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Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine Announce 2022 Tour

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Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine have announced their Outside Problems tour, which takes place largely at outdoor venues across the United States in summer 2022. Find the tour itinerary and ticket information below.

Andrew Bird, Iron & Wine, and Calexico were planning to play shows together in 2020 before the pandemic made touring impossible .

“It will have been more than two years of being grounded when we finally embark on the Outside Problems summer tour,” Bird said in a statement. “I only wish it could happen sooner. I’m not sure why it took so long for me to meet Sam Beam. His music I have known and admired for many years now. What a lovely guy. The kind of guy that would help you move. See you on the outside.”

“Really looking forward to sharing the night with Andrew Bird for the Outside Problems Tour—our relationship started outside in Yosemite and bringing that into 2022 is exciting,” Beam added. “And I’m happy to help Andrew move, but I might try to talk him into just staying put first!”

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06-12 Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren 06-13 San Diego, CA - The Magnolia 06-15 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre 06-17 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre 06-18 Portland, OR - TBA 06-19 Seattle, WA - TBA       06-21 Salt Lake City, UT - TBA 06-22 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre * 07-22 Atlanta, GA - Pullman Yards 07-23 Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit 07-24 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium 07-25 Cary, NC - Koka Booth 07-27 Charlottesville, VA - Ting Pavilion 07-28 Vienna, VA - TBA 07-29 New York, NY - Pier 17 07-30 New Haven, CT - Westville Bowl 07-31 Bethlehem, PA - Steel Stacks       08-02 Lafayette, NY - Beak & Skiff 08-04 Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion at Riverbend 08-05 Grand Rapids, MI - TBA 08-06 Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater 08-08 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE 08-09 Columbus, OH - Express Live! 08-10 St. Louis, MO - Chesterfield Amphitheater 08-12 Chicago, IL - TBA 08-13 Minneapolis, MN - Surly

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Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine Announce 2022 Outside Problems Co-Headlining Tour

by Jacob Uitti December 14, 2021, 10:00 am

Acclaimed songwriters and performers Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine have announced a co-headlining tour for summer 2022, which will span from June to August.

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“It will have been more than two years of being grounded when we finally embark on the ‘Outside Problems’ summer tour. 90% outdoor venues,” said Bird of the tour. “A fine road companion in Iron & Wine. I only wish it could happen sooner. I’m not sure why it took so long for me to meet Sam Beam. His music I have known and admired for many years now. What a lovely guy. The kind of guy that would help you move. See you on the outside.”

“Really looking forward to sharing the night with Andrew Bird for the Outside Problems Tour—our relationship started outside in Yosemite and bringing that into 2022 is exciting,” added Iron & Wine frontman Sam Beam. “And I’m happy to help Andrew move, but I might try to talk him into just staying put first!”

The tour, though, isn’t the first collaboration of late for the two artists. Earlier this year, Bird and Beam performed from Tenaya Lake and Cathedral Beach in California’s Yosemite National Park, demonstrating the power of both music and nature.

The performances were sponsored by Lucky Brand with media company La Blogothèque , which includes a $25,000 donation to the National Parks and contests for fans for Taylor guitars and other gifts that will benefit the outdoors.

“As a performer, reacting to my environment has been a constant driver,” said Bird in a statement. “From my Echolocations series to Gezelligheid concerts to Play for the Parks, the idea is simple: be flexible and wait for your environment to tell you what it wants to hear. With Sam Beam and Yosemite as collaborators, this was an ideal environment.”

“No photograph can prepare a person for the scale and beauty of Yosemite,” said Beam. “It was my first visit and I was completely overwhelmed. What a blessing to be able to spend it making music with Andrew Bird—and ankle deep in water to boot!”

See Beam with Bird perform “Upward Over the Mountain” below.

Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday (Dec. 17). See the full list of dates, many of which are outdoors, below.

Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine – 2022 Tour Dates

6/12 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren

6/13 – San Diego, CA – The Magnolia

6/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre

6/17 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre

6/18 – Portland, OR – TBA

6/19 – Seattle, WA – TBA      

6/21 – Salt Lake City, UT – TBA

6/22 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre*

7/22 – Atlanta, GA – Pullman Yards

7/23 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit

7/24 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium

7/25 – Cary, NC – Koka Booth

7/27 – Charlottesville, VA – Ting Pavilion

7/28 – Vienna, VA – TBA

7/29 – New York, NY – Pier 17

7/30 – New Haven, CT – Westville Bowl

7/31 – Bethlehem, PA – Steel Stacks      

8/02 – Lafayette, NY – Beak & Skiff

8/04 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion at Riverbend

8/05 – Grand Rapids, MI – TBA

8/06 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater

8/08 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE

8/09 – Columbus, OH – Express Live!

8/10 – St Louis, MO – Chesterfield Amphitheater

8/12 – Chicago, IL – TBA

8/13 – Minneapolis, MN – Surly

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Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine Announce Co-Headlining Tour

The summer jaunt finds the veteran singer-songwriters playing at mostly outdoor venues

Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine are hitting the road together next year. Today, the veteran singer-songwriters announced the “Outside Problems Tour,” a co-headlining summer trek that will take the pair to outdoor stages across the country.

Originally slated for 2020 (and entitled the “Great Summer Stroll”), the revamped “Outside Problems Tour” now begins in Phoenix in June and wraps up in Minneapolis in August. With stops at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and Morrison, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater (with special guest Neko Case), the jaunt promises a good time for anyone who enjoys folk music and doesn’t mind being devoured by mosquitoes.

“It will have been more than two years of being grounded when we finally embark on the ‘Outside Problems’ summer tour,” Andrew Bird said in a statement. “90% outdoor venues. A fine road companion in Iron & Wine. I only wish it could happen sooner. I’m not sure why it took so long for me to meet Sam Beam. His music I have known and admired for many years now. What a lovely guy. The kind of guy that would help you move. See you on the outside.”

“Really looking forward to sharing the night with Andrew Bird for the Outside Problems Tour — our relationship started outside in Yosemite and bringing that into 2022 is exciting,” Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam said in his own statement. “And I’m happy to help Andrew move, but I might try to talk him into just staying put first!”

Tickets to the “Outside Problems “Tour” go on sale Friday, December 17th at 10 a.m. local time, with a pre-sale starting on Wednesday, December 15th (pre-sale code: BELLS). See the full list of tour dates below, and get your tickets through Ticketmaster .

Earlier this year, Bird and Iron & Wine teamed up for Lucky Brand and La Blogothèque’s new  Play the Parks series, performing each other’s songs in Yosemite National Park. Bird also recently teamed up with Lucius for a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “Venus in Furs.”

Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine 2022 Tour Dates: 06/12 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren 06/13 — San Diego, CA @ The Magnolia 06/15 — Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre 06/17 — Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre 06/18 — Portland, OR @ TBA 06/19 — Seattle, WA @ TBA 06/21 — Salt Lake City, UT @ TBA 06/22 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre * 07/22 — Atlanta, GA @ Pullman Yards 07/23 — Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit 07/24 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium 07/25 — Cary, NC @ Koka Booth 07/27 — Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavilion 07/28 — Vienna, VA @ TBA 07/29 — New York, NY @ Pier 17 07/30 — New Haven, CT @ Westville Bowl 07/31 — Bethlehem, PA @ Steel Stacks 08/02 — Lafayette, NY @ Beak & Skiff 08/04 — Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend 08/05 — Grand Rapids, MI @ TBA 08/06 — Indianapolis, IN @ TCU Amphitheater 08/08 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE 08/09 — Columbus, OH @ Express Live! 08/10 — St Louis, MO @ Chesterfield Amphitheater 08/12 — Chicago, IL @ TBA 08/13 — Minneapolis, MN @ Surly

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Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine Announce 2022 U.S. Tour

Tickets go on sale this friday.

Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam) have announced a co-headlining U.S. tour for summer 2022. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (December 17) at 10 a.m. local time. View the full list of dates below.

“It will have been more than two years of being grounded when we finally embark on the ‘Outside Problems’ summer tour,” states Bird in a press release. “90% outdoor venues. A fine road companion in Iron & Wine. I only wish it could happen sooner. I’m not sure why it took so long for me to meet Sam Beam. His music I have known and admired for many years now. What a lovely guy. The kind of guy that would help you move. See you on the outside.”

Beam adds: “Really looking forward to sharing the night with Andrew Bird for the ‘Outside Problems’ tour—our relationship started outside in Yosemite and bringing that into 2022 is exciting. And I’m happy to help Andrew move, but I might try to talk him into just staying put first!”

Earlier this year, Bird released an album with Jimbo Mathus , These 13 , via Thirty Tigers. Iron & Wine’s last album was 2017’s Beast Epic .

