Bonnie “Prince” Billy News + Tour

We all hate the press, actually...

By Fred Mills

With the new Bonnie "Prince" Billy album Beware en route from Drag City on March 17, indie punters across the blogosphere are hyperventilating at the thought of Will Oldham accompanied by such guests as Jon Langford, Leroy Bach, Greg Leisez, Rob Mazurek, Azita and more. Meanwhile, Oldham has announced a major tour that will kick off March 12 in Bloomington, head through the Midwest and up to Canada, then back down to the lower 48.

Check out the recent Oldham interview in the New Yorker in which the notoriously press-shy artist holds forth on... lots of things! It's a fascinating piece, particularly the ending:

"It was clear that he wasn't feeling entirely optimistic about having agreed to a magazine profile. ‘My mother's a huge fan, and I really liked that Merle piece, but definitely there's already . . .' He trailed off. ‘I don't know. I really hate press. And it's . . . yeah.'"

Exactly how some of us members OF the press feel sometimes, Will....

Tour Dates:

3-12 Bloomington, IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
3-13 Urbana, IL - Independent Media Center
3-14 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
3-16 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
3-17 Iowa City, IA - The Picador
3-18 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
3-19 Minneapolis, MN - The McGuire Theater (Walker)
3-21 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Pyramid Cabaret
3-22 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Broadway Theatre
3-23 Edmonton, Alberta - McDougall United Church
3-24 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Hall
3-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Vogue Theatre
3-26 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
3-27 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
3-30 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
4-02 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
4-07 Lawrence, KS - The Granada
4-10 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant