Sturgill Simpson Announces 2026 Tour Dates With the Dark Clouds
Johnny Blue Skies (aka Sturgill Simpson) and his band the Dark Clouds will hit the street this fall in assist of their newest album, Mutiny After Midnight.
The 29-date “Mutiny for the Masses Tour” will kick off Sept. 4 at the Moody Center in Austin and wrap Oct. 30 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, April 10, at 10 am native time, with pre-sales scheduled to start April 8 at 10 am native time. In an effort to fight scalping, Simpson will probably be utilizing Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange and AXS Resale platforms so followers can resell tickets to different followers at the authentic value level.
The Mutiny for the Masses Tour marks Simpson’s first run since his in depth tour in assist of 2024’s Passage du Desir (his first album below the Johnny Blue Skies moniker). That run earned rave evaluations and established JBS and the Dark Clouds as one in all the finest reside bands working now. The group performed for about three hours each night time, and reveals have been commonly recorded professionally and released the subsequent day. This upcoming run will seemingly function extra marathon units, with no opener scheduled to hitch JBS and the Dark Clouds.
Mutiny After Midnight was launched on March 13, with the album only available on CD, vinyl, and cassette. While the album was put on YouTube For every week forward of its official launch, it has in any other case but to hit streaming companies. (Though as of at the moment, April 1, it is available for purchase as a digital obtain by way of iTunes.)
In an announcement, Simpson said he would probably put the album up on streaming “at some point,” and defined his physical-only launch technique as a strategy to “support and show solidarity with independent record shops and to promote an increasingly bygone physical and tangible connection between music and music fans.” (The transfer additionally helped Mutiny After Midnight hit Number Three on the Billboard 200 albums chart, matching the peak achieved by his landmark 2016 LP A Sailor’s Guide to Earth.)
To comply with up Mutiny After MidnightJBS and the Dark Clouds are additionally prepping a particular seven-inch for Record Store Day, April 18. The single will function two covers, a rendition of Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” and William Bell’s “You Don’t Miss Your Water.”
Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds 2026 Tour Dates
Sept. 4 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
Sept. 6 – Rio Rancho, NM @ Rio Rancho Events Center
Sept. 8 – Glendale, AZ @ Desert Diamond Arena
Sept. 9 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
Sept. 11 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
Sept. 13 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
Sept. 15 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theater
Sept. 18 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Sept. 19 – Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
Sept. 21 – Eugene, OR @ Matthew Knight Arena
Sept. 23 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
Sept. 26 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
Sept. 27 – St. Paul, MN @ Grand Casino Arena
Sept. 29 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Oct. 2 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Oct. 3 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Oct. 6 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
Oct. 7 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
Oct. 9 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center
Oct. 10 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
Oct. 13 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Oct. 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Xfinity Mobile Arena
Oct. 16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Oct. 18 – Washington DC @ Capital One Arena
Oct. 21 – Raleigh, NC @ Lenovo Center
Oct. 23 – Charleston, SC @ Credit One Stadium
Oct. 25 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Oct. 27 – New Orleans, LA @ Lakefront Arena
Oct. 30 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
