As we’ve previously reported, Gov’t Mule will be spending Halloween at Philly’s Tower Theater where all signs – and posters – point to a night of Rolling Stone covers. The Southern jam-titans have also added a handful of other October dates leading up to their All Hallows Eve performance in the City of Brotherly Love, with roots-blues-rocker Jackie Greene providing support for most of the brief run. While Jackie won’t be opening for Mule on the 31st, he’ll sit-in with the band throughout the night.
In other Mule news, the band has announced their first annual Island Exodus, which is set to take place from January 15-18 at The Grand Lido Negril Resort in Negril, Jamaica. The jam-cation will include three shows from Gov’t Mule, with Grace Potter & The Nocturnals providing opening duties, as well as a solo show from Warren Haynes.
Here are some more recently announced tours…
- Tool side-project Puscifer makes its touring debut
- Jackson Browne heads out for a solo acoustic run
- Mike Doughty will spend the month of October on the road
- Roots-rockers The Mother Hips criss-cross the country
- Zac Brown Band maps out a two month, twenty city trek
- Rockers Silversun Pickups line up a lengthy world tour
Finally, a diverse group of accomplished musicians, that includes members of Nickel Creek, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Cracker and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, have teamed up to form the bluegrass-roots collective the Works Progress Administration. The WPA, who will release their self-titled
