Yola was named among "the best things we saw" at Farm Aid 2019 by both Rolling Stone, noting "her powerhouse vocals," and Billboard, which reports of the festival's "breakthrough artist": "An imposing presence with a massive, gospel-fired voice, Yola held the midday crowd riveted with songs from her debut album Walk Through Fire." One such festival performance, of the song "It Ain't Easier," can be seen here. It has just been announced that she will perform at Holiday Cheer for FUV at the Beacon Theatre in NYC in December and at Chris Stapleton's benefit concert in Kentucky next April. Fittingly, Yola has been nominated as Live Act of the Year in the UK's Independent Festival Awards.
Yola was named among "the best things we saw" at Farm Aid 2019 by both Rolling Stone, noting "her powerhouse vocals," and Billboard, which reports of the festival's "breakthrough artist": "An imposing presence with a massive, gospel-fired voice, Yola held the midday crowd riveted with songs from her debut album Walk Through Fire." One such song performance, of the album track "It Ain't Easier," was captured at last month's event at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin, and can be seen below.
Two new audiences will get the chance to see this breakthrough star, as it has just been announced that she will perform at Holiday Cheer for FUV at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on December 10 to benefit WFUV, and at Chris Stapleton's concert at the University of Kentucky next April to benefit his charity Outlaw State of Kind Hometown Fund. Yola will be at the Austin City Limits festival this coming weekend. She leads a special conversation and performance at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on October 16 and is Kacey Musgraves' special guest in concert at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on October 25. See below for details and visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
Fittingly, it has also just been announced that Yola has been nominated as Live Act of the Year in the UK's Independent Festival Awards. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in Sheffield on November 6.
To pick up a copy of Walk Through Fire, head to your local record store, iTunes, Amazon, the Easy Eye Sound Store, or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout. You can also hear the album now on Spotify and Apple Music.
| Oct 13 | Austin City Limits Festival | Austin, TX |
| Oct 16 | Grammy Museum | Los Angeles, CA |
| Oct 25 | Bridgestone Arena† | Nashville, TN |
| Nov 3 | Leeds O2^ | Leeds, UK |
| Nov 4 | Olympia^ | Dublin, IRELAND |
| Nov 6 | Glasgow O2^ | Glasgow, UK |
| Nov 7 | Newcastle O2^ | Newcastle, UK |
| Nov 9 | Mountford Hall^ | Liverpool, UK |
| Nov 10 | Rock City^ | Nottingham, UK |
| Nov 12 | AFAS Live^ | Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS |
| Nov 13 | Le Zenith^ | Paris, FRANCE |
| Nov 15 | Lotto Arena^ | Antwerp, BELGIUM |
| Nov 16 | Lido | Berlin, GERMANY |
| Nov 17 | Stage Club | Hamburg, GERMANY |
| Nov 18 | KB Hallen^ | Copenhagen, DENMARK |
| Nov 20 | Palladium^ | Cologne, GERMANY |
| Nov 21 | Zenith^ | Munich, GERMANY |
| Nov 22 | Santeria Toscana 31 | Milan, ITALY |
| Nov 24 | Alcatraz^ | Milan, ITALY |
| Nov 26 | Sant Jordi Club^ | Barcelona, SPAIN |
| Nov 28 | Café de la Danse | Paris, FRANCE |
| Nov 30 | Oran Mor | Glasgow, UK |
| Dec 1 | Olympia Theatre | Dublin, IRELAND |
| Dec 3 | Gorilla | Manchester, UK |
| Dec 4 | Islington Assembly Hall | London, UK |
| Dec 10 | Holiday Cheer for FUV @ Beacon Theatre | New York, NY |
| Dec 11 | Garcias at The Capitol | Port Chester, NY |
| Dec 30&31 | Ryman Auditorium* | Nashville, TN |
| Jan 7 | The Sinclair | Cambridge, MA |
| Jan 10 | 9:30 Club | Washington, DC |
| Jan 11 | World Cafe Live | Philadelphia, PA |
| Jan 12 | Horseshoe Tavern | Toronto, ON |
| Jan 14 | SPACE | Evanston, IL |
| Jan 15 | Turf Club | St. Paul, MN |
| Jan 17 | Off Broadway | St. Louis, MO |
| Jan 19 | A&R Music Bar | Columbus, OH |
| Jan 21 | Ballroom at the Taft Theatre | Cincinnati, OH |
| Jan 22 | The Grey Eagle | Asheville, NC |
| Jan 23 | Cat's Cradle | Carrboro, NC |
| Jan 24 | Terminal West | Atlanta, GA |
| Jan 29-Feb 2 | Brandi Carlile's Girls Just Wanna Weekend | Maya Riviera, MEXICO |
| Feb 7 | The Heights Theater | Houston, TX |
| Feb 9 | The Kessler Theater | Dallas, TX |
| Feb 11 | Bluebird Theater | Denver, CO |
| Feb 12 | The State Room | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Feb 14 | Pub Station | Billings, MT |
| Feb 15 | Top Hat | Missoula, MT |
| Feb 16 | The Crocodile | Seattle, WA |
| Feb 18 | Venue Nightclub | Vancouver, BC |
| Feb 19 | Aladdin Theater | Portland, OR |
| Feb 23 | Music Box | San Diego, CA |
† w/Kacey Musgraves
^ w/Greta Van Fleet
* w/Old Crow Medicine Show
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