Gov’t Mule Announces U.S. Tour with John Scofield*Warren Haynes To Perform Anthem at Knicks Game Tomorrow

Wed Dec 3 11:22:54 CST 2014

Gov’t Mule Announces U.S. Tour with John Scofield

Warren Haynes Set to Perform National Anthem on Guitar at New York Knicks Game December 4th at Madison Square Garden

SCO-MULE Album out January 27, 2015

Series of Live Archival Releases Marks Gov’t Mule’s 20th Anniversary

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(New York, NY – December 3, 2014) – Gov’t Mule will revive their highly revered collaboration with jazz guitar great John Scofield when he joins the Mule as a special guest on their U.S. tour beginning February 18, 2015, at Seattle, WA’s Moore Theatre. Pre-sales begin December 9th and tickets go on sale to the general public on December 12th. Please visit www.mule.net<http://www.mule.net> for all ticket info. This tour announcement comes as Warren Haynes is gearing up to perform the national anthem at the New York Knicks game December 4th at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The upcoming tour will once again bring together Gov’t Mule and John Scofield live on stage, a pairing that created some of the most legendary shows that the Mule has ever played and spawned the long-awaited SCO-MULE album, due for release on January 27, 2015. For the first time, audio from those lauded 1999 shows is about to be taken out of the vault and released in album form, newly mixed and mastered. The 2.5-hour all-instrumental SCO-MULE album is a jazz romp laced with rock riffs and will be available as a 2-CD set as well as a double vinyl. If you pre-order the album now in either form on www.mule.net<http://www.mule.net>, you will receive an exclusive bonus disc with 40 minutes of additional music from those shows.

In late September of 1999, Scofield teamed with Gov’t Mule, then featuring original bass player the late Allen Woody, along with keyboardist Dr. Dan Matrazzo, in Georgia for two live shows of mind-bending musical prowess.  Both shows were recorded and included the Mule’s first-ever all-instrumental sets. The band had begun preparing the music for eventual release while working on their third studio album Life Before Insanity. However, less than a year later, their beloved bassist Allen Woody passed away, setting the Mule on a different path. The idea of releasing SCO-MULE came up over the years, but the timing was never as right as it is now – helping to mark Gov’t Mule’s 20th Anniversary. Fans have been clamoring for the return of the project for more than a decade and now fans can experience the SCO-MULE magic as an album for the first time, and live as the Mule and Scofield re-unite on stage for the upcoming 2015 tour.

With SCO-MULE at the helm, Gov’t Mule is marking the band’s 20th Anniversary with a series of one-of-a-kind live archival releases available in a variety of formats (visit www.mule.net<http://www.mule.net> for more info). Stoned Side of the Mule: Volume 1, was just released as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday, featuring seven Rolling Stones covers from a Halloween 2009 show. PRESS HERE<http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/11/24/govt-mule-covers-the-rolling-stones-monkey-man-in-concert-exclusive/> to listen to “Monkey Man” which premiered via Wall Street Journal. Stoned Side of the Mule: Volume 2 will be out in 2015. Dark Side of the Mule will be released on December 15th and will feature 90 minutes of Pink Floyd covers recorded during a Halloween 2008 show. PRESS HERE<http://smarturl.it/DarkSideMuleItunes> to pre-order on iTunes, and to pre-order on Amazon PRESS HERE<http://smarturl.it/DarkSideAmazonCD> for the standard CD, PRESS HERE<http://smarturl.it/mule3cdama> for the deluxe CD, and PRESS HERE<http://smarturl.it/DarkSideAmazonLP> for the vinyl. And in March 2015, Dub Side of the Mule will be released featuring a 45-minute set of reggae songs with special guest, reggae legend Toots Hibbert, founder of Toots & The Maytals. Recorded on New Year’s Eve 2006, the release also features special guests Gregg Allman & Friends and John Popper.

As always, Gov’t Mule will ring in 2015 with their annual New Year’s Eve shows on December 30th & 31st at New York City’s Beacon Theatre (with special guest Myles Kennedy on 12/31) and January 2nd & 3rd at Philadelphia's Tower Theatre.

Gov’t Mule Tour Dates
*newly announced dates in bold

12/13/14                              Asheville, NC @ US Cellular Center – Warren Haynes’ 26th Annual Christmas Jam

12/30/14                              New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre

12/31/14                              New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre

1/2/15                                   Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theatre

1/3/15                                   Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theatre

1/14/15 – 1/18/15            Negril, Jamaica @ Island Exodus VI

2/18/15                Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre (with John Scofield)

2/19/15                Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre (with John Scofield)

2/20/15                Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater (with John Scofield)

2/24/15                Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre (with John Scofield)

2/26/15                Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre (with John Scofield)

2/27/15                Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre (with John Scofield)

2/28/15                Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Center (with John Scofield)

3/1/15                                   Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion (with John Scofield)

3/3/15                                   Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center (with John Scofield)

3/5/15                                   Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium (with John Scofield)

3/6/15                                   Charlottesville, VA @ Paramount Theater (with John Scofield)

3/11/15                Portland, ME @ State Theatre (with John Scofield)

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