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Updated 25/04/24
Old
news
Bonnie Prince Billy:
Italy:
15/05/24 Torino, Spazio 211 (info)
16/05/24 Milano, Santeria Toscana
31 (info)
17/05/24 Parma, Teatro Farmesee (info)
18/05/24 Padua, Anfiteatro Del
Venda (info)
21/05/24 Perugia, Auditorio San
Francesco al Prato
22/05/24 Roma, Monk - Sala Teatro
USA:
26-28/07/24 Nelsonville, OH,
Nelsonville Music Festival (info)
01-04/08/24 Portland, OR, Pickathon
(info)
Ireland:
22/08/24 Clonakilty, DeBarras (w/
Nuala Kennedy, Eamon O'Leary)
23/08/24 Cork, The Everyman (w/
Nuala Kennedy, Eamon O'Leary)
24/08/24 Limerick, Dolan's
Warehouse (w/ Nuala Kennedy, Eamon O'Leary)
25/08/24 Galway, Roisin Dubh (w/
Nuala Kennedy, Eamon O'Leary)
26/08/24 Dublin, National Concert
Hall (w/ Nuala Kennedy, Eamon O'Leary)
27/08/24 Dublin, Whelan's
UK:
29/08/24 Salisbury, End Of The
Road Festival (info)
30/08/24 Manchester, New Century
Hall (info)
31/08/24 Glasgow, Queen Margreat
Union (info)
01/09/24 Birmingham, Supersonic
Festival (info)
Germany:
09/10/24 Karlsruhe, Tollhaus
10/10/24 Frankfurt, Zoom
11/10/24 Erlangen, Redoutensaal
12/10/24 Regensburg, Audimax
13/10/24 München, Kammerspiele
15/10/24 Essen, Lichtburg
16/10/24 Leipzig, Peterskirche
17/10/24 Hamburg, Kampnagel
Old tourdates:
23/03/24 Knoxville, TN, Big Ears
Festival (info)(tickets)
18/01/24
Jacksonville, FL, Intuition Ale Works
19/01/24 St. Petersburg, FL, Side
Door (at The Palladium)
20/01/24 Orlando, FL, Pugh Theater
at DPAC (pictures)
21/01/24 Miami, FL, Miami
Folkways - Miami Beach Bandshell
16/12/23
Louisville, KY, The Whirling Tiger (fundraiser for the Louisville
Folk School)
with Bonnie Prince Billy, Catherine Irwin, Joan Shelley and many
others
14/11/23 New
York, NY, Anthology Film Archives - Screening of Keeping Secrets
Will Destroy You visual album, Will Oldham will be in attendance
15/11/23 New York, NY, Joe's Pub
(Bonnie Prince Billy & Jon Langford - early show) (pics)
15/11/23 New York, NY, Joe's Pub
(Bonnie Prince Billy & Jon Langford - late show)
16/11/23 New York, NY, Joe's Pub
(Bonnie Prince Billy & Jon Langford - early show)
16/11/23 New York, NY, Joe's Pub
(Bonnie Prince Billy & Jon Langford - late show)
17/11/23 Philadelphia, PA,
Philadelphia Ethical Society (Bonnie Prince Billy & Jon
Langford)
17/11/23 Philadelphia, PA,
Philadelphia Ethical Society (Bonnie Prince Billy & Jon
Langford - late show)
18/11/23 Washington, DC, Sixth
& I Historic Synagogue (Bonnie Prince Billy & Jon
Langford)
19/11/23 Charlottesville, VA, Jefferson Theatre (cancelled)
17/10/23 Tucson, AZ, 191 Toole
18/10/23 Phoenix, AZ, Musical
Instrument Museum
19/10/23 Flagstaff, AZ, Coconino
Center for the Arts
20/10/23 Albuquerque, NM, Fusion
708
21/10/23 Taos, NM, Taos Center for
the Arts
22/10/23 Santa Fe, NM, San Miguel
Chapel
23/10/23 Santa Fe, NM, San Miguel
Chapel (above dates w/ Laurel Premo)
•To be released May 31: Hear The Children Sing The Evidence by Bonnie Prince Billy, Nathan Salsburg
& Tyler Trotter. On No
Quarter (thanks
Leon)(25/04/24)
•Irish singer and flutist Nuala Kennedy and Dublin/New York
singer and guitarist Eamon O’Leary have recently released their new song “Liffeyside.”