Read our 2017 interview with Iron & Wine on Beast Epic .

Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine 2022 Tour Dates:

6/12 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren 6/13 - San Diego, CA - The Magnolia 6/15 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre 6/17 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre 6/18 - Portland, OR - TBA 6/19 - Seattle, WA - TBA 6/21 - Salt Lake City, UT - TBA 6/22 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre* 7/22 - Atlanta, GA - Pullman Yards 7/23 - Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit 7/24 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium 7/25 - Cary, NC - Koka Booth 7/27 - Charlottesville, VA - Ting Pavilion 7/28 - Vienna, VA - TBA 7/29 - New York, NY - Pier 17 7/30 - New Haven, CT - Westville Bowl 7/31 - Bethlehem, PA - Steel Stacks 8/02 - Lafayette, NY - Beak & Skiff 8/04 - Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion at Riverbend 8/05 - Grand Rapids, MI - TBA 8/06 - Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater 8/08 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE 8/09 - Columbus, OH - Express Live! 8/10 - St Louis, MO - Chesterfield Amphitheater 8/12 - Chicago, IL - TBA 8/13 - Minneapolis, MN - Surly

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Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine Announce 2022 Co-Headlining Tour

Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine are teaming up for a co-headlining trek across this country next year.

The two folk acts will kick off their lengthy Outside Problems Tour on June 12 in Phoenix, Ariz. and travel across the U.S. through mid-August. The two beloved indie-folk acts originally planned to perform together on tour in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic caused everything to be put on hold.

“It will have been more than two years of being grounded when we finally embark on the ‘Outside Problems’ summer tour,” Andrew Bird said in a statement. “90% outdoor venues. A fine road companion in Iron & Wine. I only wish it could happen sooner. I’m not sure why it took so long for me to meet Sam Beam. His music I have known and admired for many years now. What a lovely guy. The kind of guy that would help you move. See you on the outside.”

Fans can grab their tickets to the Outside Problems Tour beginning Friday, Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. local time. You can find more information on ticketing and more at AndrewBird.net  and IronandWine.com .

Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine's 2022 Tour Dates:

June 12 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Van Buren June 13 - San Diego, Calif. @ The Magnolia June 15 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Greek Theatre June 17 - Berkeley, Calif. @ Greek Theatre June 18 - Portland, Ore. @ TBA June 19 - Seattle, Wash. @ TBA June 21 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ TBA June 22 - Morrison, Colo @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre* July 22 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Pullman Yards July 23 - Asheville, N.C. @ Rabbit Rabbit July 24 - Nashville, Tenn. @ Ryman Auditorium July 25 - Cary, N.C. @ Koka Booth July 27 - Charlottesville, Va. @ Ting Pavilion July 28 - Vienna, Va. @ TBA July 29 - New York, N.Y. @ Pier 17 July 30 - New Haven, Conn. @ Westville Bowl July 31 - Bethlehem, Pa @ Steel Stacks Aug. 2 - Lafayette, N.Y. @ Beak & Skiff Aug. 4 - Cincinnati, Ohio @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Aug. 5 - Grand Rapids, Mich. @ TBA Aug. 6 - Indianapolis, Ind. @ TCU Amphitheater Aug. 8 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Stage AE Aug. 9 - Columbus, Ohio @ Express Live! Aug. 10 - St Louis, Mo. @ Chesterfield Amphitheater Aug. 12 - Chicago, Ill. @ TBA Aug. 13 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Surly

*dates featuring Neko Case

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Iron and Wine with Andrew Bird tour 2022: How to buy tickets, schedule, dates

• Updated: Apr. 08, 2022, 11:16 a.m. |
• Published: Mar. 24, 2022, 4:27 p.m.

Iron & Wine and Andrew Bird are teaming up on their upcoming Outside Problems tour.

• Matt Levy | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Folk fans, listen up.

There’s an exciting tour on the horizon you’re going to want to hear all about.

Genre mainstays Iron & Wine and Andrew Bird are teaming up for their upcoming mostly outdoor “Outside Problems Tour” starting in June with special guests Neko Case, Alison Russell and Meshell Ndegeocello joining them on select dates.

Will the two play separate sets or co-headline?

We’re not sure but we do know that the best way to find out is live.

Before the summer tour out in the elements, Iron & Wine will wrap up their ongoing “Back To Basics Part Two” trek across the U.S. that began back its first leg back in 2021.

