Alt-country superstar Sturgill Simpson has announced a run of underplay performances to benefit the Special Forces Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides immediate and ongoing support to Army Special Forces soldiers, “Green Berets,” and their families. The brief tour will hit six cities on both coasts, with 100% of the net proceeds to be donated to the foundation. The brief run of shows will coincide with the release of SOUND & FURY, Simpson’s latest album and Netflix anime movie of the same name, on September 27th.
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This special Sturgill Simpson tour will kick off on September 29th at the legendary Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA. From there, Simpson will head to San Rafael, CA’s Terrapin Crossroads (10/1); San Francisco, CA’s The Independent (10/2); Brooklyn, NY’s Music Hall of Williamsburg (10/6); Washington, D.C.’s Black Cat (10/7); and Asbury Park, NJ’s The Stone Pony (10/8).
Tickets for the newly announced Sturgill Simpson tour go on sale on Wednesday, September 25th, at 10 a.m. local time. For more information, visit Sturgill’s website here.
In addition to this intimate run of shows, Sturgill Simpson will mark the release of SOUND & FURY with a pair of theatrical screenings of the animated film at ArcLight Cinema in Hollywood, CA on September 26th and a IFC Theater in New York City on October 3rd. As a “thank you” to fans, all pre-orders of SOUND & FURY via the official Sturgill Simpson web store will include an invitation to attend one of the special screenings on a first come, first served basis. For more information, head here.
Simpson recently released the lead single off of SOUND & FURY, “Sing Along”, alongside an animated music video for the track. Watch the video for Sturgill Simpson’s “Sing Along” below.
Sturgill Simpson – “Sing Along” [Official Video]
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Sturgill Simpson shared his thoughts on the new album during an interview with Zane Lowe on the DJ’s Apple Music Beats 1 show, World Record. He explained,
I was kind of in a weird spot when we made that record. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do this anymore because a lot of the business sides of things, and like some heartbreak and betrayal, and just learning things that you already know. Remind yourself that, you know-It is a dirty toxic industry. And I wanted to express a lot of that. And I was listening to a lot of hip-hop, and Black Sabbath, and The Cars, and old funk records and things. And I think… We were in Detroit while we were making the record, and I was sort of writing it in real time and listening to a lot of Eminem. And I was just like, man, this guy gets to talk mad shit. How come we can’t do that? So I just sat down and wrote a bunch of mad shit talking songs about how fucking awesome we are. And then we recorded it. And then I said, man, this isn’t weird enough. I should probably go to Japan and like get the five most legendary animation directors in history together and get them all drunk and put them to competition to see who can outdo one another and we’ll just animate the whole fucking album. And then that happens and I got the label to pay for it, and then now they want to put a single out. Even though I made a cohesive concept record and a film, we’re putting a song and a cartoon out as a video, which I didn’t want to make. And now I’m talking to Zane Lowe about it. What’s up dog?
SOUND & FURY Album Art
For more information on the upcoming album, film, and tour, head to Simpson’s website here.