Tyler Childers & Sturgill Simpson to Tour Together in 2020
***UPDATE: Sturgill Simpson / Tyler Childers Tour Being Revealed Via Local Posters: UPDATE***
Sturgill Simpson made his fourth appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast Monday night (9-30), and revealed that he and Tyler Childers will be touring together in 2020. “We’re going to do a full U.S. tour starting mid to late February, with myself and a young man named Tyler Childers opening,” Sturgill told Joe Rogan at the beginning of the second hour of the podcast (see below), with Rogan responding “I love [Tyler Childers]. Big fan of that dude … I was listening to his ‘Purgatory’ album on the way over here.” Rogan has also been touting Tyler Childers via Instagram lately.
The tour is said to be about 40 dates, and will be behind the new album Sound & Fury Sturgill Simpson just released. Ahead of the tour, Sturgill Simpson is playing six teaser club dates on the east and west coast to raise awareness of the new record, as well as to raise funds for the Special Forces Foundation, with proceeds from the six dates going to the nonprofit. Along with The Troubadour in L.A. where Sturgill played September 29th, he’s playing San Rafael and San Francisco in California this Tuesday and Wednesday, then Brooklyn on October 6th, The Black Cat in Washington D.C. on October 7th, and the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey on October 8th. All shows are sold out.
Sturgill Simpson also brought his band onto the Joe Rogan podcast, as well as Green Beret Medic Justin Laseck, who is a wounded veteran that lost both legs below the knees and his testicles in combat, and is traveling with Sturgill Simpson to speak at the concerts. “Around an album release, if I’m going to have a bunch of attention on me, I thought it would be a good opportunity to put attention on what other people can do to help these guys and their families,” Sturgill said. He met Justin Laseck when he visited the Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland. “The place is full of guys like him. And then when I went back, it was all new faces,” Sturgill said. “There’s got to be something you can do to help in whatever way.”
Justin Laseck gives a detailed account of his story at about the 31-minute mark of the podcast. Other members on his squad were killed in the same incident and he speaks about the importance of what Sturgill is trying to do for the families of the fallen.
Also of interest from the podcast, just in case you were worried Sturgill’s next move would be to make a hip-hop record, he tells Joe Rogan, “Oh God no. There’s just so many other people that should do it other than me. I would love to, but no. I would love to produce a hip-hop record, and get the rappers to do the actual art. [But] rapping? Sturg-Ill?”
Simpson also tells the story of how he was the victim of a home invasion in Nashville twice in as many days, and caught the would-be burglar in his house and sighted him down with an assault rifle (at the 52-minute mark). Sturgill also explains that the reason Sound & Fury took so long to release was to wait for the animated film to be finished after he first approached one of the filmmakers just to make a couple of videos for the project. Sturgill also said of producing Tyler Childers, “I just stood around in the control room and pretended to do stuff.”
Expect the dates for the Sturgill Simpson / Tyler Childers tour to be released soon. The whole Joe Rogan podcast can be seen below.
Billy Wayne Ruddick
October 1, 2019 @ 6:35 pm
Class act. That will be a great show, and interesting comment about his production work with Tyler, given all the ridiculous “sturgill waaaay overproduced the album” comments here and elsewhere.
Hopefully they can get the scalper / ticket reseller issue figured out, like he did for these handful of shows he is currently doing.
H.P. @ Hillbilly Highways
October 2, 2019 @ 4:19 am
The only answer for this is more seats.
Bubba
October 2, 2019 @ 4:43 am
He didn’t really do anything special for those shows to stop scalpers. Most of the secondary sites refuse to sell charity event tickets.
Billy Wayne Ruddick
October 2, 2019 @ 8:09 am
My understanding…and maybe it was for only a few of the shows…was that there was a 2 ticket max, and all tickets had to be picked up at will call day of show. At several stops on his tour last year, including the one I went to at a decent sized theater, when you bought tickets they told you it would either be will call or emailed to you the week of the show. The woman at the box office said this was at the band’s request. So, he is cognizant of the issue. There are ways to minimize it, but I think it’s just a matter of how much power the band has to make that call vs. ticketmaster and the promoter / venue itself.
