Old 97's Add More Dates To Massive Tour Supporting "Instant Classic" New LP 'Most Messed Up' Out Today On ATO

"FOUR STARS" - ROLLING STONE 

"A KILLING MACHINE FROM START TO FINISH" - SALON

Old 97's new album and ATO Records debut 'Most Messed Up' is earning the group some of the strongest notices of their 20-year career - including 4-star reviews in Rolling Stone and American Songwriter - and they've added more dates to their extensive headlining tour. Next week, the band will play their first Los Angeles show in two years, at the El Rey Theatre. See below for a full list of dates.

Praise for 'Most Messed Up':

"Airtight songs celebrating life-as-sublime-train-wreck" - Rolling Stone (4 stars)

"A breathless, unrelenting 40 minutes... some of the Old 97's finest and most exhilarating music" - American Songwriter (4 stars)

"Blistered, blasted, and brilliant" - New Yorker

"['Most Messed Up'] shows you don't have to be young and stupid to make great rock 'n' roll'" - Associated Press

"Instant classic.... a killing machine from start to finish" - Salon

"The hardest rockin' set of tunes these guys have offered up since 1999's 'Fight Songs' - All Music

"Like a syringe of adrenaline to the chest" - Kansas City Star

"[Rhett Miller is] a master of playing unreliable narrators" - Mother Jones

New song "Nashville" on Soundcloud

https://soundcloud.com/ato_records/06-nashville

New song "Longer Than You've Been Alive" on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/ato_records/old-97s-longer-than-youve-been

'Most Messed Up' on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Old-97s/e/B000APZ7M6

Old 97s 2014 Tour Dates:
05/05 - El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
05/06 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
05/07 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
05/08 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
05/09 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
05/10 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
05/12 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
05/13 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
05/14 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House
05/15 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
05/17 - Lynchburg, TN @ Live at the Landmark
05/24 - Ft. Worth, TX @ Colonial Golf Tournament
05/27 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's Upstairs
05/28 - New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
05/29 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
05/30 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
05/31 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
06/02 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
06/03 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
06/04 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Small's Theatre
06/05 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
06/06 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
06/07 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
06/17 - Kansas City, MO @ Crossroads
06/18 - St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room
06/19 - Bloomington, IL @ The Castle Theatre
06/20 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
06/21 - Chicago, IL @ Park West Theater
06/22 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
06/24 - Newport, KY @ The Southgate House Revival
06/26 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
06/27 - Little Rock, AR @ Stickyz Rock 'N' Roll Chicken Shack
06/28 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
06/29 - Santa Fe, NM @ Sol Santa Fe
07/20 - Memphis, TN @ The Levitt Shell
07/22 - Richmond, VA @ The National
07/23 - Dewey Beach, DE @ Bottle & Cork
07/24 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony
07/25 - Wellfleet, MA @ Wellfleet Beachcomber
07/26 - Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
07/27 - Camden, NJ @ Xponential Festival

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