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Vince Gll plans acoustic tour

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 – Vince Gill will go the acoustic route on a tour starting in mid-August and ending near Thanksgiving. The tour is being billed as A Special Acoustic Evening With Vince Gill. Accompanied only by pianist Pete Wasner and percussionist Billy Thomas,Gill will present an array of his songs along with some new material. genuine warmth.

"In 2006 and 2007, I toured with a 17-piece band so I could reproduce the sounds of These Days, the new album I'd made," Gill said, "And it was a lot of fun. This year, I'm not out promoting a new album so I wanted to do something really different. Recently I saw James Taylor on his tour. It was a kind of one-man band show, with just him, a piano player and all those great songs. I really enjoyed watching it, and I knew I would enjoy performing in that setting as well. So I'm going to tour basically the same way - pared down and informal."

Tour dates are:
Aug. 18 / Wellington, OH / Lorain County Fair
Aug. 20 / Westbury, NY / Capital One Bank Theatre at Westbury
Aug. 21 / Morristown, NJ / Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts
Aug. 22 / Chautauqua, NY / Chautauqua Institution
Aug. 23 / Highmount, NY / Belleayre Mountain Ski Center
Aug. 24 / Torrington, CT / Warner Theatre
Aug. 27 / Williamsport, PA / Community Arts Center
Aug. 28 / Lancaster, PA / American Music Theatre
Aug. 29 / Hyannis, MA / Cape Cod Melody Tent
Aug. 30 / Cohasset, MA / South Shore Music Circus
Aug. 31 / Hampton Beach, NH / Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Sept. 17 / Wausau, WI / Grand Theatre On Arts Block
Sept. 18 / Joliet, IL / Rialto Square Theatre
Sept. 19 / Arnold, MO / Rickman Auditorium
Sept. 20 / Mason City, IA / North Iowa Community College Auditorium
Sept. 21 / Kansas City, MO / Midland Theatre
Sept. 23 / Ashland, KY / Paramount Arts Center
Sept. 24 / Bloomington, IN / Indiana University Auditorium
Sept. 25 / Wabash, IN / Honeywell Center
Sept. 26 / Cincinnati, OH / Aronoff Center for the Arts
Sept 27 / Muncie, IN / Emens Auditorium
Oct. 21 / Mesa, AZ / Mesa Arts Center - Ikeda Theater
Oct. 22 / Palm Desert, CA / McCallum Theatre For The Performing Arts
Oct. 23 / Bakersfield, CA / Majestic Fox Theater
Oct. 24 / Turlock, CA / Turlock Community Theatre
Oct. 25 / Los Angeles, CA / Walt Disney Concert Hall
Oct. 26 / Visalia, CA / Visalia Fox Theatre
Oct. 28 / Escondido, CA / California Center for the Arts
Oct. 29 / Santa Rosa, CA / Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
Oct. 30 / Monterey, CA / Golden State Theatre
Nov. 1 / Greeley, CO / Union Colony Civic Center
Nov. 2 / Denver, CO / Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
Nov. 15 / Clearwater, FL / Ruth Eckerd Hall
Nov. 16 / Melbourne, FL / King Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 18 / West Palm Beach, FL / Raymond Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 19 / Jacksonville, FL / Florida Theatre
Nov. 20 / Spartanburg, SC / Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
Nov. 21 / Salem, VA / Salem Civic Center
Nov. 22 / Virginia Beach, VA / Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 23-24 Alexandria, VA / The Birchmere

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These Days

To put this release into perspective, it would take Axl Rose the better half of a century to issue the same amount of material. Fortunately, Vince Gill is about as prolific as they come these days, and this daring four-disc release only is further proof of that. Each disc is divvied up depending on his mood, with the opening "Working On A Big Chill" album being "The Rockin' Record." And this album sets things off right with the lovely mid-tempo and groovy title track. »»»

Next Big Thing

Vince Gill has nothing to be bitter about in the face of his declining success. His mantle groans with over a dozen Grammys and a boatload of CMA statues, and then there's the matter of 22 million in sales over the course of his career. If the massive hits are fewer and farther between, it's onlynatural in an industry that's always looking toward a youthful fire to stokeits furnace. And that's essentially the message that Gill sends with The Next Big Thing. On the choogling roadhouse romp of the »»»

High Lonesome Sound

Vince Gill used to be one of Nashville's rare triple threats: an outstanding singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. On this album, though, while the guitar-playing is sometimes hot, and Gill's voice can still send shivers down the listener's spine, the songwriting is sorely lacking. The first single, "High Lonesome Sound," is just one big bluegrass cliche, and even a beautiful melody and Gill's higher-than-the-heavens vocals can't save "Pretty Little Adriana" from its trite lyrics. »»»

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