Billy Wayne Ruddick
October 2, 2019 @ 8:13 am
From the venue website where he is playing tonight: “There will be a limit of 2 tickets per household. All tickets are will-call only pickup, non-transferable, and only available for pickup on the day of the show after 6PM at the venue box office. All ticket holders must arrive together and the ID and credit card must match the info used for purchase.”
Thass
October 1, 2019 @ 6:40 pm
Oh god, those tickets are going to be insanely expensive on third party sites
Big Cat
October 1, 2019 @ 6:41 pm
Well this will be completely badass
Gina
October 1, 2019 @ 6:50 pm
Amazing. Cannot wait for this.
63Guild
October 1, 2019 @ 6:53 pm
Awesome interview, it always seems like when Sturgill is on Rogan he let’s his guard down because he’s just shooting the shit with a friend and you learn more about the man and what drives him in music.
Jayson
October 1, 2019 @ 6:54 pm
Alright Trigger, let us the Sturgill review. I mean we got a Zac Brown review for gods sake, and that turd didn’t deserve your time.
Jack Young
October 1, 2019 @ 7:07 pm
Seriously dude? What’s your issue with Zach Bryan?
Jayson
October 1, 2019 @ 7:15 pm
Zac Brown?
Jayson
October 1, 2019 @ 7:16 pm
Zac Browns music is dog sausage. Zach Bryan is phenomenal.
Matt
October 5, 2019 @ 5:45 pm
Zach Bryan (whom I listened to for the first time last night, thanks to a mention from an SCM commenter) is truly unbelievable. What a year this has been for new music.
Jack Young
October 1, 2019 @ 10:03 pm
Shit I read it as “Zach Bryan”, I guess I’ve just completely tuned out anything “Zac Brown” related hahaha, my apologies sir!
Mike
October 1, 2019 @ 7:19 pm
Don’t forget to stop in Lexington, KY.!!!
Crum
October 1, 2019 @ 7:46 pm
Was listening on my drive home and felt my heart rate spike when he announced the tour. I don’t know how I’m going to get tickets before the scalpers, but hopefully Sturg has a plan in place. Logged in to get Childers tickets the minute the pre-sale opened up and they were already long gone.
Andrew
October 1, 2019 @ 8:22 pm
Sound & Fury is a great rock record (those words are intentional). Well done on the optics of not writing about it.
I have a theory that he is going to make a hard pivot back into country soonish and really stir some shit up. He’s got true outlaw in him. The surprisingly good rock record is just a part of the point he’s trying to make. And it gives him a new fan base to go along with his country one (the rock mags love this record). You’re gonna need both to take down Nashville.
Do you think it’s an accident his only other recent release was a sneaky fantastic song in the “country as ****” genre? Or that he has stated he has 2 or 3 things in the works? Or that he did a bluegrass show at the Opry?
As a last point on this, look to the symbolic stuff going on in the new record’s cover art and Sturgills words in the article below:
https://countrymusicnation.com/sturgill-simpson-utterly-disgusted-with-acm-over-merle-haggard-award
“Fuck this town. I’m moving”
Ryan
October 2, 2019 @ 6:52 am
He’s mentioned that would like to do a straight bluegrass album sometime in the future,
And that he is sitting on 2 or 3 more albums.
So yeah anything is possible
toddxolsen
October 2, 2019 @ 8:07 am
He’s also said in the past he was only going to do five records, which means he just wasted one on that cross between Marilyn Manson/Techno/Nine Inch Nails garbage.
Billy Wayne Ruddick
October 2, 2019 @ 9:28 am
He has said a lot of weird and tongue in cheek things over the years. That 5 record thing was one of them.
63Guild
October 2, 2019 @ 9:48 am
Sturgill is an unreliable narrator
jjazznola
October 3, 2019 @ 12:52 pm
Nine Inch Nails are garbage? What stupidity. And this new Sturgill album, which is great by the way and easily his best so far, sounds NOTHING like the artists you mention. Not one bit.
