Punch Brothers announce a late winter/spring tour of North America in anticipation of their upcoming T Bone Burnett–produced album due early 2015, with stops in Nashville, Chicago, New York, Boston, and Vancouver, as well as three dates each in California and Texas (see full schedule below). The 23-city tour kicks off at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC on February 20, and continues through mid-April. A limited ticket pre-sale begins on Tuesday, November 18 here, with the username punchbrothers and password pb2015tour; tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, November 21. The concert ticket prices include a digital download of the new album in its entirety; the album track “I Blew It Off” is streaming below as a sneak peak. Additional tour dates and more information about the forthcoming Punch Brothers album will be announced shortly.

Punch Brothers was formed in 2006 by mandolinist/singer Chris Thile with four other virtuosic musicians: fiddler Gabe Witcher, banjo player Noam Pikelny, bassist Paul Kowert, and guitarist Chris Eldridge. Their first Nonesuch record, Punch, was released in 2008 and combined elements of the band’s many musical interests, including indie rock, folk, jazz, bluegrass, and classical music. In 2009 they all moved to New York City and began a regular, standing-room-only residency at the Living Room, trying out new songs as well as inspired covers; these shows ultimately spawned the Grammy-nominated Antifogmatic. Most recently the band released Who’s Feeling Young Now? of which Rolling Stone said, “The acoustic framework dazzles—wild virtuosity used for more than just virtuosity.”

PUNCH BROTHERS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR