Giveaway: Sturgill Simpson – Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits will record a performance by Sturgill Simpson on Monday, October 28, at 8 p.m. at ACL Live at the Moody Theater (310 W. 2nd Street, Willie Nelson Blvd). Austin City Limits Taping Giveaways are presented by AXS Events.

The winners will be selected at random. Photo ID is required to collect tickets. The winners will be notified by email. Duplicate entries for a single recording are automatically invalidated. Tickets are non-transferable and expire upon sale. Standing may be required. No photography, recording or cell phone use in the studio. No cameras, computers or recording devices are permitted at the venue. Although we will do our best to accommodate all winners, we cannot guarantee entry. These passes are based on available space. Therefore, fill the available seats on the floor or balcony depending on which tickets are available when you arrive.

Passage Du Desirthe highly anticipated new studio album from Johnny Blue Skiesappears today High Top Mountain Records (stream/buy). The release marks the start of a new era for the artist – after promising to release just five studio albums under the name Sturgill Simpson – and was produced by Johnny Blue Skies and David Ferguson and recorded at Clement House Recording Studio in Nashville, TN and Abbey recorded at Road Studios in London, England.

Of the new chapter, Johnny Blue Skies shares, “You can turn the page or set the book on fire and dance around the flames.” You can try to live above hell, or you can just muster something up. This is about cleaning up life and dirty thinking.”

Simpson will return to the road this fall for his first full tour in over four years. The extensive “Why not? tourSimpson and his band – Kevin Black (bass), Robbie Crowell (keyboards), Laur Joamets (guitar) and Miles Miller (drums) – will be headlining, immediately selling out shows in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Chicago (two nights), Oklahoma City, Asheville, Cary and Washington, DC as well as many others as well as headlining festival slots at Outside Lands and Austin City Limits Music Festival. All tickets are available now via sturgillsimpsonlive.com. See the full itinerary below.

What’s remarkable is the “why not?” Tour has stopped using dynamic ticket pricing with the intention of doing everything in its power to keep tickets in the hands of fans and not in the hands of scalpers. They check presale registrations for bad actors and implement Face Value Exchange (which is now live, FAQ). Here) and limited Platinum ticketing to combat scalpers and runaway prices.

The new album follows the tenth anniversary reissue of Simpson's Metamodern sounds in country musicwhich came out earlier this spring. Originally released on May 13, 2014, the album marked a career breakthrough for Simpson personally and proved to be a groundbreaking turning point within the larger genre of country music. The new special edition features a completely redesigned album cover and vinyl packaging, pressed on 180g black vinyl with an “old-style” tip-on sleeve. Ushering in a new chapter within country music and setting the stage for countless other outsider artists to advance the genre for years to come, the lasting impact of Metamodern is still noticeable today. Marissa Moss writes about the album's influence and significance in a recent article Rolling Stone“Ten years since its release in 2014, Simpson’s masterpiece.” Metamodern sounds in country music continues to redefine what is possible in Nashville,” and continues, “Metamodern is an album that shows how the best music can come from respecting the past but not being afraid of the future.”

Since his debut, Simpson has released five full-length studio albums in 2013 High peak mountain2014s Metamodern sounds in country music2016 A Sailor's Guide to Earth2019 Sound & Fury and 2021 The Ballad of Dood and Juanita– together with the projects 2020, Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1 And Vol. 2. Throughout his unique career, Simpson has tirelessly defied expectations, garnering widespread recognition and countless awards, including a 2017 Grammy Award for Best Country Album and six Grammy nominations across four genres: country, rock, bluegrass and Americana. In addition to his work as a musician, Simpson has appeared in film and television, including The Dead Don't Die, Queen & Slim, Killers of the Flower Moon And The Righteous Gems.

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