Jackson Browne Adds New Fall Dates to 2011 Solo Acoustic Tour

LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne has extended his 2011 Solo Acoustic Tour with an additional string of U.S. dates this fall, beginning with a September 23 show in Interlochen, MI. The tour travels to the east coast for most of October, and continues on to Northern California, concluding November 12 with a concert at the Fox Theatre in Hanford, CA. Tickets go on sale beginning June 10, and pre-sale information is available at www.jacksonbrowne.com. For special benefit seating, visit www.guacfund.org.

Jackson Browne’s 2011 Solo Acoustic Tour began in February. Playing guitar and piano, he plays songs spanning his entire body of work, with varying set lists each night. One of the many guitars Jackson has brought on the road this time out is the just-released Gibson Acoustic Jackson Browne Signature acoustic guitar. The handmade instrument, inspired by Gibson’s legendary 1930s-era Roy Smeck model, is the first guitar to bear Jackson Browne’s name.

The intimacy of Jackson’s solo performances has been captured on two live albums–the GRAMMY®-nominated Jackson Browne–Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 (2005), and Jackson Browne–Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 (2008), both released on Inside Recordings. In Rolling Stone’s four-star review of Vol. 2, Anthony DeCurtis wrote, “Between songs, Browne speaks about his life and music with moving candor… This is Browne at his best, engaging his audience, his own experiences and the world around him, all in songs that will not lose their resonance any time soon.”

In 2009 and 2010, Jackson’s tours served as proto types to Bandit Lites, using 100% LED rigs, which helped the development of the new GRNLite technology. Using GRNLite technology, the Bandit Lites’ rigs greatly reduce energy consumption.

Jackson’s tours strive to be plastic-free both onstage and backstage. It’s estimated that since 2008–through approximately 150 band shows and 100 solo acoustic dates–his tours have saved more than 53,438 plastic bottles from landfills and ocean gyres. In 2010, Jackson joined with Brita’s FilterForGood movement, making Brita Hydration Stations available to dispense filtered water, free-of-charge, to concert attendees. Jackson is a member of the Plastic Pollution Coalition (www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org), a global alliance of individuals, organizations and businesses working to stop single use plastic and its toxic impacts on humans, animals and the environment.

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    Jackson Browne 2011 Solo Acoustic Tour Dates:
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    DATE          CITY                     VENUE
    8/21/11       Lyons, CO                Planet Bluegrass Folks Festival
    9/23/11       Interlochen, MI          Interlochen Center for the Arts
    9/24/11       East Lansing, MI         Wharton Center
    9/26/11       Akron, OH                EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall
    9/27/11       Columbus, OH             Palace Theatre
    9/29/11       Pittsburgh, PA           Heinz Hall
    9/30/11       Rochester, NY            Auditorium Theatre
                                            Stanley Center for the Performing
    10/2/11       Utica, NY                 Arts
    10/3/11       Albany, NY               Palace Theatre
    10/5/11       Portland, ME             Merrill Auditorium at City Hall
                                            Hanover Theatre for the
    10/6/11       Worcester, MA             Performing Arts
    10/8/11       Waterbury, CT            Palace Theater
                                            Strand Capitol Performing Arts
    10/9/11       York, PA                  Center
    10/11/11      Reading, PA              Sovereign Performing Arts Center
    10/12/11      Westbury, NY             Theatre at Westbury
                                            Westhampton Beach Performing Arts
    10/14/11      Westhampton Beach, NY     Center
    10/15/11      Montclair, NJ            Wellmont Theatre
                                            Community Theatre at Mayo Center
    10/17/11      Morristown, NJ            for the Performing Arts
    10/18/11      Red Bank, NJ             Count Basie Theatre
    10/20/11      Wilmington, DE           The Grand Opera House
    10/21/11      Baltimore, MD            Lyric Opera House
    10/23/11      Washington, DC           Warner Theatre
    11/3/11       Chico, CA                Laxson Auditorium
    11/4/11       Redding, CA              The Cascade Theatre
    11/6/11       Arcata, CA               Van Duzer Theatre
    11/8/11       Yountville, CA           Lincoln Theater
    11/9/11       San Rafael, CA           Marin Center
    11/11/11      Turlock, CA              Turlock Community Theatre
    11/12/11      Hanford, CA              Fox Theatre
                                            Benefit for Vista de las Cruces
    11/17/11      Gaviota, CA               School

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