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Nickel Creek books spring jaunt ahead of hiatus
Progressive bluegrass trio Nickel Creek has just announced its spring tour, which takes the band all over the US in April and May.
Dates begin April 12 in Savannah, GA, and wrap May 12 in Salt Lake City, UT, with multiple shows in Texas, Arizona and California along the way. The band has been tapped to play both of concert promoter Goldenvoice's massive desert festivals in Indio, CA: Coachella April 27 and the inaugural Stagecoach fest May 5. Nickel Creek also has Colorado's Four Corners Folk Festival on the books Sept. 2. Details are listed below.
Apparently, Nickel Creek's tour dates this year will be their last for a while. In August, the group members told Billboard that after seven straight years of touring, they plan to part ways indefinitely to focus on individual projects.
Mandolin player Chris Thile is currently on the road with his solo project, Chris Thile & The How to Grow a Band, through mid-March. Those dates are listed at Nickel Creek's website. The sibling team of guitarist Sean Watkins and violinist Sara Watkins have their side group, The Watkins Family Hour, and also have plans to branch out on their own.
Nickel Creek released its third Sugar Hill Records album, "Why Should the Fire Die?," in August 2005. The set, produced by Eric Valentine (Smash Mouth, Third Eye Blind), was nominated for a Grammy, as was the cut "Scotch and Chocolate." A few songs from the album are streaming at Nickel Creek's MySpace page, along with the band's live parody of Britney Spears' "Toxic."
In November, Nickel Creek released a best-of CD/DVD set titled "Reasons Why: The Very Best," which includes 14 tracks and seven videos.
April 2007
12 - Savannah, GA - Lucas Theatre for the Arts
13 - Live Oak, FL - Wanee Festival
15 - Mobile, AL - Saenger Theater
17 - Clinton, MS - Mississippi College Coliseum
20 - Houston, TX - Meridian
21 - Helotes, TX - Floores Country Store
23 - Santa Fe, NM - Lensic Performing Arts Center
24 - Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theater
26 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Arts Center
27 - Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
28 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
29 - Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Casino
May 2007
1 - Redding, CA - Cascade Theatre
2 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center
4 - Bakersfield, CA - Fox Theater
5 - Indio, CA - Stagecoach Festival
6 - Sacramento, CA - Crest Theater
7 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
10 - Seattle, WA - Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
11 - Boise, ID - Morrison Center for the Arts
12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Abravanel Hall
September 2007
2 - Pagosa Springs, CO - Four Corners Folk Festival