Pete Yorn adds Raleigh to summer dates

After a supporting Coldplay on a portion of their current tour, Pete Yorn is hitting the road on his own to support his new album Back & Fourth. The tour will bring Yorn back to the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh on July 18. Tickets for the show are on sale now via etix.com for $25. Zee Avi will open the show.

You can stream Back & Fourth now on MySpace. The album isn't officially out until Tuesday, June 23, but you can buy it on iTunes now.

Pet Yorn dates:
06.24.09 - West Hollywood, CA - The Roxy Theatre [Tickets]
07.09.09 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues [Tickets]
07.10.09 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues [Tickets]
07.11.09 - Tuscon, AZ - Rialto Theatre
07.13.09 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
07.14.09 - Houston, TX - The Meridian [Tickets]
07.16.09 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom
07.17.09 - Atlanta, GA - CW Center Stage [Tickets]
07.18.09 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre [Tickets]
07.20.09 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
07.21.09 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live [Tickets]
07.22.09 - Norkfolk, VA - The Norva [Tickets]
07.24.09 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre
07.25.09 - Camden, NJ - Wiggins Waterfront Park
07.26.09 - Boston, MA - House of Blues [Tickets]
07.28.09 - New York, NY - Webster Hall [Tickets]
07.29.09 - New York, NY - Webster Hall [Tickets]
07.31.09 - Dewey Beach, DE - Bottle & Cork [Tickets]
08.02.09 - Pontiac, MI - Clutch Cargos [Tickets]
08.03.09 - Chicago, IL - Park West [Tickets]
08.04.09 - Chicago, IL - Park West [Tickets]
08.07.09 - Kansas City, MO - Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge [Tickets]
08.08.09 - Council Bluggs, IA - Whiskey Roadhouse @ Horseshoe Casino
08.09.09 - St. Loius, MO - The Pageant [Tickets]
08.12.09 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe [Tickets]
08.13.09 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe [Tickets]
08.15.09 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre [Tickets]
08.16.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Murray Theater
08.17.09 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory [Tickets]
08.19.09 - Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market [Tickets]
08.20.09 - Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market [Tickets]
08.22.09 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
08.24.09 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
08.27.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre [Tickets]
08.28.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre [Tickets]

New music from Pete Yorn - "Don't Wanna Cry"

Pete Yorn is back and preparing to release his fourth studio album in June titled Back and Forth. Spinner.com has snagged the opening track from the album for everyone to download. The song is a somber little tune called "Don't Wanna Cry."

Back and Forth was produced by producer and Bright Eyes member Mike Mogis. The album is set for release on June 23. Check out the album's track list below. Yorn plans to tour extensively later this year.

Pete Yorn - "Don't Wanna Cry" (mp3)

Back and Forth track list:
1. Don’t Wanna Cry
2. Paradise Cove
3. Close
4. Social Development
5. Shotgun
6. Last Summer
7. Thinking of You
8. Country
9. Four Years
10. Long Time

Pete Yorn Day celebrated across the Triangle

There weren't any ticker tape parades, and maybe there wasn't any dancing in the streets either, but Saturday was definitely Pete Yorn Day in the Triangle.

Yorn played a special in-store at Schoolkids Records in Raleigh. About 130 people crammed into the store's aisles to hear a half-dozen songs: "The Golden Road," "June,""A Girl Like You," "I Feel Good Again" (by Junior Kimbrough), "Don't Mean Nothing" and "Simonize." "The Golden Road" and "Don't Mean Nothing" are both on Yorn's new EP Westerns, available only at shows.

Later in the evening, Yorn played to a sold-out crowd at Cat's Cradle. While his "You & Us" tour is being billed as acoustic, the feel of the performance was anything but. There was a definite absence of electric guitars, but the bass and drums surely made up for that.

Yorn played a fair number of songs from his forthcoming album, Nightcrawler, due out August 29, but not enough to weigh the set down too much. What resulted was essentially a greatest hits performance, which certainly pleased the 600 people in attendance as they sang along to their favorites.

If you missed out on this weekend's show, keep an ear out as fall approaches. Yorn said he'll be back with a band in tow once his album is released.

No touring for three years, then two shows in six months? I'll take that.

Schoolkids stage opens for business

We understand your dilemma. You're the World's Biggest Fan of the Drive-By Truckers, but you just don't want to shell out the cash to see them open for the Black Crows Wednesday night at Walnut Creek. Never fear, dear reader.

The Truckers will play a free show Wednesday at 2 p.m., christening the brand new stage at Schoolkids Records on Hillsborough Street.

Also coming to Schoolkids is Pete Yorn, this Saturday July 15 at 5 p.m. The show will be recorded for an "exclusive EP," so be sure to get there early so someday you can tell your kids that you were there. According to Schoolkids, the EP will be available for sale in-store in a few weeks.

More developments downtown

Looks like The Record Exchange on Hillsborough Street is getting some long overdue competition in the "live performances" category this summer. Schoolkids Records will install a stage at its Hillsborough Street location.

The first performance? Pete Yorn on July 15, who also happens to be playing at Cat's Cradle that night (which is not, as we know, in Raleigh as his official Web site declares) for his "You & Me" acoustic tour.

Pete Yorn's next album, produced by the ridiculously multi-talented Butch Walker, is set to be released August 29.

Links:
Pete Yorn
Schoolkids Records