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We never thought we'd be stoked about the idea of seeing Norah Jones live, but her excellent new album The Fall kinda has us seriously reconsidering our previous anti-Snorah stance. A rootsy, sexy, vibrant and often downright funny album, it's far more down-to-earth (and considerably less somnambulant) than the Starbucks-approved jazz lite she became famous for.
    And now, Jones has announced that she'll be taking the songs from the critically-acclaimed album on the road, beginning in March — a Fall tour in the spring, if you will. (And we won't.) The 36-city tour begins March 5 in Tulsa, and is scheduled to finish up May 15 in Atlanta. There are, however, a number of blank dates scattered throughout that ten-week itinerary, so it's possible she'll be adding some more gigs along the way. Tickets go on sale December 4.
    Jones enlisted the help of a number of top session musicians for the new album — including drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer) — but the identity of her touring band seems to still be up in the air. Seriously, we checked the "Band" section of her website, and all that's there is a blank space that reads "coming soon." We guess she's still sorting all that out, then.
    Official dates and venues for the tour are as follows:

3/5         Tulsa, OK                Brady Theater
3/6         Kansas City, MO       The Midland
3/7         Omaha, NE              Orpheum
3/9         Des Moines, IA         Civic Center
3/11       Akron, OH                E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall
3/12       Louisville, KY            Whitney Hall
3/13       Indianapolis, IN         Murat Theatre
3/15       Madison, WI             Overture Hall
3/17       St. Paul, MN            The O'Shaughnessy
3/19       Milwaukee, WI          Riverside Theatre
3/20       Chicago, IL              Chicago Theatre
3/25       Boston, MA              Wang Theatre
3/26       Mashantucket, CT     MGM Foxwoods
3/27       New York, NY   WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden
3/30       Baltimore, MD           Lyric Opera House
4/1           Charlottesville, VA     The Paramount Theater
4/2           Washington, DC        Warner Theatre
4/3           Philadelphia, PA        Tower Theatre
4/18         Seattle, WA               Paramount Theatre
4/19         Portland, OR              Arlene Scnitzer Hall
4/21         San Francisco, CA     The Fillmore
4/23         Los Angeles, CA        Orpheum Theater
4/24         San Diego, CA          Spreckels Theatre
4/25         Phoenix, AZ             Dodge Theater
4/28         Albuquerque, NM       Kiva Auditorium
4/29         El Paso, TX              Plaza Theatre
5/1            Austin, TX               Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
5/4           Dallas, TX                Majestic Theatre
5/5           Houston, TX            Verizon Wireless Theater
5/6           Mobile, AL               Saenger Theatre
5/8           Memphis, TN            Orpheum Theatre
5/9           Birmingham, AL         Alabama Theatre
5/11          Asheville, NC            Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
5/12          Charlotte, NC           Ovens Auditorium
5/14          Nashville, TN            Ryman Auditorium
5/15          Atlanta, GA       Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

— Dan Epstein

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