David Gray has announced a 20th anniversary edition of his famed album White Ladder plus a world tour celebrating the anniversary. The album will be available on vinyl for the first time, and also available as a deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition that contains additional music and a companion book. Pre-orders for the album are available now.
The expanded, deluxe release features the album newly mastered on 2 pieces of white vinyl plus previously unreleased and rare White Ladder-era B-sides and demos on 2 pieces of black vinyl. David Gray has also personally crafted a series of writings about his White Ladder experience, chronicling the people involved, and the stories behind some of the songs and most memorable shows. These writings are featured in a commemorative book alongside rare photography and housed in beautiful packaging that also features the lyrics to timeless hits such as “This Year’s Love,” “Babylon,” and “Sail Away.”
When discussing White Ladder, David Gray said
What happened with White Ladder involved more than music. It was a sort of heart and soul moment of total surrender for everybody involved, for me and the audience. That was it. It doesn’t get any better than that.
David Gray tweeted this teaser for the album and tour.
White Ladder 2020 crosses the Atlantic. Official Announcement of delicious looking Summer tour of the USA and Canada with all dates and ticket info at….davidgray.com. Sign up for the newsletter by Monday to receive a code for the North American pre-sale, which starts Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/EtwYSAqVcs
— David Gray (@DavidGray) November 1, 2019
Tour
David Gray will perform in conjunction with the anniversary on an extensive world tour. On the tour, White Ladder will be performed in it’s entirety as well as his greatest hits.
Date | City | Venue |
March 20 | Liverpool, England | M&S Bank Arena |
March 21 | Glasgow, UK | The SSE Hydro |
March 22 | Cardiff, Wales | Motorpoint Arena |
March 24 | Bournemouth, UK | Bournemouth International Centre |
March 26 | London, UK | O2 Arena |
March 27 | Leeds, UK | First Direct Arena |
March 28 | Birmingham, UK | Resorts World Arena |
March 31 | Belfast, UK | SSE Arena Belfast |
April 2 | Dublin, Ireland | 3Arena |
April 3 | Dublin, Ireland | 3Arena |
April 4 | Dublin, Ireland | 3Arena |
April 7 | Antwerp, Flanders | Lotto Arena |
April 8 | Amsterdam, North Holland | AFAS Live |
April 9 | Cologne, Germany | Palladium |
July 13 | Lweiston, NY | Artpart |
July 13 | Cleveland, OH | Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica |
July 16 | Toronto, Ontario | Budweiser Stage |
July 17 | Rochester Hills, MI | Meadow Brook Amphitheatre |
July 18 | Chicago, IL | Huntington Band Pavilion |
July 20 | Milwaukee, WI | BMO Harris PAvilion |
July 23 | Morrison, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheatre |
July 24 | Salt Lake City, UT | Sandy Amphitheatre |
July 25 | Nampa, ID | Ford Idaho Center Amphitheatre |
July 28 | Troutdale, OR | Edgefield Amphitheatre |
July 31 | Los Angeles, CA | Greek Theatre |
August 1 | Berkeley, CA | The Greek Theatre |
August 2 | San Diego, CA | Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheater |
August 6 | Austin, TX | Austin City Limits at the Moddy Theater |
August 7 | Irving, TX | The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory |
August 8 | Kansas City, MO | Starlight Theatre |
August 10 | Nashville, TN | Ascend Amphitheater |
August 11 | Atlanta, GA | Cadence Amphitheatre |
August 13 | Charlotte, NC | Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre |
August 14 | Raleigh, NC | Red Hat Amphitheater |
August 15 | Vienna, VA | Wolf Trap |
August 18 | New York, NY | BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival at Prospect PArk |
August 20 | Philadelphia, PA | TD Pavilion at the Mann |
August 21 | Boston, MA | Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion |
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