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Lydia Loveless giving RSD single "Mile High" a wider release (stream it +++ updated tour dates)

by Andrew Sacher

Lydia Loveless

Alt-country singer Lydia Loveless put out a new single, “Mile High” (with a cover of Ke$ha’s “Blind” on the flip), this past Record Store Day on lime green vinyl, limited to 1000 copies. If you weren’t one of the lucky ones who picked it up on RSD, a regular edition will be released on May 27 via Bloodshot (pre-order on iTunes or Amazon), but before that you can listen to a stream of “Mile High,” which premieres in this post.

It follows this year’s Somewhere Else LP, and if you liked that album’s twangy Stevie Nicks-meets-Petty/Springsteen swagger, you’ll dig this too. Plus, it contains the lyric: “And I was thinking of things I’d do if I had the time until my fingers smell like pussy and Lucky Strikes.” Listen below.

Lydia has multiple tour dates coming up, including a previously announced run with Old 97’s which hits NYC on June 3 at Webster Hall. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Updated dates (including some newly-announced shows), with the song stream, below…

Lydia Loveless – “MIle High”

Lydia Loveless — 2014 Tour Dates
May 23 Lexington, KY – Willie’s
May 27 Houston, TX – FitzGerald’s*
May 28 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jack’s*
May 29 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West*
May 30 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle Music Hall*
May 31 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club*
June 2 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair*
June 3 New York, NY – Webster Hall*
June 4 Millvale, PA – Mr. Small’s Theatre*
June 5 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom*
June 6 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall*
June 7 Indianapolis, IN – Vogue Theatre*
June 13 Chattanooga, TN – Nightfall 2014
June 21 Cincinnati, OH – Paddlefest
July 11 Cincinnati, OH – Bunbury Festival
July 25 Grand Rapids, MI – Tip Top Deluxe
July 26 Chicago, IL – Wicker Park Fest
Aug 15 Buffalo, NY – Sportsman’s Tavern
Aug 16 Roxbury, NY – Roxbury Arts Center
Aug 22 Manhattan, KS – Aggie Central Station
Aug 23 Rock Island, IL – RIBCO
Aug 24 Madison, WI – Orton Park Festival
Aug 29 Bloomington, IN – Upland Brewery
Aug 31 Cookville, TN – Muddy Roots Music

* = w/ Old 97’s