JohnS
October 1, 2019 @ 8:48 pm
This whole year I decided to leave country music behind as well as most music. I mean, as a real country fan I obviously wasn’t liking the mainstream, but then again I was in a few real country music fan pages on Facebook, but the attitude I was getting was that the fans on those pages mostly seemed to act like they were better than everybody else who didn’t like country-briefly felt like I was in a cult when I was once part of Cody Jinks’s Blacksheep fanpage because of that and how strict and unforgiving the mods and admins proved to me whenever we said anything that wasn’t of obvious praise to the artist or his circle. Well, living in California, I figured that well, people here do like real music that not only isn’t country but isn’t supposed to be. So in recent months I just figured that music for me just better be background stuff. I seriously was so disinterested due to lifestyle changes.. We actually lost my old go-to mainstream station out in Sacramento that was replaced by a Spanish Language Regional Mexican station- that only added fuel to the fire of disinterest- but then I saw a tweet today from Joe Rogan teasing for us listeners to hear Sturgill’s new album. I may hear the new album- maybe or maybe not- was pissed at him for that activism stuff he did a while back- which may be a drive for his new music. But after hearing Rogan it was like the common mentality and feeling people have when they see “the ex is looking hot again.” Maybe-maybe not- I know Sturgill’s doing his new direction that I was no fan of during his previous album- but I just wanted to pop in and read this and drop out how I felt- because I see how influenced some are and/or have been when they see Sturgill live and hear his music. Whatever. Haha
jjazznola
October 1, 2019 @ 9:06 pm
that activism stuff? Sticking up for his beliefs which were spot on?
Billy Wayne Ruddick
October 1, 2019 @ 9:13 pm
Exactly. The guy literally spent 30 seconds answering a direct question from a fan about trump during a livestream on Facebook. And that is considered activism? ….or maybe you are referring to something else?
Dirk
October 2, 2019 @ 11:10 am
That whole Facebook stream and stunt was a terrible idea. Sitting outside of the CMA’s with his Grammy implying he was snubbed, when he didn’t even enter his record for consideration… Hell, Jason Isbell won best record at that same show… Also find it funny that the same guy who was a devout country purist, chirping against corporate music and the phoniness of show business is now making electronic music with Netflix and acting on network TV shows and movies… Good for him for exploring all available options though, I guess?
Billy Wayne Ruddick
October 2, 2019 @ 12:36 pm
I’m not certain on how the CMA’s work (Trigger probably knows), but I would be surprised if he’d pull that stunt if that were the case. Also, he mentioned to a reporter that they should do a story on why he was snubbed, after winning a grammy, which would be kind of an odd thing if it were indeed his choice to not be considered for an award.
Most importantly, your “devout country purist” label couldn’t be further from the truth. Sturgill has gone out of his way to NOT enter into the conversation of “this is real country, and country radio is crap”. He has purposefully avoided it in interviews. And he has never said he is a country purist. He is anti corporate as it relates to music, and he has always done albums his own way..including this one. This album isn’t “electronic” music, and the movie aspect came together several months after the album was done and was the result of his personal love of anime and connections he made with some of Japan’s top anime creators. It was their initial idea to do the full album, not Sturgill’s.
Trigger
October 2, 2019 @ 1:34 pm
Sturgill Simpson never said that he didn’t submit his record to be considered for the CMAs. He said once that he didn’t know if it was submitted. Nonetheless, an awards show organization can consider whomever they want. Also, I’m not sure Sturgill was protesting being snubbed. The bigger motivation was the CMA’s telling reporters to not ask questions about gun violence.
Jason Isbell never won for Best Album. “The Nashville Sound” was just nominated.
MH
October 2, 2019 @ 7:42 am
JohnS,
You said:
“but the attitude I was getting was that the fans on those pages mostly seemed to act like they were better than everybody else….”
Then said:
“Well, living in California, I figured that well, people here do like real music…”
Maybe you really did belong in those groups?
jjazznola
October 1, 2019 @ 9:03 pm
Some say Tyler should headline? Laughable.I saw them both last year. Tyler was good but he is NOWHERE in the same league as Sturgill who is on fire with his band and his killer new album which will be on many best of lists at years end. Can’t wait to see this tour!
wonkabar23
October 1, 2019 @ 9:05 pm
If Tyler is playing 4-5000 capacity rooms, then my guess is the two of them are going to play arenas together.
Jack Williams
October 2, 2019 @ 5:48 am
Or maybe big amphitheaters. The last time I saw Sturgill was at Merriweather Post Pavilion in MD. Capacity 19,000. The seated section looked full, but there was room on the lawn. Childers last played The Anthem in DC, which is about 5,000, but he sold it out pretty quick.
Tex Hex
October 2, 2019 @ 7:46 am
Tyler hasn’t played Anthem quite yet (6,000 capacity). That show is coming up in December. I recall it took a little time to sell out. It wasn’t instantaneous, but still very impressive.
I was really lucky to get tickets to Sturgill Simpson at the Black Cat next week (700 capacity). That show sold out pretty much instantaneously. I was riding that refresh button on the tickets page when they went on sale and timed it perfectly.
I suspect Sturgill and Tyler on the same bill would play, and sell out, Capital One Arena early next year (20,000 capacity).
Jack Williams
October 2, 2019 @ 8:09 am
Oh, that’s right. December. I guess I just unconsciously counted it as over because I didn’t get tickets (Snoozed and lost).
Congrats on the Black Cat tickets. I imagine that’s going to be fucking loud. Probably the best Sturgill I’ve seen (six total) was a few blocks away at the 9:30 Club in January 2015. The Birchmere show several months earlier was great, too. He was more chatty at that one and it was the last time I got to speak to him (first was Hill Country BBQ in 2013). Was hoping Childers would do one there a while back, but he jumped from the Rock And Roll Hotel to the 9:30 Club (slept on that one, too). His trajectory in the DC area has been faster than Isbell and Sturgill, who each did one show at the Birchmere before moving up.
Could be Capital One Arena or maybe Jiffy Lube Live. The latter is easier for me to get to, but of course, much harder to get out of. So I’m hoping for Capital One Arena . And it would be cool to see them at the Arena. And I won’t sleep on this one.
Tex Hex
October 2, 2019 @ 8:58 am
Thanks, yeah, Sturgill at Black Cat will be a blast, but I hate that venue. It’s more of a bare bones punk rock venue, with less than stellar sound and bad sight lines (low ceiling and low stage). I wish Sturgill would’ve gone with the 9:30 Club. Would’ve sold out just as quick, raised more benefit money, and been a better experience for more fans.
I was thinking Capital One Arena for Sturgill and Tyler because it’s indoors, and the tour is supposed to kick off in February when it’s still pretty cold out. Not sure many outdoor arenas on the east coast, like Jiffy Lube Live, open until later in the spring/summer, but I could be wrong.
Speaking of which, Jiffy Lube Live has long been regarded as the worst amphitheater in the DMV, but I saw Stapleton at the newly renovated Merriweather this past summer and I absolutely hate what they did to the place (worse traffic getting in and out, longer lines everywhere, worse sight lines etc.). In retrospect, I much preferred my experience seeing Stapleton last year at Jiffy Lube Live (even though getting out of the parking lot after the show still took over an hour).
Jack Williams
October 2, 2019 @ 9:21 am
Yeah, I heard The Black Cat wasn’t the best and noticed the low ceiling and stage in some pictures on their site when I was considering going to see someone there.
You’re probably about it being too cold for an outdoor venue. Wasn’t thinking about that. I hope it is Capital One, then. Could be Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, too, but that’s about 15,000 capacity, I think.
