Sturgill Simpson returned to “Late Night with Seth Meyers” last night for a performance of “Welcome To Earth (Pollywog).” Watch the full performance, which was broadcast from Washington, DC’s historic Warner Theatre, HERE.
“Welcome To Earth (Pollywog)” is the opening track from Simpson’s widely praised new album ‘A Sailor’s Guide To Earth’, which sold 55,000 units in its first week (with over 52,000 in pure albums sales) debuting at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, #1 on the Billboard Current Albums chart, #1 on Billboard Current Digital Albums chart and #3 on the overall Billboard 200 chart. “A Sailor’sGuide To Earth” also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Vinyl Albums chart with over 9,400 copies sold.
In celebration of the release, Simpson is currently in the midst of an extensive North American tour, including upcoming dates at Denver’s Paramount Theatre for two nights, Seattle’s Paramount Theatre and L.A.’s The Wiltern for two nights and two newly confirmed shows at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium on October 28th and 29th. (See below for a complete list of tour dates).
‘A Sailor’s Guide To Earth’ is Simpson’s third full-length album and follows his breakthrough, Grammy-nominated 2014 release, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music. Beloved by critics and fans, the record was featured on year-end “best of” lists from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Village Voices’ Pazz and Jop, Rolling Stone Country, NPR Music, American Songwriter, Stereogum, the Los Angeles Times, KCRW, Pitchfork, The Washington Post and many others.
STURGILL SIMPSON TOUR DATES
October 13—Ithaca, NY—State Theatre
October 14—Cleveland, OH—Masonic Auditorium
October 15—Munhall, PA—Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead (SOLD OUT)
October 28—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
October 29—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
November 1—Kansas City, MO—Midland Theatre (SOLD OUT)
November 2—Des Moines, IA—Hoyt Sherman Place Theater (SOLD OUT)
November 4—Denver, CO—Paramount Theatre (SOLD OUT)
November 5—Denver, CO—Paramount Theatre (SOLD OUT)
November 6—Boulder, CO—Boulder Theater (SOLD OUT)
November 8—Missoula, MT—The Wilma Theater (SOLD OUT)
November 9—Spokane, WA—Knitting Factory Concert House
November 11—Seattle, WA—Paramount Theatre
November 12—Portland, OR—Keller Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
November 13—Redding, CA—Cascade Theatre
November 15—Los Angeles, CA—The Wiltern
November 16—Los Angeles, CA—The Wiltern
November 18—Bakersfield, CA—Fox Theater
November 19—Oakland, CA—Fox Theater (SOLD OUT)
November 20—Oakland, CA—Fox Theater
For more information on Sturgill Simpson, visit his website and follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
