Fresh on the heels of confirming their new album, Marcus King Band sets a North American headline tour—The Darling Blue Tour (Pt. 1).
The 13-date run kicks off September 11 in Davenport, including stops in Memphis, Albuquerque, Little Rock and more. Support across select dates comes from Angel White, Laci Kaye Booth and Carter Faith. Complete list of dates below.
Artist presale begins Wednesday, July 16 at 10 A.M. local time, followed by Spotify presale on Thursday, July 17 at 10 A.M. local time, and local presales at 12 P.M. local time. General on sale begins Friday, July 18 at 10 A.M. local time. Tickets and more information HERE.
Their much-anticipated forthcoming album, Darling Blue, is set for release on September 26 via AmericanRecords/Republic Records. Pre-order/pre-save HERE, and listen to just released tracks “Here Today” featuring Jamey Johnson and Kaitlin Butts and “Carry Me Home” from the LP.
The album finds Grammy-nominated Marcus King reuniting with his longtime live band for their first recorded album together since 2018’s Carolina Confessions. Inspired heavily by his home state of South Carolina, the new albumincorporates elements of country, folk, psychedelic rock and Motown-era R&B and continues the conversation on King’s experience with addiction and depression.
“It truly felt like home,” King details. “Like my band and I were just working out songs to perform live but ended up creating a piece of recorded music for our fans to hear. Our goal is always to be a vessel and allow the music to flow through us and tap into something that’s already there in the room. But more than anything I’ve done before, this album felt like a real concerted effort to make music for myself, and for ourselves as a band—creating for the love of creating and being as honest as we possibly can. We put everything we had into making something that we love and we have faith that the audience will feel that and love it too.”
The beloved Marcus King Band Family Reunion music festival will return for its fourth installment this summer, taking place in Charleston, SC for the first time ever. Over the course of two days—August 23 and 24—the festival will see performances by the Marcus King Band, Jamey Johnson, Stephen Wilson Jr., Molly Tuttle, Hiss Golden Messengerand more. Tickets and more information are HERE.
This year also finds King hitting the road with Chris Stapleton, Cody Johnson, Eric Church and Dwight Yoakam. Find a complete list of dates below. In addition to King’s performance at Bonnaroo, he recently took the stage at CMA Fest in Nashville, performing at Nissan Stadium alongside Brooks & Dunn. He also played Spotify House before joining forces with Jordan Davis for a special performance of their unreleased track, “Louisiana Stick.” Additionally, King surprised fans with a pop-up set at Chief’s for Sirius XM and sat in with Lukas Nelson for his set as well.
Greenville, South Carolina-born, Nashville-based Marcus King started performing alongside his blues guitarist father when he was just eight years old. He made his solo debut with El Dorado (2020), produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. The album was met with widespread acclaim, with the Associated Press calling it “a definite high point of 2020.” It went on to earn King his landmark Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
He followed up the success of El Dorado with Young Blood (2022), also produced by Auerbach. His sophomore album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums Chart, the magazine described it as a “staggeringly confident work.”Last year King returned with his third album, Mood Swings, produced by Rick Rubin, of which Rolling Stone said, “he…goes for something much more daring, vulnerable, and openhearted.”
MARCUS KING BAND—DARLING BLUE
1. On & On
2. Here Today ft. Jamey Johnson & Kaitlin Butts
3. Honky Tonk Hell
4. Heartlands
5. Die Alone
6. Somebody Else ft. Jesse Welles
7. Levi’s & Goodbyes
8. Carolina Honey
9. No Room For Blue
10. Blue Ridge Mountain Moon
11. Dirt (Nashville version) ft. Billy Strings
12. The Shadows ft. Noah Cyrus
13. Pretty Petty
14. Carry Me Home
TOUR DATES
July 16—San Sebastian, ES—Victoria Eugenia Antzokia
July 17—Madrid, ES—Noches Del Botánico
July 18—Vila Nova De Gaia, PT—Meo Mares Vivas
July 20—Santa Domingo De La Calzada, ES—Rockland Art Festival
July 27—Boise, ID—Knitting Factory*
July 29—Monterey, CA—Golden State Theatre*
July 30—Santa Rosa, CA—Luther Burbank Theater*
August 1—Mammoth Lakes, CA—Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza
August 2—Sacramento, CA—Channel 24*
August 14—Park City, UT—Park City Song Summit
August 15—West Valley City, UT—Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre†
August 16—West Valley City, UT—Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre†
August 17—Jackson, WY—Snow King Mountain
August 23—Charleston, SC—Marcus King Band Family Reunion Festival
August 24—Charleston, SC—Marcus King Band Family Reunion Festival
August 31—Aspen, CO—Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival
September 5—Madison, IN—Unbroken Circle Festival At Bicentennial Park
September 11—Davenport, IA—Capitol Theater*
September 12—Lincoln, NE—Pinnacle Bank Arena‡
September 15-21—Seattle, WA—Keeping The Blues Alive at Sea Alaska
September 25—Green Bay, WI—Resch Center§
September 26—Milwaukee, WI—Fiserv Forum§
September 27—Des Moines, IA—Casey’s Center§
September 28—St. Louis, MO—Evolution Festival
October 2—Detroit, MI—Little Caesars Arena§
October 3—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena§
October 9—Indianapolis, IN—Gainbridge Fieldhouse§
October 10—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena§
October 11—Cleveland, OH—Rocket Arena§
October 12—Peoria, IL—Civic Center Theater*
October 14—Lawrence, KS—Liberty Hall*
October 16—Sugar Land, TX—Smart Financial Centre At Sugar Land**
October 17—Stephenville, TX—Twisted J Live
October 18—Austin, TX—Moody Center**
October 19—Fayetteville, AR—JJ’s††
October 21—Starkville, MS—Rick’s Cafe††
October 23—Memphis, TN—Graceland*
October 24—Fairhope, AL—Live at Five*
October 25—Birmingham, AL—Legacy Arena at The BJCC‡
October 30—Catoosa, OK—Hard Rock Live
October 31—Little Rock, AR—The Hall‡‡
November 1—Gonzales, LA—Boots On The Bayou
November 2—Corpus Christi, TX—Concrete Street Pavilion‡‡
November 5—Lubbock, TX—Cook’s Garage (indoors)‡‡
November 6—Albuquerque, NM—Revel‡‡
November 11-16—Los Angeles, CA—Blue Note LA
May 29—Panama City Beach, FL—Gulf Coast Jam
*with Angel White
†with Chris Stapleton
‡with Cody Johnson
§with Eric Church
**with Dwight Yoakam
††Laci Kaye Booth
‡‡Carter Faith
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