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Jim James & The Roots playing collaborative Celebrate Brooklyn! show at Prospect Park (updated dates)

Jim James at MHOW in February (more by PSquared Photography)
Jim James

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is on a tour this year which hits Newport Folk Festival and NYC for a sold out show at Webster Hall (4/29) with Cold Specks.

Meanwhile, hip hop renaissance men The Roots have their own dates scheduled, including one in NYC on April 25 at BAM for day 1 of the Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival with Julia Holter, Parquet Courts, Solange, David Longstreth, TV on the Radio, Phosphorescent and others (4/25 tix and 3-day passes) and Philly on June 1 Penns Landing for The Roots Picnic with Grimes, Solange, Joey Bada$$, How to Dress Well, Hit-Boy, Araabmuzik, and others (tickets).

These two tours will cross paths in Brooklyn on June 19 18 at Prospect Park with The Roots and Jim James play a collaborative show at the outdoor venue as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! 2013 season. (UPDATE: The show was moved to June 18.) Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (4/19) at noon with AmEx and venue presales starting Wednesday (4/17) at 10 AM. Other currently announced Celebrate Brooklyn! shows include a free Patty Griffin show on 6/5, a Belle & Sebastian and Yo La Tengo show on 7/11 (tickets), and a Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five, and Guster show on 7/30 (tickets).

In related news, Roots members Captain Kirk Douglas and Mark Kelly are playing a show with their other band, The Dust Rays, on April 22 at Mercury Lounge with The Juggs and The Veldts. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Updated Jim James and Roots dates are listed below…

Jim James — 2013 Tour Dates
Wednesday April 17th, 2013 Louisville, KY W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre*
Friday April 19th, 2013 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre*
Saturday April 20th, 2013 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre*
Sunday April 21st, 2013 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
Tuesday April 23rd, 2013 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall*
Friday April 26th, 2013 Boston, MA Royale*
Saturday April 27th, 2013 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer*
Monday April 29th, 2013 New York, NY Webster Hall*
Tuesday April 30th, 2013 Washington, DC 9:30 Club*
Thursday May 2nd, 2013 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom*
Friday May 3rd, 2013 Asheville, NC Orange Peel*
Monday May 6th, 2013 Austin, TX Stubbs BBQ*
Tuesday May 7th, 2013 Dallas, TX House Of Blues*
Thursday May 9th, 2013 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre*
Saturday May 11th, 2013 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre*
Sunday May 12th, 2013 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
Tuesday May 14th, 2013 Portland, OR The Crystal Ballroom*
Wednesday May 15th, 2013 Seattle, WA The Neptune Theatre*
Friday May 17th, 2013 Gulf Shores, AL Hangout Music Fest
June 13th-16th, 2013 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo
Wednesday June 19th, 2013 Brooklyn, NY Prospect Park w/ The Roots
Saturday June 22nd, 2013 Dover, DE Firefly Music Festival
Saturday July 13th, 2013 Louisville, KY Forecastle Festival
July 26th – 28th, 2013 Newport, RI Newport Folk Festival


The Roots — 2013 Tour Dates
April 25 Crossing Brooklyn Ferry @ BAM Brooklyn, NY
5/3-5 Beale Street Music Festival Memphis, TN
May 17-19 Hangout Music Festival Gulf Shores, AL
6/1 The Roots Picnic Philadelphia, PA
6/15 Kastles Stadium at the Wharf Washington, DC
6/19 Prospect Park Brooklyn, NY w/ Jim James
6/29 Club Nokia Los Angeles, CA
7/5-7 Touch the Lake Zurich, Switzerland
9/5-8 Bestival Arreton, UK