Bobby’s updated tour includes just a few open dates in November and December for potential shows in select American cities. The open dates are listed here - if you are local to any of the available cities and know of a potential venue for a talented acoustic musician, email us at admin.thenetwork@gmail.com, and we’ll be sure to pass the information along to Phil!

Thanks to our affiliates at the Land of Dreamers :-)

Meanwhile, tickets for shows across the nation have been selling out quickly – news from London has confirmed today that many venues booked are officially sold out, with others having only a few tickets left available. Fans still waiting for the venues in their areas to release pre-sale tickets should have news as the dates grow closer; tickets for both of the fan favorite Hotel Café shows in Los Angeles were released for sale yesterday, and are expected to sell out in the next few days.

Bobby is pleased:

“ I love that venue (The Hotel Café), it suits me perfectly and I’m looking forward to getting back there again very much. I love to do hot sweaty intimate places where I’m close to the crowd. It’s a great venue.”

Keeping checking back from more updates on the Dangerous Summer Tour!

The word from London:

27th September, 2009
YONO
37 Rue Vieille du Temple,
75004 Paris, France

http://www.myspace.com/yonoparis

29th September, 2009
Cord Club
Sonnenstr. 18
80336 Munich

http://www.cord.tv

Tour dates for the second leg of the Dangerous Summer Tour of the USA are well on the way to completion. Says manager Phil Taylor:

“We are just waiting on Madrid in Spain and maybe Rome in Italy and then that will be all we have time for this time round. I would like to get there for a proper tour in late January before Bobby heads over to Australia. But we will see, we want to do SXSW in Austin in March and maybe a handfull of other US dates around that time too.”

Fans that were not able to attend the New York, Los Angeles and Nashville shows during Bobby’s first U.S. mini tour will be pleased to find that the bluesy Brit and his team are expanding his tour to include locations less played; Phil continues:

“I’m booking shows in places where Bobby will not have played before as well as in NYC and LA and so on. We are looking at the Carolinas, the Dakotas, and a few out of the way places. Bobby and I love America and want to try to see a little of it’s beauty and it’s amazing history as we tour.”

You can find a full list of Bobby’s upcoming tour dates and venue information on our tour page, here!

Hello.

Bobby and I have noticed that there are now several face book pages dedicated to Bobby Long and his music. We also noticed that none of them had any up to date info about Bobby’s upcoming Dangerous Summer Tour dates in the USA and Europe.

We decided to set up the only official Bobby Long Facebook page our selves which both Bobby himself and I have access to and will be able to update during the tour with photos and blogs that are not available any where else. We will also both be adding and contributing messages and answers to messages each day.

We will keep the tunes coming and going on the myspace page and that page will also have the definitive list of tour dates and ticket info, so please keep your eye on that as well as tour dates will not be uploaded to the facebook page.

Please join Bobby Long now (click here)!

All the very best, we both look forward to seeing some of you next week in the USA!

Keep checking his MySpace page for updated tour information and songs, and his Facebook for Dangerous Summer Fun! And of course, updated tour information can also be found on “The Tour” page of Bobby Long Online.

This past week, Bobby played The Serpentine Sessions at London’s Hyde Park.

Phil Taylor advises:

“Hyde Park is the the largest park in London and often hosts large scale concerts and festivals. Bobby played a few days after Neil Young and Springsteen and a few days before Blur and Basement Jaxx at the Wireless Festival. All these events were put on at the same site using the same infrastructure of stages and back stage areas.”

Phil goes on to say that he and Bobby will be bouncing from event to event, trying to see as many friends as possible before departing London for Bobby’s U.S. Dangerous Summer Tour; though Bobby will be returning briefly to London in October for album work, both he and Phil will be in America on through next summer. He also lets us in on a little secret:

“In the mean time we are both gearing up for the London show at The Garage on the 17th. There are only 17 tickets left as I write this, so we are excited to get there and see lots more old and new friends. On the 18th Bobby plays a private party for a large group of Germen people who are flying to London for a private audience. There is a very strong rumour that Bobby will be doing a small farewell show with friends at the Albany at some point over next week end as well. Check the myspace on Saturday night after the Garage show to find out more.”

The word from London:

On Aug 21st Atlanta GA Andrews Upstairs ALL AGES $12 adv. and $15 Day of show
56 East Andrews Dr.
Atlanta GA 30305

http://www.eastandrews.com/main.php?page=home

Advanced tickets will be located at www.ticketalternative.com
$12 adv. and $15 Day of

4th November, Tuscaloosa, AL $$$ TBC
Rhythm and Brews
2308 4th Street
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

http://www.rhythmnbrews.com/

You can find a full list of Bobby’s upcoming tour dates and venue information on our tour page, here!

Phil Taylor gives us the latest:

I thought that you may like to know that we have just announced 3 new European shows, as well as the rout for the rest of the Dangerous Summer US tour dates that end on the 19 December in NYC. Promoters are getting back to me rapidly and I expect to have a lot more US tour dates announced shortly. I hope to have a few more Spanish, Italian and French dates booked very soon as well.

Tickets for the US dates already announced are selling briskly now, we expect many shows to be sold out well before Bobby Long turns up to play them. Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Cambridge only have a handful of tickets left available at this time.

Bobby and I would like to thank people for making this even more amazing for us buy purchasing their tickets so early. It only adds to our excitement and keenness to get back to America to play for, and hang out with, you all.

The newly announced European dates include the Ringcon 2009 event in Bonn, Germany on October 2nd, and also include:

SALAMANDRA SALA 22ND September €12
Avinguda Carrilet 301
08907 L’Hospitalet De Llobregat,
Barcelona, Spain
+34 933 370 602
www.salamandra.cat;

LOGO. 30 September €12
Grindelallee 5,
20146 Hamburg
Germany
Tel 040 410 56 58
www.logohamburg.de

The anticipated schedule for the remainder of the fall tour dates is as follows:

OCTOBER 2009
23rd NYC ARRIVE NYC NO GIG
24th NYC
25th NYC ARLENES GROCERY BOOKED with Flipron
26th
27th LA HOTEL CAFE BOOKED with Flipron
28th LA HOTEL CAFE BOOKED with Flipron
29th SAN DIEGO UCSD THE LOFT with Flipron
30th
31st MEMPHIS with Flipron Neil’s Music Room, Memphis

NOVEMBER 2009
1st NASHVILLE with Flipron
2nd NASHVILLE 3RD & LINDSEY BOOKED with Flipron
3rd
4th TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA
5th ATLANTA GA.
6th TALLAHASSEE FL.
7th TAMPA FL
8th
9th RICHMOND VA.
10th WASHINGTON DC
11th PITTSBURGH PA.
12th COLUMBUS OHIO
13th CHICARGO
14th MINNEAPOLIS MA.
15th KANSAS CITY
16th DENVER
17th
18th SALT LAKE CITY
19th BOISE IDAHO
20th SEATTLE
21st VANCOUVER
22nd
23rd PORTLAND
24th CITY TBC
25th
26th RENO
27th SAN FRANCISCO
28th LA
29th LA ORANGE COUNTY
30th LA

DECEMBER 2009
1st
2nd SAN DIEGO
3rd CITY TBC
4th LAS VEGAS
5th PHOENIX
6th
7th ALBUQUERQUE
8th DALLAS
9th AUSTIN
10th
11th HOUSTON
12th NEW ORLEANS
13th CITY TBC
14th CITY TBC
15th CITY TBC
16th NYC
17th NYC
18th NYC

To borrow a word from our friends in London, it’s madness! Look for more additions and venue information to be announced on Bobby’s MySpace page. We are sure there will be more to come!

“We are now about a third of the way through booking the Fall leg of the Dangerous Summer Tour. There are also now dates about to be added in France, Italy and Germany where Bobby will be playing on the 1st and 2nd of October before returning to America on the 20th of October. The fall dates will continue up until the 19th December in the USA.”

Looks as if the fans will have many more live shows to look forward to!

Photo credit to Martelli Photography

Hyped, yes. Fluff, not so much. With raw vocal power and smart, evocative lyrics, Long is a folksinger with a spirited intensity that puts him outside and above the masses of singer-songwriters roaming our cities, towns, and social networks.

Sobel offers a compelling and geniune review of Dirty Pond Songs as he breaks down fan favorites such as “Who Have You Been Loving” and “The Bounty of Mary Jane.” His appreciation for Bobby’s sound and lyrical talents are apparent with comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave, and remind us of the many reasons why we love his music.

Read the full article here!