Smith & Myers – the duo comprised of multi-platinum artists Brent Smith and Zach Myers – have announced a string of spring tour dates that will see them dive into their latest double album, Smith & Myers Volume 1 & Volume 2, out now via Atlantic Records. Kicking off May 18th in Nashville, TN, the tour will include stops in Kansas City, MO, Green Bay and Madison, WI, Cincinnati, OH and Wichita, KS before wrapping on May 29th in Birmingham, AL. All COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed in adherence with state guidelines. For rules and guidelines specific to each show, please visit the ticketing page for that date, listed below.
SMITH & MYERS SPRING TOUR DATES
May 15 – East Swanzey, NH @ Northlands
May 17 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
May 18 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
May 19 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
May 21 – Green Bay, WI @ Epic Event Center
May 22 – Madison, WI @ Breese Stevens Field
May 23 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverfront Live
May 25 – Omaha, NE @ Holland Center Outdoors
May 26 – Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion Ballroom
May 29 – Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Company
May 30 – North Charleston, SC @ The Bend
Smith & Myers’ ability to pack power and soul into songs created with nothing more than a microphone and an instrument or two are showcased on both Volume 1 and Volume 2, highlighting their sonic versatility throughout a mix of poignant original songs and unexpected covers. Volume 1 features the duo’s powerful and emotive version of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World,” the hauntingly spare “Since You Were Mine,” and “Not Mad Enough,” which was written the night of George Floyd’s death and addresses systemic and racial injustice. The album also includes an upbeat acoustic rendition of Post Malone’s “Better Now,” a standout version of The Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody,” and takes on “INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart” and Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse’s “Valerie.” Volume 2 includes original song “Bad At Love,” a vulnerable and personal song about the difficulties of staying in a romantic relationship when you have a gypsy heart, and catchy alt-rock tune “One More Time,” as well as five re-imaginings including a grungy version of Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy,” an electrifying rendition of Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer,” a euphoric version of Oasis’ “Don’t Look Back In Anger,” and unique takes on Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” and R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion.”
With two hearts and one truth, lifelong musicians, longstanding friends, and eternal brothers Brent Smith and Zach Myers put forth a body of work encompassing vulnerability, fearlessness, honesty, outrage, love, and understanding. Smith & Myers Volume 1, produced by GRAMMY Award-winner and longtime collaborator Dave Bassett, marked the duo’s first full-length album and first original music since releasing a pair of acoustic cover EPs, Acoustic Sessions, Part 1 and Acoustic Sessions, Part 2, in 2014 when fans first fell in love with the magic that is created between Brent and Zach in the studio and on stage, leading to Smith & Myers live shows that instantly sold out. With no boundaries on what their songwriting could discuss on Volume 1 and Volume 2, Brent and Zach explore everything from certain personal topics that they have left largely unexplored until now, to commentary on children being ripped from their parents at the border, to the reactive nature of social media, to our national reckoning with racial and systemic injustice – focusing not on politics, but on right and wrong and our connection as human beings.
Smith & Myers illuminates the depth of Brent and Zach as a duo and showcases a very different yet just as intriguing musical side of these two versatile artists. As one-half of multiplatinum band Shinedown, Brent and Zach can often be found topping the rock charts, earning mainstream recognition, and playing to sold-out arenas around the globe with 10 million albums and 10 million singles sold worldwide, 14 platinum and gold singles, five platinum and gold albums, more than 2.7 billion streams and 16 number one rock hits (breaking the record for the most ever #1s in the 39-year history of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs Chart with their single “Atlas Falls”). Last October, Shinedown presented their first installment check of $230,000 from their “Atlas Falls” COVID-19 fundraiser to humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief, one of the largest providers of humanitarian medical resources in the world whose mission is to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergency situations by mobilizing and providing essential medical resources needed for their care. This follows the $20,000 that Shinedown donated to kick off the fundraiser last March, bringing the total delivered to Direct Relief so far to a quarter million dollars. More than $300,000 has been raised to date and counting.
