Dashboard Confessional today announced a U.S. Unplugged Tour this fall, their first since cancelling the remainder of last year’s sold-out, DC20 20th anniversary celebration tour around the release of their first-ever career-spanning compilation, The Best Ones Of The Best Ones. Beginning September 8th in New Orleans, LA, and ending November 5th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN—a makeup show of the DC20 grand finale—the tour will feature singer/guitarist Chris Carrabba alongside a stripped-down backing band that includes Dashboard’s longtime guitarist Armon Jay, with Abby Kelly and Dane Poppin (fans will recognize the lineup from Dashboard’s ‘Lonely Hearts & Lovers’Valentine’s Day stream). Before hitting the road for the 8-week run, Dashboard Confessional’s full band line-up (Carrabba, Jay, Scott Schoenbeck, and Chris Kamrada) will perform at both the Alaska State Fair and the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.
A current itinerary is below and tickets are on sale beginning Friday, May 21st at 10am local time at DashboardConfessional.com. VIP packages are also available starting Thursday, May 20th at 10am local time at dashboard.soundrink.com.
Prior to the Valentine’s concert stream, Carrabba’s last live set was the April 2020 career-spanning charity show ‘As Social As I Get Now,’ which raised over $172,000 for the Music Health Alliance, a Nashville-based organization partnered with the Spotify COVID-19 Music Relief project (which matched donations dollar-for-dollar). Carrabba has since also released an installment in the Spotify Singles series; launched The Early Days vinyl reissue series that spotlighted the band’s formative albums and EPs (including a first-ever pressing of their Platinum-certified live album MTV Unplugged 2.0); and partnered with Mondo to release three EPs—2001’s So Impossible, 2002’s Summers Kiss, and a newly created Spider-Man 2—for the very first time on vinyl. He also teamed up with Nightowl Canning as a partner, investor, and ambassador for Canvino: Bottle-Quality Wine, In A Can™.
Dashboard Confessional Unplugged Tour 2021
08/26 Palmer, AK @ Alaska State Fair
09/03 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
09/08 New Orleans, LA @ Orpheum Theater
09/10 St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
09/11 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
09/12 Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
09/14 Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Hall
09/15 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
09/17 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
09/20 Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
09/21 Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
09/22 Richmond, VA @ The National
09/24 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
09/25 Westbury, NY @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury
09/26 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
09/29 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
09/30 Portland, ME @ State Theatre
10/01 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
10/02 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
10/04 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
10/05 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
10/07 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
10/08 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
10/09 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
10/10 Grand Rapids, MI @ Fountain Street Church
10/12 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
10/14 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
10/15 Omaha, NE @ Holland Center
10/16 Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
10/17 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
10/20 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
10/22 Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
10/23 San Diego, CA @ Soma
10/27 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
10/28 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
10/30 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
10/31 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
11/05 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
This Wild Life supports 9/8-10/2
Into It Over It supports 10/4-10/17
Seahaven supports 10/20-10/31
Armon Jay supports 9/8-10/31