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Nick Lowe, Robyn Hitchcock, Ron Sexsmith - 2008 Tour Dates

Nick Lowe

In a music career spanning more than 40 years, Nick Lowe has profoundly affected the music industry as a singer, songwriter, and producer. He began recording in 1966 as a member of the rock band Kippington Lodge, which was later renamed Brinsley Schwarz, notable for its influence on '70s punk. [NPR]

Nick Lowe is going on a tour in April. Most of the dates are with Ron Sexsmith, but Robyn Hitchcock will open the first three shows including the very first one at The Grand Ballroom in NYC on April 9th. Tickets for that one go on sale Friday. All dates below.....

Nick Lowe - 2008 Tour Dates
April 9 - New York , NY - The Grand Ballroom *
April 11 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre *
April 12 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
April 15 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre +
April 17 - Dallas, TX - Sons of Hermann Hall +
April 18 - Austin, TX - Antone's +
April 21 - Nashville, TN - The Belcourt +
April 22 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse +
April 23 - Carrboro, NC - ArtsCenter +
April 25 - Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Lounge +
April 26 - Annapolis, MD - Ram's Head Tavern +
April 27 - Pittsburgh, PA - Byham Theater +
April 30 - Albany, NY - The Linda +
May 1 - Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre +

* w/ Robyn Hitchcock
* w/ Ron Sexsmith

Robyn Hitchcock is also playing Bergenfest in Bergen on April 30th.

Tags: Nick Lowe, Robyn Hitchcock, Ron Sexsmith

Posted on February 28, 2008 10:01 AM

Comments (8)

Will Nick finally have a rock band, or do we get more of the precious aging-not-so-gracefully stuff that was nice on the Impossible Bird more than a decade ago and has been worn thinner than thin for years? It's almost surreal that a band as influential and talented as Rockpile has been forgotten, especially with the reviews Lowe and Edmunds consistently got in the 70s. Assuming they could still cut it, and reunioned, would anybody care? If it hasn't happened by now, it probably won't, and after all, when they finally got together to tour as a unit back in the day after working on one another's albums, they realized through the booze they hated each other and it didn't work anyway. The sound of breaking glass becomes the adult grown-up sound of giving up. So it goes.

Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2008 10:35 AM

ok, dumb question...are they playing hammerstein or 'the grand ballroom'...and what is the grand ballroom? seats only? capacity?

thx

Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2008 10:59 AM

Who is that...Michael Bluth?!

Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2008 11:07 AM

ok, found my own answer...its a 1200 seater...i guess its next door.

Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2008 11:14 AM

ewan macgregor should play a young nick lowe in a film, and john updike could play him in his older period.

stephen fry should play ron sexsmith.

and philip seymour hoffman should play robyn hitchcock.

Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2008 1:15 PM