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Tedeschi Trucks Band Kicks Off Chicago Theatre Run

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Tedeschi Trucks Band kicked off their winter tour this week, stopping in Chicago on Friday for the first of two nights at the Chicago Theatre. Next weekend, the band will return to the Chicago Theatre for two more nights (1/25-1/26) as part of their ongoing multi-night runs.

Tedeschi Trucks Band is gearing up to release a brand new album on February 15th, SIGNS, marking their fourth studio album and first release since 2016’s Let Me Get By. The recently-released “Hard Case” was incorporated into the first set, amidst other TTB originals, “Don’t Know What It Means”, “Just As Strange”, “Right On Time”, “Idle Wind”, and more.

This tour marks the first without bassist Tim Lefebvre, following his Christmas Eve announcement that he’d be leaving the group and replaced by Brandon Boone for the January and February dates. Forever keyboardist Kofi Burbridge is also absent from this tour, as he takes time away from the band as a result of a recent follow-up procedure to a 2017 surgery, with Gabe Dixon coming on to fill the role until his return.

Just two nights into the tour and fans can rest assured that the band’s reliable cohesiveness remains strong. With a cover-heavy second set, featuring the work of Dr. John (“I Walk on Guilded Splinters”), Leonard Cohen (“Bird on the Wire”), Derek and the Dominos (“Keep On Growing”), Elmore James (“The Sky Is Crying”), John Prine (“Angel From Montgomery”), Jerry Garcia (“Sugaree”), Bob Dylan (“Down in the Flood”), and returning for the encore with “Sweet Inspiration” by Spooner OldhamTedeschi Trucks Band delivered yet another stand-out show.

In addition to their upcoming tour dates–including multi-night runs at the Chicago Theatre, Saenger Theatre, Ryman Auditorium, Warner Theatre, and more– Tedeschi Trucks Band will celebrate the official release of SIGNS with a show at Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, February 20th. Tickets for the album release show at Brooklyn Academy of Music are on sale now. Every pair of tickets purchased for this show will come with a digital download of the new album.

Setlist: Tedeschi Trucks Band | Chicago Theatre | Chicago, IL | 1/18/19

I: Don’t Know What It Means > The Letter, Darling Be Home Soon, Joyful Noise, Get Out My Life Woman, Hard Case, Just As Strange, Right On Time, Idle Wind

II: Walk on Gilded Splinters, Do I Look Worried, Bird On A Wire, Keep On Growing, Sky Is Crying, High & Mighty, Angel From Montgomery > Sugaree, Down In The Flood, Let Me Get By

E: Sweet Inspiration

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