The track will be released on their their forthcoming album and
will have Will Oldham singing along on it (thanks ray)(15/03/24)
•First only to be seen in selected theatres, now available
to watch here: Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You by Ryan Daly & Will Oldham
(06/03/24)
•Check out the video for Big Man by Thee Conductor
w/ Bonnie
Prince Billy. From the
upcoming album Ennoia (07/02/24)
•Earlier only available as download, now Spirit Of A Ghost by Thee Conductor
is available on cassette. Featuring Bonnie Prince Billy on 2 songs (28/01/24)
•The High Llamas will release their album Hey Panda on March 29. Bonnie Prince Billy co-wrote two songs. Check out here (10/12/23)
•Thee
Conductor with Bonnie Prince Billy will release their album Ennoia in Februari 2024 through Spacefight Records - bandcamp link
•Listen here and look at the new video for Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (Tents/Hash) by Bonnie Prince Billy (24/11/23)
•Listen to a band version of Tents/Hash by Bonnie Prince Billy here (thanks Luca)(10/11/23)
•Cabane released “The unreleased series Pt.1”
on all streaming platforms, it features Easily We’ll See with Bonnie Prince Billy, this version is different from the one on
Cabane's first album (08/10/23)
•Check out the video for Rise and Rule (She Was Born In Honolulu) by Bonnie Prince Billy (thanks John)(23/09/23)
•Neil
Hamburger Presents Seasonal Depression Suite with contributions by among others: Neil Finn, Alan Bishop
and Bonnie
Prince Billy.
To be released November 17, 2023 through Drag City (thanks
ray)(01/09/23)
•Check out the video's for Crazy
Blue Bells and Willow, Pine and Oak (thanks John)(27/08/23)
•Listen here to Jaye Jayle's
When We Are Dogs (feat. Bonnie Prince Billy, Patrick Shiroishi)(thanks John)(29/06/23)
•The new Bonnie Prince Billy album Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You is available for pre-order now, check here, here and here. To be released August 11.
Check the various bundle options and look and listen to Bananas (22/05/23)
•Jaye
Jayle will
release his album Don’t Let Your Love Life Get You Down on July 14 through Pelagic Records. Bonnie Prince Billy sings along on When We
Are Dogs, more here (21/04/23)
•Thee
Conductor will release his
album Ennoia in November 2023. Bonnie Prince Billy sings on the album (21/04/23)
•To be released: a new Bonnie Prince Billy album: Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You. The album will be presented April 20 at
the Speed Art Museum in Louisville.
This is a special evening of recorded music shared with the
public for the first time accompanied by visualizations
conceived, juxtaposed, and assembled by Ryan Daly (thanks
ray)(21/03/23)
•Released on February 3 and already sold out...: Palace Things 12" by Bonnie Prince Billy & Matt Sweeney with Mdou Moctar (read here) (thanks ray)(15/02/23)
•Released January the 1st: Can You Hear Me? The Sing-Along Album by Cheyenne Mize
& Special Guests. One of the guests is Will Oldham singing along on I Love written by Tom T. Hall (thanks Martin)(10/01/23)
•Matt Kivel's album bend reality ~ like a wave is out now, check here for the digital version and for pre-orders the
physical version. Bonnie Prince Billy sings on 3 songs (15/10/22)
•Pre-orders of Shorty's Ark include a download card to access the unreleased
demo version of "Shorty's Ark," as performed by Matt
Sweeney (01/10/22)
The book is coming out April 21, 2023. It is a collaborative
effort between Will Oldham
and graphic artist Lori Damiano.
