Billy Gibbons Launches SOLO TOUR ! AMP
Billy Gibbons kicked off his solo tour with the BFGs on Jan.17, playing the first of several shows at the Blue Note Hawaii in Honolulu. Since then, he’s played seven more shows, including three at the Blue
Idol announced the It’s a Nice Day to… Tour Again! tour with a humorous video (embedded below) in which he can’t go anywhere without having somebody quote his own lyrics to him. Guess who turns up as a psychologist?
The first leg of the tour will kick off April 30th in Phoenix and will conclude on May 23 in Toronto. After a three-month break, the tour starts again on Aug. 16 in Philadelphia and is currently scheduled to end on Sept. 25 in Los Angeles. To help those affected by the L.A. wildfires, five dollars from every ticket sold for the final show will be donated to the American Red Cross.
You can see a complete list of tour dates below. Artist pre-sales begin Wednesday, January 22 at 9 a.m. local time, with local pre-sales beginning Thursday, January 23 at 9AM local time. The general on-sale begins Friday, January 24 at 9AM local time.
Idol has recently completed work on a new album. In recent social media posts he has said to expect the as-yet-untitled record – his first full-length since 2014’s Kings and Queens of the Underground – in April. (He also released recently released two EPs – 2021’s The Roadside and 2022’s The Cage.)