If you were to make a list of the hardest working musicians of the 21st century, Andrew McMahon would be near the top of that list. Over multiple projects and years. McMahon has released music at an astounding pace and toured almost non-stop. That’s not going to change in 2018. This afternoon McMahon announced “The Pen & The Piano Tour,” an acoustic tour traveling the US in the spring.
The tour will find McMahon not only performing his tracks, but also talking about the songs and his journey. In the Facebook post announcing the tour, he describes it as “equal parts VH1 Storytellers and Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.” McMahon will be joined by Allen Stone on most dates, along with Zac Clark and bob oxblood, the latter of whom played with McMahon during the Jack’s Mannequin days.
No matter where you live, chances are Andrew McMahon is coming to a town near you. The tour begins on April 10 in Kansas City, moves through the Midwest and East Coast, and then loops down South and wraps up out West. The final show is on May 24 in Denver. A full list of dates is included below.
Pre-sale tickets for the tour go on sale tomorrow, December 6, at 10am local time, with general sales beginning Friday, December 8, at the same time. As passionate and skilled of a songwriter and storyteller as Andrew McMahon is, chances are this tour will be something special.
Andrew McMahon “The Pen & The Piano” 2018 Tour Dates
April 10 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
April 11 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
April 13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity
April 14 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
April 15 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
April 17 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
April 19 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
April 20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Palace Theatre
April 21 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
April 23 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
April 24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
April 26 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
April 29 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
May 1 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Jefferson Theater
May 2 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
May 4 – Nashville, TN @ Top Golf Live
May 5 – Charlotte, NC @ Underground
May 6 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
May 8 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
May 9 – Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
May 10 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
May 12 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
May 13 – San Diego, CA @ Humphreys
May 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Ford Theaters*
May 16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
May 18 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
May 19 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre*
May 20 – Spokane, WA @ Bing Crosby Theater
May 22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
May 24 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
*w/o Allen Stone