•Listen to a new song from the upcoming album of Matt Kivel: amagansett (feat. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) (24/09/22)
•Listen to the Derek Piotr Fieldwork Archive: Recorded in Kentucky (thanks Sascha)(07/02/24)
•Life Of The Record: for the 25th anniversary of the album
you can listen to the making of I See A Darkness by Bonnie “Prince” Billy - featuring Will Oldham (thanks ray)(28/01/24)
•Take a look a the film Green Man Festival 2005 with unreleased footage of Bonnie Prince Billy, Joanna Newsom and more. Read about it here (thanks Luca)(28/01/24)
•The Miami New Times has an interview: Bonnie "Prince" Billy Was Destined to Play at the Miami Beach
Bandshell (thanks ray)(28/01/24)
•Listen to a new Bonnie Prince Billy song, played live 18/01/24 in Jacksonville,
FL (thanks Luca)(28/01/24)
•Listen to the Meet Our Makers podcast, with Bonnie Prince Billy - Singing Life (thanks ray)(03/01/24)
•Listen to Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: Will Oldham on the song that changed his life
(thanks ray)(24/11/23)
•Here are pictures of the gig from Jong Langford and Bonnie Prince Blly at Joe's Pub (thanks ray)(24/11/23)
•Check out this video for Shorty's Ark
(thanks ray)(10/11/23)
•Listen to Lucia & Leo's version of Lay and Love. Also available on their album Saudade (thanks ray)(10/11/23)
•Bonnie
Priince Billy is featured in
the "December" issue of Uncut, available in the UK on October 12,
apparently, Will will be giving "a tour of his kentucky
neighbourhood” (thanks ray)(13/10/23)
•POP Montréal is Talking Secrets with Bonnie
“Prince” Billy
(thanks John)(08/10/23)
•Listen to AEWCH #237 Will Oldham
on the life of music and devotion (thanks ray)(23/09/23)
•Jeff Nicols' new movie The Bikeriders has Will Oldham
in it playing the role of a bartender. TBR December 1 in US
theatres (thanks ray)(10/09/23)
Check the trailer and pay close attention around minute 1
•Check out some Will Oldham
favorites on Perfectly Imperfect (10/09/23)
•Check out these pictures of Will Oldham
and Michael
Hurley, by Lance
Bangs (thanks
ray)(10/09/23)
•Dutch OOR magazine has a lengthy interview with Bonnie Prince Billy (in Dutch)(01/09/23)
•The Guardian posted some answers to questions from readers to Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (thanks ray)(27/08/23)
•Listen to You're Doomed by Tim Heidecker
and the Good Band joined by Will Oldham,
played in 17-08-23 in Louisville at The Whirling Tiger (20/08/23)
•The Guardian asks to post your questions for Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (thanks ray)(18/08/23)
•Listen to Episode 300: Kentucky Pocketwolves (feat. Will Oldham) of the Trillbilly Worker's Party
(thanks ray)(06/08/23)
•Check out the trailer for the Bonnie Prince Billy skateboard plus 7" Rose Hornung made for Otherness Skateboards in 2022 (thanks John)(06/08/23)
•Former Essential Tremors guest Will Oldham guest hosts the June 21 episode featuring a
conversation with June Tabor
(25/06/23)
•Read this interview with Sammy Harkham
about he got to do the drawings for I See A Darkness (thanks ray)(25/06/23)
•Listen to Vish Khanna's Ep. #775, with Will Oldham & Lori Damiano
(21/05/23)
•Listen to a new song by Bonnie Prince Billy here
(21/05/23)
•Check the Talkhouse Podcast: Will Oldham
(Bonnie Prince Billy) with David Wax
(thanks ray)(07/05/23)
•February 9 had Will Oldham
talking to Keith
Waits on Louisville ARTxFM. Amongst other things talking about a
brand new album coming up in a few months and playing You May
Want To Stay (15/02/23)
•Night Of The Bastard, a movie by Eric Boccio has a brand new song by Bonnie Prince Billy: You May Want To Stay (15/02/23)
•Listen to Good To My Girls as performed by Bonnie Prince Billy (15/10/22)
•Listen to The Way as performed by Bonnie Prince Billy (09/10/22)
•Emmett
Kelly has produced Seance!
With Zabrecky. The album
comes out on In The Red records (01/10/22)
•Alan
Licht released a CD version
with remastered audio and updated artwork from the original
digital version of Three Chords and a Sword: Solo Cover
Versions 1988-2021
It has a cover of Stable Will (24/09/22)