ROBERT EARL KEEN “Then and Now Tour” with Race Ricketts

Fri. Aug. 21: ROBERT EARL KEEN “Then and Now Tour” with Race Ricketts -7:30pm- Tix: $69.50 ($85.10 through Ticketmaster, $76.50 at the Birchmere Box Office) Robert Earl Keen is bringing his Then and Now Tour to The Birchmere on August 21, 22, 23! Celebrate 25 years of Gravitational Forces and 15 years of Ready for Confetti along with other favorites. Tickets are on sale now! ‘Then and Now’ ain’t done just yet… Fifteen years ago, grand and beloved Texas songwriter and recording artist Robert Earl Keen belted out his friend Todd Snider’s lyrics, “I’m a runaway locomotive out of my one track mind…play a train song,” on his then-new album Ready for Confetti. Ten years before that, Gravitational Forces was released with one of the most sung-along-with lines of Keen’s entire catalog—“I got high, and I got in jail”—opening up the tune “Walkin’ Cane.” What do these two albums have in common? They’re both being celebrated on REK’s ‘Then and Now’ Tour. By popular demand, we’re adding additional tour dates—keeping this run going through the summer celebrating 25 years of Gravitational Forces and 15 years of Ready for Confetti. Y’all made the first round something special, so we figured we’d keep it rolling a little longer. Artist Website: https://www.robertearlkeen.com/welcome