Straight from the Truckers:

The Drive-By Truckers are pleased to announce a 23-date co-headlining tour with their friends The Hold Steady. The bands will alternate who closes the shows throughout the tour, pre-sale begins Tuesday, August 19 (http://rockandrollmeanswell.frontgatetickets.com) and the public on-sale starts Friday, August 22.

The tour is aptly named the Rock and Roll Means well tour. The name of the tour is taken from a lyric of one of Mike Cooley’s songs, “Marry Me.” The line is one of Craig Finn’s favorite lyrics (which he often quotes) “rock and roll means well but can’t help telling young boys lies.”

“We’re all really excited to tour with The Hold Steady. They’re one of the greatest bands out there now and their new album is amazing. Craig writes songs I wish I’d written,” says Patterson Hood. Finn credits seeing DBT live on their Southern Rock Opera tour as the inspiration for him to start playing music again. USA Today rec ently called Southern Rock Opera “this century’s best rock album.”

The Drive-By Truckers have just wrapped a sold out tour of Europe and will play the Outside Lands Music Festival this weekend in San Francisco. Their latest album, Brighter Than Creations Dark was released in January and debuted at #37 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart.


Drive-By Truckers & The Hold Steady - Fall Tour Dates

Thu    30-Oct    Louisville, KY    Coyotes @ City Block    
Fri    31-Oct    Nashville, TN    Ryman

Auditorium

Sat    1-Nov    Atlanta, GA        Tabernacle

Sun    2-Nov    Tallahassee, FL    The Moon @ FSU

Mon    3-Nov    Raleigh, NC        Lincoln Theater

Wed    5-Nov    State College, PA    The State Theatre

Thu    6-Nov    New York, NY    Terminal 5

Fri    7-Nov    New York, NY    Terminal 5

Sat    8-Nov    Philadelphia, PA    Electric Factory

Sun    9-Nov    Boston, MA        Orpheum Theater

Tue    11-Nov    Toronto, ON        Phoenix Theater

Wed    12-Nov    Pittsburgh, PA    Carnegie Music Hall

Thu    13-Nov    Bloomington, IN    Bluebird

Fri    14-Nov    Chicago, IL        Riviera Theater

Sat    15-Nov    Minneapolis, MN    First Avenue

Sun    16-Nov    Minneapolis, MN    First Avenue                    
Wed    19-Nov    Boise, ID        Big Easy    
Thu    20-Nov    Seattle, WA        Showbox            
Fri    21-Nov    Seattle, WA        Showbox     
Sat    22-Nov    Portland, OR        Crystal Ballroom        
Sun    23-Nov    San Francisco, CA    The Fillmore    
Mon    24-Nov    San Francisco, CA    The Fillmore            
Tue    25-Nov    Los Angeles, CA    Wiltern