Joan Baez

Joan Baez announces "final formal" North American tour, streaming LP

The Year of Farewell Tours continues, with Joan Baez, who just announced her “final formal North American tour.” The tour also supports Joan’s new album Whistle Down The Wind, which comes out this Friday (3/2) via Bobolink/Razor & Tie Records, and features covers of songs by Tom Waits, ANOHNI, Josh Ritter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and others. It’s streaming in full at NPR. Joan says, “I’m looking forward to being on the road with a beautiful new album of which I am truly proud. I welcome the opportunity to share this new music as well as longtime favorites with my audiences around the world.”

The tour includes NYC shows on September 21 and 22 at Beacon Theatre. Tickets for those shows go on sale Friday (3/2) at 10 AM with AmEx and Chase presales starting Wednesday (2/28) at 10 AM.

All dates are listed, along with a stream of the title track of Joan’s new album (a Tom Waits cover), and the tracklist, below.

Tracklist
1. Whistle Down The Wind (Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan)
2. Be Of Good Heart (Josh Ritter)
3. Another World (Anohni)
4. Civil War (Joe Henry)
5. The Things We Are Made Of (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
6. The President Sang Amazing Grace (Zoe Mulford)
7. Last Leaf (Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan)
8. Silver Blade (Josh Ritter)
9. The Great Correction (Eliza Gilkyson)
10. I Wish The Wars Were All Over (Tim Eriksen)

Joan Baez — 2018 Tour Dates
September 11—Ithaca, NY—State Theatre
September 12—New Haven, CT—Shubert Theater
September 14 & 15—Boston, MA—The Wang Theatre
September 17—Montreal, QC—Place Des Arts Maison Symphonique
September 18—Toronto, ON—Roy Thomson Hall
September 21 & 22—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre
September 25—Red Bank, NJ—Count Basie Theatre
September 26—Philadelphia, PA—Verizon Hall @ Kimmel Center for the Performing
September 28—Washington, DC—Warner Theatre
September 29—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center
September 30—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
October 2—Ann Arbor, MI—Michigan Theater
October 3—Cleveland, OH—State Theatre
October 5—Chicago, IL—Chicago Theatre
October 6—Minneapolis, MN—State Theatre
October 24—Denver, CO—Paramount Theatre
October 25—Santa Fe, NM—The Lensic Performing Arts Center
October 27—Phoenix, AZ—Celebrity Theatre
October 28—Tucson, AZ—Fox Tucson Theatre
October 30—San Diego, CA—Humphreys Concerts
November 4—Seattle, WA—Benaroya Hall
November 5—Portland, OR—Revolution Hall
November 8—Eureka, CA—Arkely Center for the Performing Arts
November 10—Los Angeles, CA—Royce Hall
November 15—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic
November 17—Oakland, CA—Fox Theater Oakland