Now, if you want to catch these living folk legends live this year, here’s everything you need to know.

Where can I buy tickets to see Iron & Wine with Andrew Bird?

Tickets to see Iron & Wine frontman Sam Beam and Andrew Bird together on tour are available on all major ticketing sites.

We suggest searching for tickets on sites like StubHub , Vivid Seats , Ticketmaster , SeatGeek and MegaSeats to find the seats that are right for you.

Where are Iron & Wine and Andrew Bird going on tour?

The twosome are playing just 24 concerts together on their Outside Problems tour. We’ve mapped them all out with dates, venues and links to buy tickets below.

• June 12 at The Van Buren in Phoenix, Arizona
• June 13 at The Magnolia in El Cajon, California
• June 15 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California
• June 17 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California
• June 18 at the Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Oregon
• June 19 at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington
• June 22 at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado (featuring Neko Case)
• July 22 at the Pratt Pullman District in Atlanta, Georgia
• July 23 at Rabbit Rabbit in Asheville, North Carolina
• July 24 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee
• July 25 at the Koka Booth Amphitheater in Cary, North Carolina
• July 27 at the Ting Pavilion in Charlottesville, Virginia
• July 28 at the Wolf Trap Farm in Vienna, Virginia
• July 29 at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York, New York
• July 30 at the Westville Music Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut
• July 31 at the Bethlehem Musikfest Grounds in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Aug. 2 at the Beak & Skiff Apple Hill Campus in Lafayette, New York
• Aug. 4 at PNC Pavilion in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Aug. 6 at the TCU Amphitheater in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Aug. 8 at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Aug. 9 at KEMBA Live! in Columbus, Ohio
• Aug. 10 at the Chesterfield Amphitheater in Chesterfield, Missouri
• Aug. 12 at The Salt Shed in Chicago, Illinois
• Aug. 13 at the Surly Brewing Festival Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Where can I see just Iron & Wine?

More of a Sam Beam fan? Here’s where you can see the “Such Great Heights” singer on the remainder of his Back to Basic Part Two tour in 2022.

• March 29 at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida
• March 30 at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
• April 1 at District Live in Savannah, Georgia
• April 2 at the Charleston Music Hall in Charleston, South Carolina
• April 3 at the Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina

Other folk acts touring in 2022

Iron & Wine and Andrew Bird are just two of the many major folk acts playing venues all over the U.S. this year.

To keep you in the loop, we’ve compiled a list of a few of the biggest acoustic guitar stars back on the road in the next few months.

• The Lumineers’ Brightside Tour with James Bay and CAAMp on select dates
• Bon Iver with Bonny Light Horseman and Dijon on select dates
• Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour
• Fleet Foxes’ Shore Tour
• Bright Eyes with Christian Lee Hutson and Sandy Alex G
• My Morning Jacket with Madison Cunningham, Indigo De Souza and Joy Oladokun on select dates
• Avett Brothers

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Andrew Bird | Iron & Wine Outside Problems Tour 2022 [Concert Review]

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Andrew Bird / Iron & Wine Outside Problems Tour w/ Meshell Ndegeocello :  PNC Pavilion; Cincinnati, OH; Thursday, August 4, 2022

The sky was dark with storm clouds on Thursday evening as fans began to gather in the PNC Pavilion, the smaller venue at the Riverbend/Coney Island park, and while there was a loud crack of thunder during Meshell Ndegeocello’s opening set, and mild rain for an hour or so, there was a nice breeze moving through the less than a third full covered venue for the Outside Problems Tour.

Taking the stage with a trio of support players – bassist, drummer, and keyboard player who also added acoustic guitar from time to time – Andrew Bird picked up a violin and began playing a brief lovely bit of classical music, no doubt something he’d learned in early training. Once sure all were ready, he played the memorable opening melody lines of “Make a Picture,” the opening track from his most recent release, Inside Problems , a record that has grown on me significantly since reviewing it back in early June. Like much of Bird’s newest music, and many of the things he played on Thursday night, he exhibited his mastery of his primary instrument with rich intonation as he bowed the fluid melody lines, he’d composed, but also plucked the strings for a unique sound that adds to Bird’s sophisticated pop/rock style, and of course he whistles. I mean, Andrew Bird whistles a lot, like on practically every live song, often whistling elaborate melodies in harmony with his violin playing, something you just don’t hear every day.

