LYLE LOVETT Kicks Off His "Natural Forces" Tour with the Kansas City Symphony

MUSIC NEWS - Lyle Lovett makes a special guest appearance tonight with the Kansas City Symphony at the 2010 Symphony in the Flint Hills.  The sunset concert for several thousand takes place outdoors in the picturesque tallgrass prairie of Chase County, KS.  Lovett will perform three songs with the symphony; If I Had a Boat,Which Way Does That Old Pony Run and Natural Forces, the title track to his newest album.

Lovett narrated the PBS special The Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie and supports the Symphony in Flint Hills and its non-profit efforts of heightening appreciation and awareness of the Kansas Flint Hills.

Lovett will then gear up to launch a 37-city North American summer 2010 tour with his  Large Band in support of Natural Forces.  The tour starts up on June 18, with Lovett's fifth Telluride Bluegrass Festival appearance and continues through August 21 at the Hot August Blues festival in Cockeysville,
MD. Highlights include Los Angeles (7/23), Chicago (8/6), Toronto (8/10), Vienna, VA (8/17) and Red Rocks (7/30) which will be recorded and aired on 270 radio stations across the country via eTown.

Lovett's tour with the Large Band comes after a 22-city international tour which included a series of European dates and a debut tour of Australia.  For nearly three decades, Lyle Lovett has defined the modern Texas singer-songwriter, fusing elements of the blues, country, folk, gospel and jazz.  His career spans 14 albums and more than four million records sold and has created a unique style of Americana, defying convention and breaking down barriers along the way.

LYLE LOVETT & His Large Band 2010 Tour Itinerary

June

12       Symphony in the Flint Hills (LL solo with the Kansas City Symphony)
18       Telluride, CO      Telluride Bluegrass Festival
July

9         Norman, OK        Riverwind
10       Thackerville, OK   WinStar
11       Tulsa, OK             Chapman Music Hall
12       Omaha, NE           Holland Performing Arts Center
14       Salt Lake City, UT Red Butte Garden
15       Boise, ID               Eagle River Pavilion
16       Woodinville, WA Chateau Ste. Michelle
17       Goldendale, WA   Maryhill Winery
18       Eugene, OR           Cuthbert Amphitheatre
20       Santa Rosa, CA     Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
21       Napa, CA              Uptown Theatre
22       Saratoga, CA         Mountain Winery
23       Los Angeles, CA   Walt Disney Concert Hall
24       Las Vegas, NV       The Joint
25       San Diego, CA      Humphrey's
27       Anaheim, CA       Grove of Anaheim
28       Phoenix, AZ        Celebrity Theater
29      Santa Fe, NM       Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
30       Morrison, CO       Red Rocks Amphitheatre
31      Wichita, KS           Orpheum Theater
August

1         Kansas City, MO  Midland Theater
2       St. Louis, MO         Sheldon Performing Arts Center
4      Indianapolis, IN       Murat Theater
5         West Allis, WI      Wisconsin State Fair
6         Lisle, IL                Morton Arboretum
7         Grand Rapids, MI  Meijer Gardens
9         Interlochen, MI       Kresge Auditorium
10       Toronto, ON           Massey Hall
11       Columbus, OH        LC Pavilion
12       Cooperstown, NY   Ommegang Brewery
13       Lowell, MA            Boarding House Park
14       Westhampton, NY   Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
15       Montclair, NJ (NYC area)   Wellmont Theatre
17       Vienna, VA              Wolf Trap
18       Durham, NC             Durham Performing Arts Center
19       Charlottesville, VA  Charlottesville Pavilion
20       Atlantic City, NJ      Caesars Circus Maximus
21       Cockeysville, MD    Hot August Blues Fest