Just Announced: The Americanarama Festival of Music With Performances by Bob Dylan and His Band, Wilco, My Morning Jacket and More

26 Date Summer Tour Launches June 26 in West Palm Beach, FL

Ryan Bingham, Richard Thompson Electric Trio to Appear on Select Dates

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 22, 2013) Just announced on bobdylan.com, the AmericanaramA Festival of Music will feature performances by Bob Dylan and His Band , Wilco and My Morning Jacket, as well as Ryan Bingham, the Richard Thompson Electric Trio and more on select dates. The AmericanaramA Festival of Music will begin June 26 at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL and will cross the country with 26 tour stops hitting everywhere from Chicago to Los Angeles, New York to San Francisco, Detroit to Philadelphia, and lots of stops in between.

Tickets go on sale to the public in select market beginning April 27th. For tickets and additional information visitTicketmaster.com and band websites – BobDylan.com, WilcoWorld.net, MyMorningJacket.com

Members of the Bob Dylan, Wilco, and My Morning Jacket fanclubs will have first access to presale tickets beginning at least three days prior to the public on sale for each tour date. For more information on the fanclubs and presale tickets, visit BobDylan.com, WilcoWorld.net, and MyMorningJacket.com .

Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Thursday, April 25 at 10AM local time through Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit http://www.citiprivatepass.com/.  

Tempest, Bob Dylan’s 35th studio album , was released by Columbia Records in September 2012. The album of all new material, written by Dylan, received critical and popular acclaim, peaking at number three on the Billboard 200 chart. The wide range of songs present on Tempest, from the 14 minute long, RMS Titanic-envoking title track “Tempest”, to the bluesy “Narrow Way” showcase yet again that Dylan is a true master of his craft. Rolling Stone gave Tempest five stars and said the record is “…a reminder that Dylan now stands virtually alone among his 1960s peers. His own final act, meanwhile, rolls on. It’s a thing to behold.”

Wilco is a Chicago sextet formed by singer-songwriter and guitarist Jeff Tweedy in the mid-1990s. The band’s current lineup solidified in 2004 when guitarist Nels Cline and guitarist/keyboardist Patrick Sansone joined Tweedy, founding bassist John Stirratt, drummer Glenn Kotche and keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen. Wilco’s brand of classic roots rock incorporates folk, pop and genre-spanning experimentalism. The band’s 10-album catalog includes 2002’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (named one of the 500 greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone), 2005’s Grammy award-winning A Ghost is Born, the Grammy-nominated Wilco (The Album) and The Whole Love and moreNPR has called Wilco “the best rock band in America” and the band has been heralded by the Los Angeles Times as “an amazing machine whose six players seem more at one with their music than any rock group working today.” The Wilco catalog includes Mermaid Avenue Volumes 1, 2 and 3, which, in collaboration with British folk singer Billy Bragg, sets original music to song lyrics by the iconic Woody Guthrie.

My Morning Jacket has built a reputation as a group who consistently challenges the paradigms in which they are placed. From psychedelic to soul to classic rock and roll, My Morning Jacket’s range fills out the heart of the AmericanaramA Festival of Music lineup. The Louisville quintet released the first of 6 albums in 1999 with their last two, 2008’s “Evil Urges” and 2011’s “Circuital” each receiving Grammy nominations – the latter debuting at number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart. The band features Jim James (singer/songwriter, guitar), Tom Blankenship( bass), Patrick Hallahan(drums), Carl Broemel (guitar, pedal steel, saxophone, vox) and Bo Koster (keyboards, vox). Known as one of the most engaging, eclectic & electric bands, in no small part due to Jim James’ other-worldly vocals, they’ve become legendary for their live performances. The New York Times wrote this about the band, “…the new kings of expand-your-mind, religious-experience rock…” 

AMERICANARAMA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC 2013 U.S. TOUR DATES
DATE CITY/STATE VENUE SUPPORT
Jun 26 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre BOB WEIR
Jun 27 Tampa, FL Live Nation Amphitheatre BOB WEIR
Jun 29 Atlanta, GA Aarons Amphitheatre BOB WEIR
Jun 30 Nashville, TN The Lawn at Riverfront Park BOB WEIR
Jul 2 Memphis, TN Autozone Park RICHARD THOMPSON
ELECTRIC TRIO
Jul 5 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center RICHARD THOMPSON
ELECTRIC TRIO
Jul 6 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center RICHARD THOMPSON
ELECTRIC TRIO
Jul 7 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena RICHARD THOMPSON
ELECTRIC TRIO
Jul 10 Saint Paul, MN Midway Stadium RICHARD THOMPSON
ELECTRIC TRIO
Jul 11 Peoria, IL Cheifs Stadium RICHARD THOMPSON
ELECTRIC TRIO
Jul 12 Chicago, IL Toyota Park RICHARD THOMPSON
ELECTRIC TRIO
Jul 14 Clarkston, MI DTE Music Theatre RICHARD THOMPSON
ELECTRIC TRIO
Jul 15 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre RICHARD THOMPSON
ELECTRIC TRIO
Jul 18 Darien Center, NY Darien Lakes PAC RYAN BINGHAM
Jul 19 Bridgeport, CT The Ball Park at Harbor Yard RYAN BINGHAM
Jul 20 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center RYAN BINGHAM
Jul 21 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga PAC RYAN BINGHAM
Jul 23 Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pavilion RYAN BINGHAM
Jul 24 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live @ Virginia Beach RYAN BINGHAM
Jul 26 Hoboken, NJ Pier A RYAN BINGHAM
Jul 27* Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre RYAN BINGHAM
Jul 28 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center RYAN BINGHAM
Jul 31 Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre RYAN BINGHAM
Aug 1 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre RYAN BINGHAM
Aug 3 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater RYAN BINGHAM
Aug 4 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre RYAN BINGHAM

*Please note that My Morning Jacket will not be performing on this show

All dates subject to change.

For additional ticket and tour information visit BobDylan.com, WilcoWorld.net, MyMorningJacket.com andLiveNation.com.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Bob Dylan: Columbia Records, 212-833-8000

Wilco:  Deb Bernardini, dBpm Records, [email protected] or 413-529-2830.

My Morning Jacket: Pam Leto, Girlie Action, mailto:[email protected] or 212-989-2222.

LiveNation: Jacqueline Peterson, [email protected], 310-360-3051