Something else you don’t hear every day is the loud buzzing electronic noise that interrupted Bird and his band about two thirds of the way through their first song. It was never apparent if this was some kind of feedback or just the overdriven electronics of the P.A. system, but it lasted for a good 10 seconds or longer, and then disappeared with all the lighting and sound equipment on and no worse for wear. It was never explained, and never came back, and once Bird had regained his composure, he started singing and playing the last verse of “Make a Picture,” the band immediately back in sync like the pros they obviously were.

“I’m awake now,” Bird said, deadpan, and led the band into another from the new album, “Lone Didion,” a smart, crisp pop song about the author Joan Didion eating at her favorite restaurant alone after her husband’s death, with those tasty plucked notes of the melody. The followed that with the percussive drive of “Atomized,” which finds Bird singing the same melody he was playing on his violin, followed by the chant-like backing vocals of his bandmates. Again, Bird’s dramatic violin-playing and whistling were captivating and richly musical.

At this point, Bird reached back to his 2019 release, My Finest Work Yet , for “Bloodless,” for which the female bass player moved from her guitar to an upright double bass (I tried like crazy to find the names of Bird’s bandmates online, and they’re not listed anywhere; he of course shouted out their names over music at the end of the set, but that is never much of a help.). Bird then moved to acoustic guitar for that album’s great opening track, “Sisyphus,” about the guy in Greek mythology who pushes a large boulder up a hill each day only to find it back at the bottom the next day, as a metaphor for the futility of human existence. This is one of the appealing aspects of Bird’s songwriting, it’s unique literary references and his literate, elaborate imagery and rhyming skills. This one was delivered with the whistled melody line, enhanced by smart accents from the keyboard player and drummer’s added punch.

At this point, buoyed by the audience’s warm responses to his music and fully recovered from that loud annoying disturbance early in the set, Bird shared that he’d enjoyed being out and about in Cincinnati the day before, walking some park trails, and then introduced a song that had not been on the setlist at previous shows. It was a request, Bird said that was made by a fan who met him in the elevator that morning in the hotel, leading him to play through the first two verses of “Masterfade,” a song that dates back to 2005, something for which the band members were unprepared to contribute. Then, Bird and his crack band delivered two more from the latest album, “Underlands,” a tender song celebrating the changing stages of the moon, which was displayed in full on the large screen behind the band, and “The Night Before Your Birthday,” a love song with a big pop chorus hook.

At this point, the backing players left the stage as Bird was joined by the solitary Sam Beam who performs under the moniker of Iron & Wine. “We’ve been learning a few of each other’s songs,” suggested Bird and they began singing Beam’s “Flightless Bird, American Mouth,” sharing the high vocal harmonies on the chorus, Beam playing acoustic guitar, and Bird adding a violin and whistled solo. Beam who’d told the crowd during his opening set that Bird’s whistling reached high notes you rarely hear, said “See, I told you,” as the crowd was applauding. Bird introduced his song “Oh No” saying that the inspiration was hearing a child on a plane repeating this phrase, which again included warm vocal harmonies, while Bird whistled as he plucked the same melody on his violin strings. When they finished Beam proclaimed, “Who is this birdman?”

Another Iron & Wine song followed, “Muddy Hymnal,” with Beam finger-picking his acoustic, while Bird played another fluid violin solo, as the duo trading singing lead on the verses. For Bird’s “Left Handed Kisses,” Bird announced that this song from 2016 was actually recorded as a duet with Fiona Apple, saying that he was “singing Fiona’s part,” to which Beam responded, “because Fiona would never wear a beard, obviously.” The rhythm section had returned to support then on this one, as Bird also moved to acoustic guitar, which brought the whole band back for “Father Mountain,” with the key player picking up an electric guitar for a song Iron & Wine had written and recorded with the musicians of Calexico. As they reached the end of the song, Bird added the familiar phrase, “Baby, have you ever wondered, whatever became of me/I’m living on the air in Cincinnati, WKRP,” something I’ve heard many artists slide into their sets in one way or another, but rarely as seamlessly as Bird did on this night.

Sam Beam waved and left the stage, and Bird & Co. played the fast, fun, folk rocker, “Pulaski at Night,” a 2013 song celebrating Bird’s hometown of Chicago. The song included a fun, drum break with a brief solo, and some fine violin playing from Bird, and then the concert ended. No encores on this night.

