Gretchen Peters and I are leaving soon for the 2012 Hello Cruel World Tour. We'll be traveling all over North America and also through England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Germany and Holland, between now and June. If we get close to your town, I hope you'll come out and see us. Below is the tour schedule as it now stands. In the meantime, have a Happy New Year!
GRETCHEN PETERS (WITH BARRY WALSH) HELLO CRUEL WORLD TOUR 2012
January 8th-15th
Delbert McClinton's Sandy Beaches Cruise, St. Bart's, St. Kitts & Nevis, The Caribbean
January 22nd
CD Release Show *with special guests Barry Walsh & John Lester
Joe's Pub, New York, NY, USA
January 27th
CD Release Show *with special guests Barry Walsh, Doug Lancio, David Henry & John Gardner
The Rutledge, Nashville, TN, USA
January 28th
Blue Ridge Community Theater, Blue Ridge, GA, USA
February 1st
Tales From The Tavern, Santa Ynez, CA, USA
February 3rd
Acoustic Music San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
February 4th
Zoey's, Ventura, CA, USA
February 6th
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA, USA
February 7th
Don Quixote's, Felton, CA, USA
February 9th
The Palms Playhouse, Winters, CA, USA
February 11th
Alberta Rose Theater, Portland, OR, USA *with Martyn Joseph
February 12th
Treehouse Cafe, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
February 16th
Susanna's Kitchen, Wimberley, TX, USA *with Kevin Welch & Jimmy LaFave
February 17th
Jefferson Freedom Cafe, Fort Worth, TX, USA *with special guest John Fullbright
February 18th
Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX, USA *with John Fullbright & Jimmy LaFave
February 20th
Burning Bush Coffee House, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
February 21st
Dosey Doe, The Woodlands, TX, USA
February 23rd-24th
24th International Folk Alliance Conference, Memphis, TN, USA
March 1st
The Sage, Gateshead, UK
March 2nd
The Arc, Stockton on Tees, UK
March 3rd
The Met, Bury, UK
March 4th
The Arches, Glasgow, UK
March 5th
Buxton Opera House, Buxton, UK
March 7th
Robin 2, Bilston, UK
March 8th
Fibbers, York, UK
March 9th
Kelly's, Galway, Ireland
March 10th
Damer Court Hotel, Roscrea, Ireland
March 12th
Village Arts Centre, Kilworth, Ireland
March 13th
Whelan's, Dublin, Ireland
March 14th
Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre, Limavady, Northern Ireland, UK
March 15th
Errigle Inn, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
March 16th
Coliseum, Aberdare, UK
March 18th
The Assembly, Leamington Spa, UK
March 19th
Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UK
March 20th
Bush Hall, London, UK
March 21st
The Phoenix, Exeter, UK
March 23rd
Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany
March 24th
Crystal Club, Berlin, Germany
March 25th
Studio 672, Köln , Germany
March 27th
de Schalm, Westwoud, Netherlands
March 28th
Transvaria, Den Haag, Netherlands
March 29th
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
March 30th
In The Woods, Lage Vuursche, Netherlands
March 31st
Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven, Netherlands
April 2nd
Komedia, Brighton, UK
April 3rd
The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds, UK
April 4th
The Stables, Milton Keynes, UK
April 5th
The Glee Club, Nottingham, UK
April 12th
Grand Valley Dale Ballroom, Columbus, OH, USA
April 13th
Old Town School Of Folk Music, Chicago, IL, USA
April 21st
Swallow Hill Music, Denver, CO, USA
April 22nd
Steve's Guitars, Carbondale, CO, USA
April 26th
Hugh's Room, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
April 27th
Blacksheep Inn, Wakefield, Quebec, Canada
April 28th
Le Petit Campus, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May 4th
Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA, USA
May 5th
Bowman House Concerts, Lawrenceville, GA, USA
May 8th
Seaside REP, Seaside, FL, USA
May 11th
Sandhill Stage at Prairie Creek Lodge, Gainesville, FL, USA
May 12th
Evening Of Story & Song, Fernandina Beach, FL, USA
May 23rd
Music City Roots, Nashville, TN, USA
June 15th
McDavid Studio at Bass Hall, Fort Worth, TX, USA