Beth Orton will kick off a seventeen-city North American tour on May 20th in Vancouver, British Columbia. The tour comes in support of her upcoming release Daybreaker, due July 30th.

Daybreaker is the follow-up to Orton's critically acclaimed second album, 1999's Central Reservation. Orton pulled out all the stops for the new album enlisting collaborators like Ryan Adams, the Chemical Brothers, Johnny Marr and Emmylou Harris. Ben Watt (Everything but the Girl) and Andy Bradfield mixed the album.

Beth Orton tour dates:

5/20: Vancouver, BC, Richards on Richards
5/21: Seattle, Showbox
5/22: Portland, OR, Aladdin Theater
5/24: San Francisco, The Fillmore
5/25: Mountain Aire, CA, Angels Camp/Calaveras County Fairgrounds
5/28: Los Angeles, House of Blues
6/1: Denver, Bluebird Theater
6/3: Minneapolis, Fine Line
6/4: Chicago, Metro
6/5: Detroit, St. Andrews
6/7: Toronto, Opera House
6/8: Montreal, Cafe Campus
6/10-11: New York, Bowery Ballroom
6/12: Boston, Paradise Rock Club
6/14: Philadelphia, Theater of Living Arts
6/15: Washington, DC, 9:30 Club

CHRISTINA SARACENO
(April 12, 2002)