Iron & Wine’s solo set reminded me why I originally bought tickets when this combined tour was announced back in 2019, prior to the pandemic, and it was because Beam was going to be performing with his friends in Calexico, Joey Burns and John Convertino, and in a perfect world the rest of their backing band. Those shows were postponed at least twice and then cancelled, then relaunched this year without Calexico on the bill. Sam Beam faced the challenge of performing music from his two-decade long recording career, many of his songs supported on the albums by a full band. In that position, some folk musicians would have poured their energy into their music and let the songs do the talking, Beam went the other route, doing lots of verbal banter that wasn’t nearly as funny or engaging as he seemed to think it was.

After graciously welcoming the crowd, acknowledging the many empty seats in the venue suggesting that the small crowd had room to spread out, he joked that he had limited time and thus would be playing his songs twice as fast, “so you can imagine how slow this one would be,” as an intro to his cover of “Love Vigilantes,” a timely anti-war song by the British band New Order. “I’m not sure, but I think New Order came out of Cincinnati,” he suggest, “Yeah, pretty sure they’re a Cincinnati band.”

He introduced “Evening on the Ground (Lilith’s Song)” with a retelling of the creation myth where Lilith was Adam’s first wife, so he says, “you know, bitches.” The song is actually very good, and was performed well right up until he messed up the song’s punchline, saying “why do I always fuck up the best line,” and then sang it right. He followed that with “Bitter Truth,” calling it the “feel good hit of the year,” admitting it came from an idea “I stole from Jerry Jeff Walker,” the songwriter best known for “Mr. Bojangles.” In an interview he heard Walker talk about those songs where you get even with someone who’s hurt you in real life, and Beam pretended to write that down and stick the note in his shirt pocket for later.

Before Beam came to the stage the road crew had put about a dozen small houses made of cardboard boxes covered in white paper around stage, which were lit up in different colors to go with the songs. In a too long introduction for one of Beam’s tender, quite lovely ballads, “Resurrection Fern,” he described how Doris Day had been born in one of the houses in Cincinnati, and Bootsy Collins in another, and they’d met at a fictional coffeehouse and said the words of this song to each other… it made little sense. Then he played a faster, energetic folk song that I barely had time to recognize before he began to beatbox, making drum sounds with his mouth, pretty much abandoning the song to go with the drum sounds as if that was, I don’t know, funny, I guess.

Then curiously, he played a genuinely pretty finger-picked song, “Each Coming Night,” a song that reminded me of pop folk singers like James Taylor. He returned to his house storytelling ploy, pointing to another house where Pete Rose was born, and suggested that Bootsy was back again, singing “Big Burned Hand” to Rose, even though one of his most interesting lyrics he admitted, “had nothing to do with baseball. But maybe it does,” he said. It was a schtick that Beam didn’t need to support some of his very well written songs, (but he also treaded into a personal pet peeve of mine. He complained about doing his job – you know, playing guitar out doors in the summer when it’s hard to keep a guitar in tune – leaving me thinking, well, you’ve been doing this for twenty years, you signed up for a tour called “Outdoor Problems,” there’s a guitar tech he keeps bringing you freshly tuned instruments, and we paid to sit her on a humid, rainy early August evening, so tell me again how difficult your life as a performer is), he could have gotten by saying a few nice, cute things and just sharing his songs with his fans. Beam closed the set with another lovely number, “Autumn Town Leaves.”

I was glad to see Meshell Ndegeocello on the bill, she’s listed on a handful of the “Outdoor Problems” tour lists. An African-American female bass player, Ndegeocello’s music has delved into funk, jazz, reggae, and soul, she was supported by a drummer, a guitarist and keyboard player who leaned toward synthesizer sounds and swells. She opened with the Leonard Cohen song, “Suzanne,” singing the lyrics over the acoustic finger-picked guitar and airy ethereal sounds of the synths, then sat down strapped on her bass and played a solo. Once associated with the neo-soul movement because of her vocal delivery, on this night her voice was almost completely buried in the mix, as her songs moved toward a darker, funkier tone as she and the band moved through a half dozen selections. A year short of three decades from her debut album, it’s great to hear her still making music.

