Musician Nathaniel Rateliff, who since 2015 has led the Americana band Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, has announced a 2020 solo tour in support of a forthcoming solo album. Rateliff will return to his early acoustic days with the “And It’s Still Alright” tour.
The show will feature many facets of Rateliff’s musicianship—ranging from stripped back moments with just his voice and an acoustic guitar to the accompaniment of a full band. The set list will feature songs from his entire catalog as well as the new album, which will arrive via Stax Records on Feb. 14. Several songs have been released in advance.
Watch the video for “What a Drag,” released on Jan. 24
Growing up in rural Missouri, Rateliff got his early music education from his father’s record collection, and from his family, who performed in the church band in which Rateliff played drums. At 19, he moved to Denver where he spent the next ten years working night shifts at a bottle factory and a trucking company while testing out songs at open-mic nights.
Preceding the emergence of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel released three albums and an EP to critical praise: Desire and Dissolving Men (2007), In Memory of Loss (2010), Falling Faster Than You Can Run (2013) and the Closer EP (2014).
Rateliff formed Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats in 2013. The band’s 2015 self-titled debut album was a breakout success, thanks in part to its toe-tappin’ song, “S.O.B.,” at #1 hit on Triple A radio. It’s now certified Gold in the U.S., it has sold over a million records worldwide.
Related: Our story on “S.O.B.”
Their second album, Tearing at the Seams, was released in 2018 to widespread acclaim and featured three singles that hit #1 at the Triple A radio format (“You Worry Me,” “A Little Honey” and “Hey Mama”).
Rateliff and the band have toured extensively worldwide, and have become favorites of fellow musicians, playing major festivals such as Farm Aid and selling out iconic venues including their hometown Red Rocks Amphitheater multiple times.
Watch them perform at Farm Aid 2019
Nathaniel Rateliff 2020 “And It’s Still Alright” Tour (Tickets are available here and here)
Feb 01 – Ann Arbor, MI – Ann Arbor Folk Festival
Mar 03 — Minneapolis, MN — State Theatre*
Mar 04 — Minneapolis, MN — State Theatre*
Mar 05 — Milwaukee, WI — Riverside Theater*
Mar 06 — Chicago, IL — The Chicago Theatre†
Mar 08 — Toronto, ON — Roy Thomson Hall*
Mar 09 — Toronto, ON — Roy Thomson Hall*
Mar 10 — Boston, MA — Orpheum Theatre*
Mar 12 – New York, NY – The Town Hall‡
Mar 13 – New York, NY – The Town Hall‡
Mar 14 — Washington DC — The Anthem‡
Mar 16 — Pittsburgh, PA — Byham Theater‡
Mar 17 — Indianapolis, IN — Old National Centre‡
Mar 19 — St. Louis, MO — Stifel Theatre‡
Mar 20 — Nashville, TN — Ryman Auditorium‡
Mar 21 — Atlanta, GA — Tabernacle‡
Apr 02 — Los Angeles, CA — The Theatre at Ace Hotel§
Apr 03 — Los Angeles, CA — The Theatre At The Ace Hotel§
Apr 04 — San Francisco, CA — Palace Of Fine Arts§
Apr 05 — San Francisco, CA — Palace Of Fine Arts§
Apr 18 – North Charleston, SC – High Water Fest
Apr 22 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vredenburg
Apr 23 – Berlin, Germany – Admiralspalast
Apr 26 – Glasgow, UK – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Apr 27 – Manchester, UK – Bridgewater Hall
Apr 28 – Birmingham, UK – Symphony Hall
Apr 29 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall
May 01 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre
May 02 – Cork, Ireland – Opera House
May 04 – Bath, UK – Bath Forum
May 05 – Paris, France – Alhambra
Aug 26 — Morrison, CO — Red Rocks Amphitheatre**
*with Courtney Marie Andrews
†with Damien Jurado
‡with Sam Evian and Hannah Cohen
§with The Still Tide
**with Kevin Morby
Watch Rateliff perform “And It’s Still Alright” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Jan. 8
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