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Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins begins new single series (listen to the new song "I Will Go")

by Andrew Sacher

Jim Adkins

Despite their great early years, I’ve been pretty turned off by the last couple Jimmy Eat World albums, but today frontman Jim Adkins put out a new solo single… and it’s pretty good! It’s a nice bit of Beatlesque acoustic pop with some triumphant horns and even a little guitar solo that you could picture George Harrison playing. Listen to “I Will Go” below.

The song’s the first installment in Jim’s new weekly single series which includes an original song every other week, and covers of The Everly Brothers, Beck and Cyndi Lauper in between. The full release schedule is below too.

Jim was just in the NYC-area for three shows in June, and now has a ton of other tour dates coming up (including a couple Jimmy Eat World shows). All dates are listed below…

Jim Adkins Single Series
July 10 – “I Will Go”
July 17 – “Give Me A Sweetheart” (Everly Brothers) (“I Will Go b-side)
July 24 – “Love Don’t Wait”
July 31 – “Don’t Act Like Your Heart Isn’t Hard” (Beck) (“Love Don’t Wait” b-side)
August 7 – “Hell”
August 14 – “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” (Cyndi Lauper) (“Hell” b-side)

Jim Adkins — 2015 Tour Dates
07/11 Birmingham, AL – Saturn
07/12 Little Rock, AR – Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom
07/13 Springfield, MO – The Outland Ballroom
07/14 Columbia, MO – Rose Music Hall
07/15 Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barn
07/17 Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
07/18 Fort Collins, CO – Hodi’s Half Note
07/20 Billings, MT – The Pub Station
07/21 Missoula, MT – Stage 112
07/22 Spokane, WA – The Bartlett
07/24 Bellingham, WA – The Shakedown
07/25 Bend, OR – The Annex
07/27 Oakland, CA – Oakland Metro Operahouse
07/28 Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge At Hollywood Forever Cemetery
08/17 Numberg, Germany – Serenadenhof Open Air
08/18 Hamburg, Germany – Nochtspeicher
08/20 Stockholm, Sweden – Bar Brooklyn
08/21 Oslo, Norway – Parktheater Bar
08/22 Copenhagen, Denmark – Ideal Bar
08/24 Amsterdam, Holland – Paradiso
08/25 Cologne, Germany – Kulturkirche
08/26 Essen, Germany – Bergmannskirche
08/28 Munich, Germany – Ampere
08/29 Berlin, Germany – Passionkirche
08/31 Tel Aviv, Israel – Barby
09/02 Birmingham, UK – Glee Club
09/03 Glasgow, UK – Cottiers Theatre
09/04 Manchester, UK – Royal Northern College of Music
09/05 London, UK – Union Chapel
09/07 Brussels, Belgium – Rotonde
09/08 Paris, France – Le Backstage
09/09 Neuenkirchen, Germany – Reithalle
09/10 Prague, Czech Republic – Café v lese
09/12 Vienna, Austria – Chaya Fuera
09/13 Zurich, Switzerland – El Dorado
09/14 Bologna, Italy – Locomotiv
09/16 Barcelona, Spain – Capilla del Monasterio romanico de Sant Miguel
09/17 Madrid, Spain – Teatro Alfil
09/25 Tempe, AZ – Tempe Beach Park, Summer Ends Music Festival*
10/03 San Bernardino, CA – San Manuel Amphitheater*

*Jimmy Eat World shows