A run of intimate rooms awaits one of indie rock’s most distinctive voices this fall. Neko Case announced new “Neon Grey Midnight Green Tour” dates that begin on the East Coast and wind through the Midwest, including a stop at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium billed as Neko Case & Friends featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore, with more artists to be announced.
The tour closes with two shows in Case’s hometown of Tacoma, Washington, joined by legendary Pacific Northwest acts Girl Trouble and Team Dresch. Destroyer supports solo across most of the run. Presales start June 10 at 10:00am local time.
The dates coincide with a major new project. Case is the composer and lyricist for the forthcoming stage adaptation ‘Thelma & Louise: A New Musical’, having been personally selected by original screenwriter Callie Khouri to create the score and songs. The production premieres this fall at The Young Vic in London, running September 3 through October 24.
The tour also celebrates her ninth LP, ‘Neon Grey Midnight Green’, her most intimate-feeling album yet. Released last fall and quickly declared an essential entry in her catalog, it was laid down live with a full band, keeping even breaths and shirt-sleeve rustlings in the final mix as a reminder that humans were here. Case produced the record herself, noting how rare it is to see women, nonbinary, or trans producers treated as an option, and saying she’s proud to have done it.
Her memoir ‘The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You’ arrived last year, reaching No. 5 on The New York Times nonfiction best sellers list and landing on year-end best-of lists from Vulture, The Washington Post, Apple, and NPR. It’s a rich, prolific chapter for an artist working at the top of her craft.
Neon Grey Midnight Green Tour Dates:
Oct. 15 – Lexington, MA @ Cary Hall (with Destroyer)
Oct. 16 – Rockport, MA @ Shalin Liu Performance Center (with Destroyer)
Oct. 18 – Nashua, NH @ Nashua Center for the Arts (with Destroyer)
Oct. 19 – Moncton, NB @ Capitol Theatre (with Destroyer)
Oct. 20 – Fredericton, NB @ Fredericton Playhouse (with Destroyer)
Oct. 22 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ Bardavon 1869 Opera House
Oct. 23 – Cranston, RI @ The Park Theatre (with Destroyer)
Oct. 24 – Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall (with Destroyer)
Oct. 25 – Easton, MD @ Avalon Theatre (with Destroyer)
Oct. 27 – Bowling Green, OH @ Cla-Zel Theater (with Destroyer)
Oct. 30 – Nashville, TN @ The Ryman (with Destroyer)
Oct. 31 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre (with Destroyer)
Nov. 1 – Iowa City, IA @ The Englert (with Destroyer)
Nov. 2 – Fayetteville, AR @ Walton Arts Center’s Baum Walker Hall (with Destroyer)
Nov. 4 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom (with Destroyer)
Nov. 6 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal (with Destroyer)
Nov. 7 – Nelsonville, OH @ EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall (with Destroyer)
Nov. 8 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic (with Destroyer)
Nov. 11 – Tacoma, WA @ Spanish Ballroom (with Girl Trouble)
Nov. 12 – Tacoma, WA @ Spanish Ballroom (with Team Dresch)