augmented by Sierra Hull and Robbie Wulfsohn. The winter 2023 run, beginning on February 23rd in St. Louis and rounding out in St. Paul, MN on March 4th, will include featured guest Victor Wooten in addition to support from Trousdale.

The 2022–2023 Power Station tour will take Cory Wong and company to a number of notable venues including Denver, CO’s Ogden Theatre (11/4); San Francisco, CA’s The Warfield (11/12); Los Angeles, CA’s The Wiltern (11/13); Austin, TX’s Stubb’s Austin (11/19); St. Louis, MO’s The Pageant (2/16); Nashville, TN’s Ryman Auditorium (2/17); Atlanta, GA’s The Tabernacle (2/18); Richmond, VA’s The National (2/21); Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club (2/22); New York, NY’s Beacon Theatre (2/23); and many more.

According to Wong’s announcement, the funk guitarist and bandleader will play two sets each night on tour. He also noted that he will be “doing a little acoustic storytellers thing in most cities.”

Pre-sale tickets for the newly announced Cory Wong Power Station 2022–2023 tour dates are now available here using the code “powerstation“. Public on-sale will take place on Friday, August 5th at 10 a.m. local time.

See below for a complete list of dates. For ticketing details, head to Cory Wong’s website.

Cory Wong Power Station 2022–2023 Tour Dates

11/2 – Kansas City, MO*
11/4 – Denver, CO*
11/5 – Boulder, CO*
11/6 – Salt Lake City, UT*
11/7 – Bozeman, MT*
11/9 – Portland, OR*
11/10 – Seattle, WA*
11/12 – San Francisco, CA*
11/13 – Los Angeles, CA*
11/14 – San Diego, CA*
11/15 – Phoenix, AZ*
11/17 – Oklahoma City, OK*
11/18 – Dallas, TX*
11/19 – Austin, TX*
2/16 – St. Louis, MO^
2/17 – Nashville, TN^
2/18 – Atlanta, GA^
2/19 – Raleigh, NC^
2/21 – Richmond, VA^
2/22 – Washington, D.C.^
2/23 – New York, NY^
2/24 – Philadelphia, PA^
2/25 – Boston, MA^
2/27 – Portland, ME^
3/1 – Detroit, MI^
3/2 – TBA^
3/3 – TBA^
3/4 – St. Paul, MN^

*featuring Sierra Hull, Robbie Wulfsohn (Ripe)

^featuring Victor Wooten, with support from Trousdale

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