Indigo Girls To Get Social On Road
The Indigo Girls will be on the road by the time their sixth studio album, Come On Now Social, hits stores Sept. 28.
The folk-rock duo, who are scheduled to perform at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle on Friday (Sept. 3), take to the road for a U.S. tour beginning Sept. 23 in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The tour, which heads through the South and East, is scheduled to close Oct. 22, when the Indigo Girls play a home-state show at the University of Georgia in Athens.
On Come On Now Social the Indigo Girls — singer/guitarists Amy Ray, 35, and Emily Saliers, 36 — get support from rock singers Sheryl Crow and Joan Osborne and members of The Band and Luscious Jackson.
As on past Indigo Girls albums, Ray and Saliers wrote their songs for Come On Now Social separately. "Emily and I don't ever actually write together," Ray wrote on their official website (www.indigogirls.com).
The duo, formed in 1985, have cultivated a reputation for their literate, politically aware folk-rock.
Their spring 1998 tour of high schools sparked controversy after several principals canceled shows, citing Ray's and Saliers' lesbianism and an obscenity in their song "Shame on You" (RealAudio excerpt).
Indigo Girls Tour Dates:
Sept. 3; Seattle, Wash.; Bumbershoot Festival
Sept. 23; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Memorial Auditorium
Sept. 24; Antioch, Tenn.; First American Music Center
Sept. 25; Greenville, S.C.; Peace Center
Sept. 26; Raleigh, N.C.; Alltel Pavilion
Sept. 28; Savannah, Ga.; Johnny Mercer Theatre
Sept. 29; Birmingham, Ala.; Civic Center
Sept. 30; Knoxville, Tenn.; Knoxville Civic Coliseum
Oct. 2; Davidson, N.C.; Baker Sports Complex
Oct. 4–5; Upper Darby, Pa.; Tower Theatre
Oct. 6; Lowell, Mass.; Tsongas Arena
Oct. 8; Fairfax, Va.; Patriot Center
Oct. 11–12; New York, N.Y.; Beacon Theatre
Oct. 16; Amherst, Mass.; Mullins Center
Oct. 22; Athens, Ga.; University of Georgia