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BILLY STRINGS RELEASES “MEET ME AT THE CREEK > PYRAMID COUNTRY > MUST BE SEVEN > MEET ME AT THE CREEK”
38-MINUTE LIVE PERFORMANCE RECORDED EARLIER THIS YEAR, MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERES TODAY AT NOON EST
NOMINATED FOR THREE AWARDS AT 66TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS
December 8, 2023—“Meet Me At The Creek > Pyramid Country > Must Be Seven > Meet Me At The Creek (Live at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC 3/4/23),” a new 38-minute live performance from GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings, is out today on Reprise Records (listen HERE). Recorded during Strings’ sold-out show earlier this year in Winston Salem, the performance features Strings (vocals, guitar) and his longtime band: Jarrod Walker (mandolin), Royal Massat (bass), Billy Failing (banjo) and Alex Hargreaves (fiddle). Alongside the release, the official video will premiere today at 12:00PM EST/9:00AM PST on YouTube.
The video showcases Strings’ electric concerts, which he’ll continue to perform through next spring with his extensive headline tour. Upcoming stops include Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (two nights), Atlanta’s State Farm Arena (two nights), New Orleans’ UNO Lakefront Arena (three nights) and Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center (two nights) among many others. Additionally, following his two-night stand at Bridgestone Arena, Strings will once again return to the historic Ryman Auditorium on February 25 for a third Nashville show. See below for complete tour itinerary.
The performances add to yet another landmark year for Strings, who is nominated for three awards at the upcoming 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Best Bluegrass Album (Me/And/Dad), Best American Roots Song (“California Sober” feat. Willie Nelson) and Best Country Duo/Group Performance (“High Note” with Dierks Bentley).
Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. His most recent release, “California Sober,” a collaboration with legendary artist Willie Nelson, has landed on multiple “Best of 2023 So Far” lists, while Rolling Stone calls the song “a blazing bluegrass banger filled with howling harmonica and guitar-picked solos,” and Consequence praises, “With just one song, Strings and Nelson seem to bring the best out in each other.” The song is Strings’ first release since partnering with venerable label, Reprise Records.
The collaboration follows Strings’ most recent full-length album, Me/And/Dad, which was released last fall and features Strings alongside with his dad, Terry Barber. The product of a longtime dream, the record features new versions of fourteen bluegrass and country classics that the two have been playing together since Strings was a young child. Released to overwhelming acclaim, NPR Music praised, “exuberant interplay…a match made tender by the familiar harmonies of these two lifelong picking partners,” while The Wall Street Journal declared, “Me/And/Dad works beautifully…the guitars from the principals along with mandolin, banjo, fiddle and bass are expertly played with joy and verve” and Billboard proclaimed, “Top-notch, wooly bluegrass picking wraps around distinct, family harmonies throughout.”
Since his 2017 debut, Strings has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2023 and 2022 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year at the 2023, 2022 and 2021 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards and Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards among several other accolades. He has also performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits” and “Bluegrass Underground.”
For more information, please contact Asha Goodman
615.320.7753,
Catherine Snead 615.320.7753 or Carla Sacks
212.741.1000 at Sacks & Co.
BILLY STRINGS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
December 6 /// Greensboro, NC /// Greensboro Coliseum (SOLD OUT)
December 8 /// Baltimore, MD /// CFG Bank Arena
December 9 /// Baltimore, MD /// CFG Bank Arena
December 12 /// Pittsburgh, PA /// Petersen Events Center
December 13 /// Pittsburgh, PA /// Petersen Events Center
December 15 /// Wilkes-Barre, PA /// Mohegan Sun
Arena at Casey Plaza (SOLD OUT)
December 16 /// Syracuse, NY /// Oncenter War Memorial (SOLD OUT)
December 29 /// New Orleans, LA /// UNO Lakefront Arena
December 30 /// New Orleans, LA /// UNO Lakefront Arena
December 31 /// New Orleans, LA /// UNO Lakefront Arena
February 1, 2024 /// New York, NY /// New York Philharmonic*
February 16, 2024 /// Asheville, NC ///
ExploreAsheville.com Arena (SOLD OUT)
February 17, 2024 /// Asheville, NC ///
ExploreAsheville.com Arena (SOLD OUT)
February 18, 2024 /// Asheville, NC ///
ExploreAsheville.com Arena (SOLD OUT)
February 23, 2024 /// Nashville, TN /// Bridgestone Arena
February 24, 2024 /// Nashville, TN /// Bridgestone Arena (SOLD OUT)
February 25, 2024 /// Nashville, TN /// Ryman Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
March 1, 2024 /// Atlanta, GA /// State Farm Arena
March 2, 2024 /// Atlanta, GA /// State Farm Arena
May 10-12, 2024 /// Conroe, TX /// Big As Texas Festival
June 22-23, 2024 /// Columbus, OH /// Buckeye Country Superfest
July 12-14, 2024 /// Whitefish, MT /// Under The Big Sky Festival
*with Chris Thile