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6.15 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre ^ 6.17 – Berkely, CA – Greek Theatre ^ 6.18 – Portland, OR – Pioneer Courthouse Square   ^ 6.19 – Seattle, WA – Woodland Park Zoo   ^ SOLD OUT 6.21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden   ^ SOLD OUT 6.22 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks * SOLD OUT 7.22 – Atlanta, GA – Pullman Yards  > 7.23 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit  > 7.24 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium  > 7.25 – Cary, NC – Koka Booth  > 7.27 – Charlottesville, VA – Ting Pavilion  > 7.28 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap  > 7.29 – New York, NY – Pier 17  >  SOLD OUT 7.30 – New Haven, CT – Westville Bowl  > 7.31 – Bethlehem, PA – Steel Stacks  > 8.02 – Lafayette, NY – Beak & Skiff  > 8.04 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion  > 8.05 – Grand Rapids, MI – Meijer Gardens  >  SOLD OUT 8.06 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater  > 8.08 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE  > 8.09 – Columbus, OH – Express Live!  > 8.10 – St.Louis,  MO – Chesterfield Amphitheater  > 8.11 – Chicago, IL –  Salt Shed  > SOLD OUT 8.13 – Minneapolis, MN – Surly  > 9.22 – San Diego, CA – The Magnolia 9.23 – Phoenix, AZ –  The Van Buren 9.25 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Jones Assembly 9.27 – San Antonio, TX – Tobin Center for the Performing Arts 9.28 – Dallas, TX – Annette Strauss Square 9.30 – Marfa, TX – Trans-Pecos Festival 10.1 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s 10.2 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater 10.3 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall

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Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry Remain Tied for Lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry held onto a share of the lead Friday in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, with the Irish duo shooting a 2-under 70 in alternate play in the PGA Tour’s only team event

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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, acknowledges the crowd as he walks onto the ninth green with teammate Shane Lowry, of Ireland, during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry held onto a share of the lead Friday in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, with the Irish duo shooting a 2-under 70 in alternate play in the PGA Tour’s only team event.

The teams of Davis Thompson-Andrew Novak, Ryan Brehm-Mark Hubbard and Aaron Rai-David Lipsky matched McIlroy and Lowry at 13-under 131 at TPC Louisiana. They will play best ball Saturday and close with alternate shot Sunday.

Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, the 2022 winners, were a stroke back with Callum Tarren-David Skinns, Nick Taylor-Adam Hadwin, Zach Johnson-Ryan Palmer, Luke List-Henrik Norlander and Corey Connors-Taylor Pendrith.

McIlroy and Lowry, who opened Thursday with a best-ball 61, overcame Lowry's mid-round putting woes to close with consecutive birdies. Lowry missed two short birdie putts and a makeable par putt.

“I was just trying to keep him as positive as possible and remind him that I’m here and I’m here to back him up in any way that I can,” McIlroy said.

Lowry rebounded with a long par-saving putt on No. 4 and blasted out of a greenside bunker to inches on the No. 8 after a mammoth drive by McIlroy.

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“I missed a pretty short one on 18 and then another one on the second,” Lowry said. “I started to get a little bit into myself, but to roll that one in (on the fourth hole) was nice, and to play the last few holes the way we did was really nice too.”

Rai and Lipsky held a one-shot lead heading into the 18th hole when Lipsky hit a wild hook that landed out of play. Lipsky was able to make a bogey putt that helped the team retain a share of the lead.

“It was nice for me to make that putt after I double-crossed that drive off the tee,” Lipsky said, “That was wasn’t fun, I’ll be honest.”

Cantlay and Schauffele had the best round of the day with a 67. They were tied for the lead heading into 18th but Cantlay’s tee shot found the water, leading to a bogey.

Record crowds turned out for the first two days, which tournament officials attributed to the presence of McIlroy, the world’s No. 2 ranked player who has been enjoying the city’s cuisine. Earlier in the week, he admitted he was planning a quick visit to Bourbon Street in the city’s iconic French Quarter, but as of Friday that had not occurred.

“Maybe this afternoon could be the time,” he joked after his morning round.

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Team golf returns this week for the eighth time at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The 2017 edition changed the format from stroke play to 80 two-man teams.

Battling Pete Dye’s TPC Louisiana, located in the suburb of Avondale, will be split into Four-ball (best ball) and Foursomes (alternate shot). Rounds 1 and 3 will consist of Four-ball, while Rounds 2 and 4 will use Foursomes. The top 33 teams and ties after 36 holes will play the final two rounds.

The par-72 provides 7,425 yards and wanders through the marshlands and swamps of the Bayou. Protected by 106 bunkers and water penalty areas on eight holes, TPC Louisiana lurks with danger at every turn. Decisions, commitments and execution will keep teammates on edge throughout the round.

Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele (+450) sit at the top of the BetMGM Sportsbook board this week and will be the team to beat. The 2022 champions joined forces in 2021 for T11 and shared fourth in their title defense last year. Over three editions, they have rewritten the record books. Setting the tournament record of 29-under in 2022 was buoyed by an opening round 59, another record, in Round 1. Signing for 60 in Round 3, they matched the old scoring record and set the new Four-ball record of 119. The California duo matched the Foursomes scoring record in 2023 with 63 in Round 2.

Players listed are in the field this week; 2024 season stats.

Fighting the temptations of Pete Dye again this week will be different with a partner along for the ride. Having two balls in the fairway is better than one, and the same goes for birdie-or-better chances on the greens. Spraying it off the tee will come with two inches of TifSport Bermudagrass to navigate, plus the strategically placed bunkers. Closely mown areas around the greens, water penalty areas, and bunkers can halt the birdie barrage required to win. In a shootout, the more fairways and greens hit, the more chances to score, and that’s what’s on the cards this week.

Defending champions Nick Hardy and Davis Riley (+5500) rolled in last year as a pair for the first time and set the tournament scoring record on 30-under-par. Circling 30 birdies and one eagle against only two bogeys, the new duo matched the par-4 scoring record 14-under set by Cantlay and Schauffele in 2022. More impressively, they played the par 3s in 6-under, three shots better than any other winning twosome over the previous five editions.

Birdie Average

The tournament champions from 2023 and 2022 have posted 30-under and 29-under, and all six winning totals have been 20-under or better. Last year, qualifying for the weekend required 10-under par, but the average 36-hole chopping point is a shade above 7-under. The winning pair has circled 25 or more birdies in five of the previous six tournaments. Scrambling to save par and avoiding bogeys or worse is required to keep up in the swamp but rounds in the 60s will be needed to contend. The average winning score hovers around 26-under.

The Florida Gators duo of Billy Horschel and Tyson Alexander (+5000) in the swamp makes sense this week. Taking the youngster under his wing, Horschel, the winner here on his own ball in 2013 before the format changed, has been here and done this. Winning the team title with Scott Piercy in 2018, the winner last week at the Corales Puntacana Championship ran second two years ago with Sam Burns riding shotgun. Missing the cut last year with Carl Yuan, Alexander will not have a steep learning curve to navigate with the local legend.

Par-5 Scoring

The par 5s range on the card between 548 and 585 yards. The four opportunities provide the famous Pete Dye risk-reward opportunities that can shake up the leaderboard. Taking advantage of these 16 chances will keep teams in the hunt or pressure those chasing the lead. Playing with a partner will add extra gravitas to the risk portion of the equation. The state bird of Louisiana is not the eagle, but there are plenty of chances to make birdies.

Taylor Moore and Matt NeSmith (+4000) have teed it up here twice and have cashed T4 each time. One of the few duos to return for the third consecutive season, the first time they played as a team in 2022, they opened with 60 in Four-balls. Posting 49-under over two editions, they reduced their bogey intake from four in 2022 to only two in 2023.

Matching the Foursomes record of 63 last year in Round 4, the Canadian team of Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin (+2800) did not take long to figure this out. Finishing second the first time as a team, the boys from North of the border posted 67-63 in Foursomes. Finishing second on 28-under would have won four of the previous five Zurich Classics. Only squaring four bogeys on the week, the chemistry was evident.

Hadwin and Taylor's interview after Round 4 at Zurich Classic

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Beau Hossler and Sam Ryder (+5000): Leading or sharing the lead for the first 54 holes in 2023, the former and partner Wyndham Clark (not entered) couldn’t close the deal and finished third. The 2022 edition saw the latter and partner Doc Redman (not entered) backdoor a podium payday after a super 67 on Sunday. Both players will have a point of reference if things heat up on Sunday.

David Lipsky and Aaron Rai (+6600): After cashing T4 on debut, the pair returned last year for another top-15 payday (T13). Posting 43-under over the last two editions, they have opened with 62 and 61 in Four-balls. The third time might be the charm for continuing the momentum.

Charley Hoffman and Nick Watney (+25000): Playing for the seventh time together, Southern California (Hoffman) and Northern California (Watney) have cashed in five of six with four paydays T19 or better, including a pair of top-10 results.

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