Conor Oberst has unveiled the third video from his new album Upside Down Mountain. You can watch the enigmatic short for "Common Knowledge," a companion piece to the album's first video, "Zigzagging Toward the Light," here. The video's release comes just a few days before he embarks on the second leg of a coast-to-coast US tour, beginning September 14 in Salt Lake City. Oberst will release two previously unheard songs, “Standing on the Outside Looking In” and “Sugar Street” for this year's Black Friday Record Store Day on November 28.
Conor Oberst has unveiled the third video from his critically acclaimed new album, Upside Down Mountain. You can watch the enigmatic short for "Common Knowledge," a companion piece to the album's first video, "Zigzagging Toward the Light," below. The video's release comes just a few days before he embarks on the second leg of a coast-to-coast US tour, beginning September 14 in Salt Lake City.
Oberst will release two previously unheard songs, “Standing on the Outside Looking In” and “Sugar Street”—recorded during the Upside Down Mountain sessions—for this year's Black Friday Record Store Day on November 28. Watch this space for details.
Upside Down Mountain, his debut album for Nonesuch Records, was released in May and has been hailed by critics as a creative triumph for the Bright Eyes frontman. To pick up a copy of the album, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where vinyl and CD orders include a free MP3 download of the complete album at checkout.
The fall tour, featuring special guest Jonathan Wilson, will make stops in Salt Lake City, Austin, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, and more. Los Angeles fans can see him play a very special co-headline show with folk legend John Prine at the Greek Theater on October 5. See below for all of the currently scheduled dates.
| Sep 14 | Red Butte Garden* | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Sep 16 | Boulder Theater* | Boulder, CO |
| Sep 18 | Cain's Ballroom* | Tulsa, OK |
| Sep 19 | House of Blues* | Houston, TX |
| Sep 20 | Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheatre* | Austin, TX |
| Sep 21 | Annette Strauss Square* | Dallas, TX |
| Sep 23 | Sunshine Theatre* | Albuquerque, NM |
| Sep 24 | Belly Up* | Aspen, CO |
| Sep 25 | Mishawaka Amphitheatre* | Bellevue, CO |
| Sep 27 | Knitting Factory* | Boise, ID |
| Sep 28 | Knitting Factory* | Spokane, WA |
| Sep 30 | Showbox at the Market* | Seattle, WA |
| Oct 1 | Crystal Ballroom* | Portland, OR |
| Oct 3 | Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park | San Francisco, CA |
| Oct 4 | The Fillmore* | San Francisco, CA |
| Oct 5 | Greek Theatre** | Los Angeles, CA |
| Oct 11 | Corona Capital Music Festival | Mexico City, MEXICO |
* w/ special guest Jonathan Wilson
** w/ John Prine
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