Blackberry Smoke Announces ‘Drive-Ins & Distancing’ 2020 Tour Dates
Blackberry Smoke has announced new drive-in concerts that will see the Southern rock act play in Roanoke, VA and Scranton, PA next month. The newly announced shows follow the previously-announced ones in Oceanport, NJ; Butler, PA; and Cape Cod, MA.
The Georgia-bred band has named this run of concerts the Drive-Ins & Distancing Tour 2020 in what is among the first full “tours” since the pandemic began. The first to do socially distanced drive-in concerts in the U.S. and also launch a full-fledged tour of shows back in May was eclectic producer Marc Rebillet.
The tour is scheduled to kick off at Dr. Pepper Park At The Bridges on September 10th in Roanoke, VA. This is then followed the next night with a pair of special acoustic shows at the Blue Grotto in Oceanport, NJ where the band will perform an early and late show. Next Blackberry Smoke is off to the Starlight Drive-In in Butler, PA (9/12); Circle Drive-In in Scranton, PA (9/13); and finally the Yarmouth Drive-In in Cape Cod, MA (9/15).
Blackberry Smoke consists of Charlie Starr (vocals, guitar), Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals), and Brandon Still (keyboards). Since their debut in 2004, the band has independently released six full-length records and has toured relentlessly. In addition to their work as musicians, Blackberry Smoke remains committed to charitable work and has raised nearly $500,000 benefiting children’s cancer research.
The band released its 6th studio album, Find A Light, on December 19, 2018.
The next year they released a live album and a film Homecoming: Live In Atlanta, via Earache Records, which recorded at their annual Brothers And Sisters Holiday Homecoming event at the Tabernacle in Atlanta in November 2018.
All tickets can be found here.
Drive-Ins & Distancing Tour 2020
Show Date and Time: September 10, 2020 – September 15, 2020
Show Location: Dr Pepper Park at the Bridges, Roanoke, VA – Old Yarmouth Drive In, Yarmouth, MA