Andrew Bird’s Noble Beast can be heard in advance of its January 20th release date thanks to NPR’s Exclusive First Listen series. Joining such esteemed company as Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and Youth’s The Fireman, and Neil Young, Andrew’s Noble Beast is the fourth installment of NPR’s Exclusive First Listen and is currently streaming in its entirety:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98679384
As an added bonus, Andrew will be taking questions from fans as well as NPR’s Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton in a LIVE WEBCHAT this Thursday afternoon at 1pm EST at www.NPR.org/music
Early reaction to Noble Beast has already taken Bird’s press profile to a new level, with a four-page feature in THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/magazine/04bird-t.html) and a piece atop this month’s Cultural Divide in VANITY FAIR.
Release date is still set for January 20th on Fat Possum records and more tour dates have just been announced:
01/25/09 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts
01/28/09 – New York, NY – Carnegie Hall
01/30/09 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
02/03/09 – Washington, DC – 930 Club
02/04/09 – Atlanta, GA – The Variety Playhouse
02/06/09 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Theatre
02/07/09 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
02/12/09 – Austin, TX – The Paramount Theatre – Solo Show
02/13/09 – Albuquerque, NM – The El Rey Theater
02/14/09 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theater
02/15/09 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
02/18/09 – Los Angeles, CA – The Orpheum Theatre
02/19/09 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
02/20/09 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
02/21/09 – Portland, OR – The Roseland Theater
02/23/09 – Seattle, WA – The Moore Theater
02/24/09 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
02/25/09 – Murray, UT – The Murray Theater
02/26/09 – Denver, CO – The Ogden Theater
02/27/09 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
03/15/09 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
03/17/09 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
03/21/09 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
03/22/09 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
03/23/09 – Oxford, MS – The Lyric Oxford
04/03/09 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
04/04/09 – Montreal, QC – Le National
04/05/09 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
04/07/09 – Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall
04/10/09 – Chicago, IL – The Civic Opera House
04/11/09 – Minneapolis, MN – The State Theater