Aug. 15 — Dirty Honey will launch a new tour in support of its forthcoming album, Can’t Find The Brakes this fall.
The band announced Tuesday, it will launch the tour, named for the album, Oct. 18 in San Francisco, CA. Austin Meade will serve as support for the tour, which is scheduled to run through Dec. 15 in St. Louis, MO. The tour also features stops in cities nationwide, such as Portland, OR; Charlotte, NC and Houston, TX.
Ticket pre-sales open Wednesday. General sale is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. local time Friday here. The tour’s schedule, including a handful of supporting dates for Guns N’ Roses that will precede the tour’s launch, is noted below:
Dirty Honey Tour Dates ’23
August
27 Rolling Hills Casino, Corning, CA (support for Bush)
29 Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC (support for Guns N’ Roses)
September
1 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY (support for Guns N’ Roses)
6 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY (support for Guns N’ Roses)
16 MMRBBQ, Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden, NJ
20 Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MI (support for Guns N’ Roses)
“Can’t Find The Brakes” Headline Tour ’23
October
18 The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
19 Ace of Spaces, Sacramento, CA
21 The Observatory North Park, San Diego, CA
22 The Nile Theater, Mesa, AZ
24 The Studio at the Factory, Dallas, TX
25 RISE Rooftop, Houston, TX
27 The Beacham, Orlando, FL
28 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, Ponte Vedra, FL
29 The RITZ Ybor, Tampa, FL
31 Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, GA
November
1 The Underground, Charlotte, NC
3 Rams Head Live!, Baltimore, MD
4 HMAC, Harrisburg, PA
5 Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park, NJ
7 Théâtre Beanfield, Montreal, QC CANADA
8 Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ONT CANADA
10 The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN
12 Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH
13 Concord Music Hall, Chicago, IL
15 Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS
16 Summit, Denver, CO
17 The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
19 The Sand Dollar Downtown, Las Vegas, NV
20 The Belasco, Los Angeles, CA
24 Knitting Factory, Spokane, WA
25 Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
26 The Showbox, Seattle, WA
28 Knitting Factory, Boise, ID
December
1 Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln, NE
2 Uptown Theater, Minneapolis, MN
4 The Rave II, Milwaukee, WI
5 The Castle Theatre, Bloomington, IL
7 Saint Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
8 Elevation, Grand Rapids, MI
9 House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
11 The Bluestone, Columbus, OH
13 Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville, TN
14 Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, KY
15 The Hawthorn, St. Louis, MO
Dirty Honey debuted Can’t Find The Brakes‘ lead single, ‘Won’t Take Me Alive‘, last month.
Produced by Nick Didia (Rage Against The Machine, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam), the song boasts an up-tempo, blues-based arrangement that will immediately have audiences dancing along.
Guitarist John Notto discussed the song’s arrangement during a recent interview.
“‘Won’t Take Me Alive’ was an instrumental idea I demoed on bass, drums, and guitar at my home studio,” Notto said. “I brought it to the band, we wrote a new chorus, and it was basically finished that quickly. Nick [DiDia] rented some vintage amps and really helped me get the raunchy sound and attitude I wanted for the riff.”
No information was provided about the song’s lyrical theme in the news release announcing the song’s premiere. In listening to the song it simply comes across as a familiar, fully defiant rock anthem that finds its subject refusing to just give up on life and determined to make the most of everything. That is just this critic’s own interpretation.
More information on Dirty Honey’s new album, single and tour schedule is available along with the group’s latest news at:
Website: https://www.dirtyhoney.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DirtyHoneyMusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dirtyhoneyband