Aimee Mann has announced an intimate fall tour which will kick off on September 13th with three nights at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis. Aimee and her three piece band, made up of long time collaborators Paul Bryan and Jamie Edwards, will play a select series of dates stopping in Chicago for two nights at the Old Town School of Folk, on through to Ann Arbor and Pittsburgh, with several shows in the South including Atlanta and Nashville.
Aimee will make an appearance at her hometown venue the Largo at the Coronet on October 1st, capping off the tour in Northern California with three nights at Yoshi's in San Francisco and a final date at the Uptown Theatre in Napa.
In addition to showcasing a range of songs from her extensive catalogue, Aimee will treat her fans to a special preview of several new songs from the upcoming musical debut she has been writing; based upon her 2005 album The Forgotten Arm. Set in the 1970's, The Forgotten Arm follows the story of John, a Vietnam vet and boxer struggling with addiction, and Caroline, a young woman trying to escape the dead end world she lives in, as they meet, fall in love and road trip across America. In a review of the original release, Magnet magazine proclaimed "Aimee Mann has emerged as one of the finest songwriters of her generation."
9/13 Minneapolis, MN The Dakota Jazz Club
9/14 Minneapolis, MN The Dakota Jazz Club
9/15 Minneapolis, MN The Dakota Jazz Club
9/17 Schaumburg, IL Prairie Center For The Arts
9/18 Chicago, IL Old Town School of Folk
9/19 Chicago, IL Old Town School of Folk
9/21 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
9/22 Pittsburgh, PA Hazlett
9/24 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
9/25 Atlanta, GA The Variety Playhouse
9/26 Knoxville, TN The Bijou Theater
9/28 Nashville, TN The Belcourt
9/29 Tuscaloosa, AL The Bama Theatre
10/1 Los Angeles, CA Largo at The Coronet
10/7 San Francisco, CA Yoshi's
10/8 San Francisco, CA Yoshi's
10/9 San Francisco, CA Yoshi's
10/10 Napa, CA Uptown Theater