DT:      SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
 
FM:     MIKE GOWEN, MSO PR
 
 

THE SHEEPDOGS
ANNOUNCE HEADLINING
FALL U.S. TOUR

LAUNCHING OCTOBER 2 IN NEW ORLEANS
WITH CALVIN LOVE SUPPORTING
ADDITIONAL STOPS IN AUSTIN, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO
PORTLAND, SEATTLE, AND DENVER, AMONG OTHERS
LATEST ALBUM, ‘CHANGING COLOURS,’ OUT NOW
 
Above: The Sheepdogs
  
 
Taking no breaks after their summer tour, THE SHEEPDOGS–the Canadian-based five-piece guitar-driven rock band–have announced they will be hitting the road again this fall on a headlining U.S. tour in support of their latest album, CHANGING COLOURS. Kicking off October 2 in New Orleans at Santos, the band–with fellow Canadian Calvin Love supporting–will make additional stops in Austin, Houston, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle,among othersbefore wrapping October 21 in Denver, CO at Hi-Dive. Tickets are on sale for all shows now. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.
 
Click here to watch a recent (7/30) stripped-down performance with PASTE Magazine.
 
Watch a live performance of “Cool Down” and “Kiss The Brass Ring” from CHANGING COLOURS here.
 
On CHANGING COLOURS, THE SHEEPDOGS expanded their sound, encompassing more styles and hues to enhance their trademark beef-and-boogie twin-axe riffs, hooks, shuffles and long-haired aesthetic. Of the album’s opener, “Nobody,” RollingStone.com raved: “Rooted in bar-band boogie and retro rock & roll riffage, Canadian kings the Sheepdogs channel the stomp and swagger of the 1970s with this track from the band’s February release, Changing Colours. Come for the chorus, where the band’s five members stack their harmonies into thick slabs of defiance; stay for the harmonized guitar leads that run throughout the song’s second half, channeling everyone from Thin Lizzy to the Eagles” (March 30, 2018).
 
THE SHEEPDOGS—Ewan Currie (vocals, guitars), Ryan Gullen (bass, backing vocals), Sam Corbett (drums, backing vocals), Shamus Currie (keyboards, trombone) and Jimmy Bowskill (guitars)–deliver passionate music born out of spontaneity on CHANGING COLOURS, their follow-up to 2015’s Future Nostalgia. The 17-song album features the euphoric “Nobody” (watch the bar room brawl video here) alongside the electrifying “Saturday Night” and the driving “I’ve Got A Hole Where My Heart Should Be,” the record’s infectious first single. Watch the official music video for “I’ve Got A Hole Where My Heart Should Be” here.
 
CHANGING COLOURS–released earlier this year via Dine Alone Records (in the U.S.) and Warner Music (in Canada)–marks the sixth full-length album release for the four-time JUNO Award-winning group who graced the cover of Rolling Stone in 2011 when they made history as the first unsigned band to appear on the cover of the famed magazine by beating out 15 other artists in the Choose the Cover contest (Issue 1137).
 
Catch THE SHEEPDOGS on tour this fall in the following cities:
 
DATE                          CITY                                       VENUE
Tue, 10/2
Santos
New Orleans, LA
Thu, 10/4
Empire Control Room & Garage
Austin, TX
Fri, 10/5  
Rustic  
Dallas, TX
Sat, 10/6  
Rustic  
San Antonio, TX
Sun, 10/7  
The Continental Club
Houston, TX
Wed, 10/10  
Meow Wolf  
Santa Fe, NM
Thu, 10/11  
The Rebel Lounge
Phoenix, AZ
Fri, 10/12  
Peppermint Club
Los Angeles, CA
Sat, 10/13  
Soda Bar  
San Diego, CA
Sun, 10/14  
Rickshaw Stop
San Francisco, CA
Tue, 10/16  
Dantes  
Portland, OR
Wed, 10/17  
Tractor Tavern
Seattle, WA
Thu, 10/18  
Knitting Factory Boise
Boise, ID
Fri, 10/19  
Urban  
Salt Lake City, UT
Sun, 10/21  
Hi-Dive  
Denver, CO
 
 
Above: The Sheepdogs
 
For more information on THE SHEEPDOGS, visit:
 
For press inquiries, contact:
MSO PR
Mike Gowen // mgowen@msopr.com
 
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