Emmylou Harris Lines Up "Red Dirt Girl" Tour

Not counting her 1998 live album Spyboy, a second Trio collaboration with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, last year's Tucson Sessions duet album with Ronstadt, a Gram Parsons tribute album and too many guest appearances and charity benefits to keep count of, Emmylou Harris has kept a rather low profile in the five years since releasing her last studio solo album, the Grammy-winning Wrecking Ball. But the drought will soon be over for long-suffering fans of the silver-haired songbird. Harris' Red Dirt Girl, her Nonesuch Records debut, hits stores on Sept. 12. Six days later, she'll embark on a twenty-four-date theater tour, beginning with a three-night stand at New York's intimate Joe's Pub.

Following the completion of her solo tour, Harris will take a month off before joining Steve Earle, John Prine, Nanci Griffith , Mary Chapin Carpenter and Bruce Cockburn for a weeklong mini-tour benefiting the Campaign for a Landmine Free World charity.

Emmylou Harris' solo tour dates:

9/18-20: New York, NY, Joe's Pub
9/25: Santa Cruz, CA, The Catalyst
9/27: San Francisco, CA, The Fillmore
9/28: Portland, OR, Roseland Theater
9/29: Seattle, WA, Benaroya Hall
9/30: Vancouver, BC, Commodore Ballroom
10/3: Denver, CO, Fillmore Auditorium
10/5: Minneapolis, MN, Orpheum Theater
10/6: Chicago, IL, Vic Theater
10/7: Grand Rapids, MI, Calbin College
10/10: Toronto, Ontario, Music Hall Theater
10/11: Columbus, OH, Southern Theater
10/12: Greensburg, PA, Palace Theater
10/14: Washington, DC, Warner Theater
10/15: Glenside, PA, Keswick Theater
10/17: Boston, MA, Berklee Performance Center
10/18: New Brunswick, NJ, State Theater
10/19: New York, NY, Beacon Theater
10/21: Ashville, NC, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
10/22: Raleigh, NC, The Ritz
10/24: Atlanta, GA, Variety Playhouse
10/25: Nashville, TN, Ryman Auditorium

Campaign for a Landmine Free World tour dates:

12/2: Stamford, CT, Palace Theater
12/3: Ottawa, Ontario, National Center for the Arts - Opera House
12/4: Toronto, Ontario, Massey Hall
12/5: Burlington, VT, Flynn Theater
12/6: Providence, RI, Veterans Memorial Auditorium

RICHARD SKANSE
(August 29, 2000)