Rollins: No Mileage = Bullshit

Yes, those capital letters are intentional... would you expect anything less of the man? Tour starts in January.

By Blurt Staff

HENRY ROLLINS trades in his airline miles for a tour bus with the launch of his Frequent Flyer Tour in early 2010. ROLLINS's latest talking tour kicks off January 12 in Dublin, with the 45-date first North American leg departing from San Diego on February 17. Following stops in Australia and South Africa, ROLLINS returns for a second North American leg in mid-May.

As he did for last year's Recountdown tour, Shepard Fairey designed the promotional posters for the Frequent Flyer Tour.

"Since I was last on tour, I have been working in television and radio, traveling all over the world," says ROLLINS. "And like everyone else, dealing with the changes America - and the world - is going through. I thought America would become a more peaceful place in 2009. I had no idea the country had so many lunatics. There's a lot to remark upon, of course. There always is."

When ROLLINS talks about traveling the world, he's not referring to plush resorts and genteel European cities. ROLLINS's current and most recent travels include stops in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Brunei, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, China, and Senegal. These global experiences - like past excursions to such vacation hotspots as Pakistan, Myanmar, and Siberia - not only supply humorous anecdotes for ROLLINS's talking shows, but they inform his worldview. As Fairey's tour poster bills it, "Knowledge without mileage equals bullshit."

Tickets for the Frequent Flyer Tour go on sale December 4; a presale is already underway.

Now comes word that ROLLINS will return to South Africa where in 2008 he filmed his highly acclaimed special "Uncut from South Africa" for IFC. The following dates will be available soon through the local Computicket office: May 6 in Pretoria, May 7^th at the Bassline in Newtown-Johannesburg and May 8^th in Cape Town at Baxter Hall.

Amidst his extensive globetrotting, ROLLINS the actor, author, and radio host remains as busy as ever. ROLLINS recently concluded an extended guest run as rival thug A.J. Weston on the FX biker drama Sons of Anarchy. He continues to do his weekly radio show on L.A.'s revered NPR affiliate KCRW.

ROLLINS's latest book, A Mad Dash, is now available at www.Rollinsrollins.com, through his own 2.13.61 imprint. Picking up where 2007's A Preferred Blur left off, A Mad Dash is a frenetic travelogue spanning over one hundred live performances and the filming of five documentaries on five continents. ROLLINS has also been tracking his travels - and sharing his thoughts on politics and the state of the world - on his "Straight Talk Espresso" blog at VanityFair.com.

For more on  ROLLINS and the Frequent Flyer Tour, go to www.henryrollins.com.

Dates for the first North American leg of the Frequent Flyer Tour are as follows:

DATE                                     CITY                                      VENUE                 

Wed., Feb. 17                       Solana Beach, CA               Belly Up Tavern

Thu., Feb. 18                        Phoenix, AZ                          Marquee

Fri., Feb. 19                           Albuquerque, NM                Kimo Theater

Sat., Feb. 20                          El Paso, TX                           TBC

Sun., Feb. 21                         Oklahoma City, OK            Diamond Ballroom

Tue., Feb. 23                         Houston, TX                         House of Blues

Wed., Feb. 24                       Dallas, TX                             Lakewood Theater

Thu., Feb. 25                        Little Rock, AR                    Juanita's

Fri., Feb. 26                           New Orleans, LA  House of Blues

Sat., Feb. 27                          Birmingham, AL                  Workplay Theater

Sun., Feb. 28                         Atlanta, GA                          Variety Playhouse

Tue., Mar. 2                          Clearwater, FL                     Capitol

Wed., Mar. 3                         Fort Lauderdale, FL            Revolution

Thu., Mar. 4                          Orlando, FL                          House of Blues

Fri., Mar. 5                            Charleston, SC                     Music Farm

Sat., Mar. 6                           Asheville, NC                        Orange Peel

Sun., Mar. 7                          Richmond, VA                     The National

Tue., Mar. 9                          Washington, DC  Birchmere

Wed., Mar. 10                      Washington, DC  Birchmere

Thu., Mar. 11                       Philadelphia, PA  First Unitarian Church

Fri., Mar. 12                          New York, NY                      Irving Plaza

Sat., Mar. 13                         New York, NY                      Irving Plaza

Tue., Mar. 16                        Bayshore, NY                       Boulton Center

Wed., Mar. 17                      Somerville, MA                    Somerville Theater

Thu., Mar. 18                       Portland, ME                        Space 538

Fri. Mar. 19                           Halifax, NS                           Rebecca Cohn Auditorium

Sat., Mar. 20                         Moncton, NB                       Capitol Theatre

Mon., Mar. 22                      Montreal, QC                       Le National

Tue., Mar. 23                        Ottawa, ON                           Bronson Centre

Wed., Mar. 24                      Kingston, ON                        Sydenham St. United Church

Thu., Mar. 25                       Kitchener, ON                      Conrad Centre

Fri., Mar. 26                          Toronto, ON                         Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Sat., Mar. 27                         Syracuse, NY                        Westcott Theater

Sun., Mar. 28                        Ithaca, NY                            Castaways

Tue., Mar. 30                        State College, PA State Theater

Wed. Mar. 31                       Pittsburgh, PA                       Hazlett Theater

Thu., Apr. 1                           Kent, OH                               Kent Stage

Fri., Apr. 2                             Columbus, OH                     LC Pavilion

Sat., Apr. 3                            Newport, KY                        Historic Southgate House

Sun., Apr. 4                           Lexington, KY                     Buster's

Mon., Apr. 5                         Bloomington, IN                  Buskirk-Chumley Theater

Wed., Apr. 7                          Chicago, IL                           Vic Theater

Thu., Apr. 8                           Milwaukee, WI                    Turner Hall Ballroom

Fri., Apr. 9                             Madison, WI                        Barrymore Theater