Leigh
October 2, 2019 @ 1:13 pm
I’M SO BUMMED! I sat in the parking lot at work and kept hitting refresh and didn’t get any tickets. BIG SAD FACE! I may just FanGirl and hang out outside the Black Cat begging for tickets. I’m a Veteran- wonder if that would help! 🙂
Trigger
October 2, 2019 @ 9:13 am
Sturgill did say in the Joe Rogan interview that her hates playing amphitheaters, or “sheds” because everyone in the front is sitting down, and then there’s a picnic going on up the hill, and it distracts from the mood. Also, if the tour is going to start in the winter, a lot of these venues won’t be open yet. Venue selection is going to be very interesting here. It could break a number of different ways.
Koozie
October 2, 2019 @ 6:20 am
Tyler’s not just playing those size rooms – they’re selling out in minutes. Hope he’s working on his show for those 10-15,000 seat venues, because that’s where he’s headed very quickly.
IAN
October 1, 2019 @ 11:14 pm
First time I saw Sturgill play live was in a room with 300 people. The next time was in a room that held 3,000. I fear the days of the small intimate shows are over.
Bootsman
October 2, 2019 @ 2:39 am
Just bought my tickets for both Tyler and Sturgill. Tyler’s show is in a 500 cap. venue and Sturgill plays a 2000 cap venue in Amsterdam. Shouldn’t get any bigger than that.
Cameron
October 2, 2019 @ 3:16 am
lol they were all high af in this podcast.
Toddxolsen
October 2, 2019 @ 3:55 am
TC is really doing Sturgill a favor agreeing to be seen with him in public after releasing that god awful record.
Craig
October 2, 2019 @ 6:06 am
Man I’d hate to box myself into one genre only and completely write off anything other than country as “god awful”. As a fan of Sturgill, not just country, I think his new album is killer!
toddxolsen
October 2, 2019 @ 8:03 am
A wise man once said to me “Don’t listen, what you think you know…”, you ought to heed his advice.
I have not boxed myself into any one genre, I learned of SS from his rock outfit Sunday Valley which was moderately heavy Southern Rock with quite an awful lot of punk/metal influences, not as a country artist for starters.
I was raised on rock and roll CCR, Skynyrd, the band, etc. I cut my teeth as a young man promoting and touring with punk and hardcore bands. I’ve listened to plenty of metal, rap, blue grass, new orleans jazz etc. I enjoy all sorts of music. I do not dislike Sturgill Simpson’s new music because it is not country, because as I mentioned before I appreciate him more as a rocker than as a country singer. I dislike that album because it is some of the worst music I’ve ever heard in my life and as a former concert promoter I have had some god awful demo tapes sent to me in my day.
SS will still be up there as one of the top five artists of MY TIME in my opinion. Doesn’t change the fact that that record ain’t worth the 1’s and 0’s it was recorded on.
Kjell
October 2, 2019 @ 9:35 am
Take out your hearing aids and give it another spin
Toddxolsen
October 2, 2019 @ 9:36 am
Still dog shit
Randomjed
October 3, 2019 @ 8:12 am
Nah. It’s great. You can’t draw absolutes, friend. It’s fine for you not to like it but I think it’s an awesome departure.
Juke
October 2, 2019 @ 8:52 am
True. Even as a rock record it’s bad.
jjazznola
October 2, 2019 @ 10:28 am
That “god awful record” is easily his best and will be on many best of lists at year’s end. You obviously just don’t get it or refuse to open your ears.
Toddxolsen
October 2, 2019 @ 10:40 am
Thanks for letting us know you have bad taste in music. Noted*
Sorry Rolling Stone’s best of list has never and will never be on my radar.
jjazznola
October 3, 2019 @ 12:55 pm
Who said anything about Rolling Stone? And I have bad taste because I like an album that is getting across the board rave reviews? OK!
Toddxolsen
October 3, 2019 @ 4:01 pm
Anyone who cares about “best of lists” is clearly some product of the music industry bullshit this record is actually railing against like rolling stone and whatever other slaves to main stream record labels throw out arbitrary best of lists based on whatever payola the labels feed them as opposed to what’s actually quality music.
jjazznola
October 3, 2019 @ 9:01 pm
My point was that you may think this is a lousy album many others including myself totally disagree. No idea what the rest of your tirade was about.
scott
October 2, 2019 @ 5:27 am
A country show for the first half. Cool…
Oyster Boy
October 2, 2019 @ 6:25 am
Can’t wait to read the contortions and pretzel logic used to (undoubtedly) praise the new Simpson album in the upcoming review.
Jack Williams
October 2, 2019 @ 6:31 am
And I can’t wait for more comments in this vain, as they are just as predictable.
Dylan Rimbaud
October 2, 2019 @ 7:43 am
since when is doing what you want and following your creative vision considered ‘pretzel logic’ ? Sturgill does what he wants ,simple as that – i don’t care for the new album either but i respect him for following his own path and not simply churning out more of what is expected.
Trigger
October 2, 2019 @ 9:27 am
I would appreciate if people would not assume my opinions on the new Sturgill Simpson record until I have shared them. I have a review forthcoming, but since it was such a busy release day last Friday and there were some very important albums released in the country realm, I wanted to prioritize them first instead of them getting overshadowed by Sturgill. The reason I chose to report on this particular news is because obviously it’s very relevant to the country world if Tyler and Sturgill tour together, regardless of what anyone thinks about Sturgill’s new record. It would have been a dereliction of my duty to not report on it.
I appreciate that so many people want to know my opinion on the new Sturgill record, and I will share it when I know the work has been fully regarded and my opinions can be thoughtful and judicious.
Thank you.
63Guild
October 2, 2019 @ 9:51 am
Out of curiosity Trig is the review going to include the film as well?
Trigger
October 2, 2019 @ 10:05 am
Yes.
And the fact that there’s also a film to consider, and I didn’t get a preview copy of either the album or the film means I was never going to post a review immediately after the release. One of the side effects of some of these artists signing to major label is majors don’t like to hand out any review copies since they’re worried about leaks.
63Guild
October 2, 2019 @ 10:16 am
Appreciate the response Trig, Rome wasnt built in a day and neither is your ability to review all albums at the same time.
Matt Rutledge
October 2, 2019 @ 8:34 pm
Good work Kyle. You know what I’m taking about.
Mark Tembreull
October 2, 2019 @ 10:22 am
WHAT is the deal with the ‘Future Country’ shirts Sturgill and the band were all wearing during the podcast though??
jjazznola
October 2, 2019 @ 10:34 am
Although Sturgill said otherwise, him and his band were on fire for their first show of 2019 playing the entire new album plus many old faves. Here is fan made video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEEJcxfRlxc
JB-Chicago
October 3, 2019 @ 7:02 am
Nice opening statement………
“If you’re wearing a cowboy hat and you heard the record and ya came anyway thank you very much”
Craig
October 3, 2019 @ 8:34 am
Sound and Fury is a hillbilly record. Meaning that it was written by a hillbilly with a hill sensibility. It’s all over the record. I’m as curious as anyone to hear what trigger thinks but imo it’s the prog rock equivalent of burning down the company store and I get it and dig it.
jjazznola
October 3, 2019 @ 1:33 pm
This is not a show I’d want to see in a seated venue. Or at least a big GA/Standing Room section and seats for those who choose to sit. I’ve seen both artists over the last year and a half and I would not want to sit for either one.
Jorge hernandez
October 6, 2019 @ 2:12 pm
Are you guys going to be coming to Kansas City or close to Kansas City would love to check you guys out live heard you guys put on a hell of a show !!
JB-Chicago
October 12, 2019 @ 11:39 pm
Sarah Shook and The Disarmers are opening for Tyler on December 28th in Pikeville, KY
She tore it up here last night debuting 3 new songs. It would be incredible if Sturgill & Tyler could squeeze them in for a few opening spots on the mega tour. They’d be perfect for the bill. Certainly there has to be an opener for all dates. Why not make it a package?
Trigger
October 12, 2019 @ 11:47 pm
The rumor is that this will be a mid-sized arena tour. If that’s the case, there will definitely be some capacity to put a 25-minute opener on the dates if Tyler and Sturgill are so inclined. However Sturgill has been VERY picky about openers in the past, including having comedians and DJs opening for him because he didn’t want to have too much music.