This is not a drill. Widespread Panic has just announced a string of live shows, starting next month, and new archival live album.
Following the latest release from the Southern rock outfit’s multi-track archive series, Albany 2000, the band begins its fall run in September with a couple of sold-out shows in North Carolina, with seven more through the end of October.
According to Ultimate Classic Rock, longtime keyboardist and vocalist John “JoJo” Hermann will also make several solo appearances. For dates, tickets, and venues, head to their official website.
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Formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1986, Widespread Panic grew out of a musical partnership between University of Georgia students John “JB” Bell and late guitarist Michael Houser, who began playing together several years earlier. The band became known for its fusion of Southern rock, blues, funk, and progressive influences—and for a relentless touring schedule that earned it “road warrior” status.
The band’s current lineup features Bell, Hermann, Dave Schools, Domingo “Sunny” Ortiz, Jimmy Herring/Nick Johnson, and Duane Trucks.
With several of their newly announced shows already sold out, Widespread Panic seems to be staying loyal to their past. A look back at their history reveals their legendary attendance records with nearly 80 sold-out shows at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado, per the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. And in Athens, they drew an estimated 100,000 people for a 1998 live album release party. The show was free, but still.
Beyond headlining Bonnaroo eight times and being inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2008, the guys have 16 albums that have charted on the Billboard 200, with Dirty Side Down, their 2010 record, climbing as high as No. 27.
Their latest archival release, Albany 2000, is the 21st installment in the band’s multi-track archive series. Recorded April 9, 2000, at the Albany Civic Center in Albany, Georgia, it’s set for digital and streaming release this Friday, Aug. 28.
“If you can allow yourself to be absurd, you can generate ideas that can be groundbreaking or unique … and also, you throw the rulebook out the window,” Widespread Panic bassist Schools told Live for Live Music about the band’s philosophy behind making music. “When you throw the rulebook out the window and allow for absurdity, suddenly your ego vanishes.”
If history is any indication, booking tickets and purchasing records via these guys sooner rather than later—ego or not—is advised.
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