American punk-poet-author-actor Henry Rollins announced his latest tour beginning on January 12 in Dublin, with the 45-date first North American leg departing from San Diego on February 17.
Rollins recently concluded an extended guest run as a white separatist thug, A.J. Weston, on the FX/Kurt Sutter biker drama, "Sons of Anarchy."
Following stops in Australia and South Africa, Henry returns for a second North American leg in mid-May.
As he did for last year’s Recountdown tour, artist Shepard Fairey designed the promotional posters for the Frequent Flyer Tour for Rollins..
"Since I was last on tour, I have been working in television and radio, traveling all over the world,” says Rollins. “And like everyone else, dealing with the changes America – and the world – is going through. I thought America would become a more peaceful place in 2009. I had no idea the country had so many lunatics. There's a lot to remark upon, of course. There always is."
Henry is not booked at the luxe George V in Paris for the tour. He tends to go to lesser-traveled places like Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Brunei, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, China, and Senegal.
These global experiences – like past excursions to such vacation hotspots as Pakistan, Myanmar, and Siberia – not only supply humorous anecdotes for his talking shows, but they shape and "inform" his worldview.
The tagline on Fairey’s tour poster sums Rollins' mantra, “Knowledge without mileage equals bullsh*t.”
Tickets for the tour go on sale December 4, with pre-sales available December 1 through Music Today. For pre-sale information, go to: here .
Henry will also return to South Africa where in 2008 he filmed his highly acclaimed special “Uncut from South Africa” for IFC. The following dates will be available soon through the local Computicket office: May 6 in Pretoria, May 7th at the Bassline in Newtown—Johannesburg and May 8th in Cape Town at Baxter Hall.
Rollins recently concluded an extended guest run as a white separatist thug, A.J. Weston, on the FX/Kurt Sutter biker drama, "Sons of Anarchy."
He continues to do his weekly radio show on L.A.’s revered NPR affiliate KCRW.
Rollins' latest book, A Mad Dash, is now available here , through his own 2.13.61 imprint.
Picking up where 2007’s A Preferred Blur left off, the tome is described as "a frenetic travelogue spanning over one hundred live performances and the filming of five documentaries on five continents."
Rollins blogs too, and has also been tracking his travels and sharing his thoughts on politics and the state of the world on his “Straight Talk Espresso” blog at VanityFair.com. To read Henry's blog at VanityFair.com, go here .
Dates for the first North American leg of the FREQUENT FLYER TOUR are as follows:
DATE CITY VENUE
Wed., Feb. 17 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern
Thu., Feb. 18 Phoenix, AZ Marquee
Fri., Feb. 19 Albuquerque, NM Kimo Theater
Sat., Feb. 20 El Paso, TX TBC
Sun., Feb. 21 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
Tue., Feb. 23 Houston, TX House of Blues
Wed., Feb. 24 Dallas, TX Lakewood Theater
Thu., Feb. 25 Little Rock, AR Juanita’s
Fri., Feb. 26 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
Sat., Feb. 27 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theater
Sun., Feb. 28 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Tue., Mar. 2 Clearwater, FL Capitol
Wed., Mar. 3 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Thu., Mar. 4 Orlando, FL House of Blues
Fri., Mar. 5 Charleston, SC Music Farm
Sat., Mar. 6 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
Sun., Mar. 7 Richmond, VA The National
Tue., Mar. 9 Washington, DC Birchmere
Wed., Mar. 10 Washington, DC Birchmere
Thu., Mar. 11 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
Fri., Mar. 12 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Sat., Mar. 13 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Tue., Mar. 16 Bayshore, NY Boulton Center
Wed., Mar. 17 Somerville, MA Somerville Theater
Thu., Mar. 18 Portland, ME Space 538
Fri. Mar. 19 Halifax, NS Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Sat., Mar. 20 Moncton, NB Capitol Theatre
Mon., Mar. 22 Montreal, QC Le National
Tue., Mar. 23 Ottawa, ON Bronson Centre
Wed., Mar. 24 Kingston, ON Sydenham St. United Church
Thu., Mar. 25 Kitchener, ON Conrad Centre
Fri., Mar. 26 Toronto, ON Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Sat., Mar. 27 Syracuse, NY Westcott Theater
Sun., Mar. 28 Ithaca, NY Castaways
Tue., Mar. 30 State College, PA State Theater
Wed. Mar. 31 Pittsburgh, PA Hazlett Theater
Thu., Apr. 1 Kent, OH Kent Stage
Fri., Apr. 2 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
Sat., Apr. 3 Newport, KY Historic Southgate House
Sun., Apr. 4 Lexington, KY Buster’s
Mon., Apr. 5 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theater
Wed., Apr. 7 Chicago, IL Vic Theater
Thu., Apr. 8 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
Fri., Apr. 9 Madison, WI Barrymore Theater
Your Talkback on this Story