Sturgill Simpson Wins Best Country Album at the 59Th Annual Grammy Awards

STURGILL SIMPSON WINS BEST COUNTRY ALBUM AT THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS PERFORMS “ALL AROUND YOU” ON LIVE BROADCAST 2017 TOUR DATES CONFIRMED, ON-SALE THURSDAY

Sturgill Simpson won Best Country Album at last night’s 59th Annual Grammy Awards for his acclaimed third full-length album, A Sailor’s Guide To Earth. Simpson also performed his song “All Around You” on the live broadcast along with The Dap-Kings’ horns. Watch the full performance HERE.

In celebration, Simpson will embark on a series of special tour dates, including stops at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre and L.A.’s Greek Theatre as well as previously announced headline slots at Louisville’s Forecastle Festival July 14-16 and Birmingham’s Sloss Music & Arts Festival July 15-16.

The performances will feature material from throughout Simpson’s catalog and is his way of thanking fans—both old and new—for a series of unprecedented years. See below for complete details. Tickets for the newly announced shows go on-sale next Thursday, February 16.

Out now on Atlantic Records (purchase here), A Sailor’s Guide To Earth continues to receive overwhelming critical acclaim with recent “Best of 2016” coverage running at The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Pitchfork, Salon, Billboard, The Atlantic, Paste, SPIN, American Songwriter among many others. Moreover, since the album’s release, Simpson has performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” “Conan,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” “Charlie Rose” and, most recently, the 2017 debut episode of “Saturday Night Live.”

STURGILL SIMPSON 2017 TOUR DATES March 4—Okeechobee, FL—Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival May 6—Orange Beach, AL—The Wharf Amphitheater July 7—Charlotte, NC—Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre July 8—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre July 14—Atlanta, GA—Fox Theatre July 15—Louisville, KY—Forecastle Festival July 16—Birmingham, AL—Sloss Music & Arts Festival July 30—Niigata, Japan—Fuji Rock Festival September 7—Sugar Land, TX—Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land September 8—Grand Prairie, TX—Verizon Theatre September 9—Austin, TX—Austin360 Amphitheater September 14—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall September 15—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion September 16—Boston, MA—Blue Hills Bank Pavilion September 19—Detroit, MI—Fox Theatre September 21—St. Louis, MO—Fox Theatre September 22—Chicago, IL—Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island September 25—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre September 29—Portland, OR—Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall September 30—Redmond, WA—Marymoor Amphitheater October 6—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theatre

For more information, please contact Asha Goodman 615.320.7753 or Carla Sacks 212.741.1000 at Sacks & Co., [email protected] or [email protected]. Or Sheila Richman 212-707-3063 at Atlantic Records, [email protected]. www.sturgillsimpson.com