Bartees Strange

Bartees Strange

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Date City and Venue Country
March 31, 2023 New Orleans, LA, UNO Lakefront Arena US
April 3, 2023 Southampton, The Joiners UK
April 4, 2023 London, Lafayette UK
April 6, 2023 Nottingham, Bodega Social UK
April 7, 2023 Glasgow, Stereo UK
April 8, 2023 Manchester, The Deaf Institute UK
April 10, 2023 Bristol, Rough Trade Records UK
April 11, 2023 Dublin, The Workman's Club Ireland
June 2, 2023 Los Angeles (LA), CA, Brookside Golf Course US
June 2, 2023 SF Bay Area, CA, Frost Amphitheater at Stanford US
June 2, 2023 San Diego, CA, Thrive Park at Snapdragon Stadium US
June 3, 2023 Los Angeles (LA), CA, Brookside Golf Course US
June 4, 2023 SF Bay Area, CA, Frost Amphitheater at Stanford US
June 8, 2023 Houston, TX, White Oak Music Hall - Pulse Power Stage on the Lawn US
June 9, 2023 Dallas - Fort Worth, TX, Texas Trust Cu Theatre Grounds US
June 9, 2023 Atlanta, GA, Central Park US
June 10, 2023 New Orleans, LA, Festival Grounds at City Park US
June 11, 2023 Atlanta, GA, Central Park US
June 13, 2023 Knoxville, TN, Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville US
June 14, 2023 Fayetteville, NC, Live Oak Bank Pavilion US
June 16, 2023 New York (NYC), NY, Forest Hills Stadium US
June 16, 2023 Baltimore, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion US
June 16, 2023 Boston / Cambridge, MA, The Stage at Suffolk Downs US
June 17, 2023 New York (NYC), NY, Forest Hills Stadium US
June 18, 2023 Boston / Cambridge, MA, The Stage at Suffolk Downs US
June 23, 2023 Columbus, OH, Kemba Live! Festival Stage US
June 23, 2023 Nashville, TN, The Great Lawn in Centennial Park US
June 23, 2023 Chicago, IL, Riis Park US
June 24, 2023 Chicago, IL, Riis Park US
June 25, 2023 Nashville, TN, The Great Lawn in Centennial Park US
September 30, 2023 Berlin, Max-Schmeling-Halle Germany
October 5, 2023 Porto, Super Bock Arena - Pavilhão Rosa Mota Portugal
December 2, 2023 Cancun, Hard Rock Hotel - Cancun Mexico
April 23, 2024 Sacramento, CA, Ace of Spades US

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Notes

Bartees Strange’s mother was an opera singer. His dad served in the military for decades. He traveled widely for his parents jobs—born in Ipswich, England 1989, his family also did stints in Germany, Greenland, and a number of states across America before he hit his 12th birthday when they settled in Mustang, Oklahoma.

Though Bartees’s mother shepherded him through formal musical training in voice, as a teenager he and his friends fixated on the blooming hardcore and emo scene of the Midwest and Deep South, drawing inspiration from band such as At the Drive In, Norma Jean, MeWithoutYou, Cap n Jazz, Bright Eyes, and American Football. Around this time Bartees started playing guitar.

In true DIY/punk fashion, this consumption turned into production. In middle school, Bartees began producing music for friends with a small project studio he built out of a Tascam 388, the family computer and a pirated copy of FL Studio. Through AOL instant messenger, Bartees connected with old friends in the UK, who brought him up to speed on a new world of sonic influence led by Bloc Party, Burial, Robyn and Skream. College, and a half-decade stint in Brooklyn connected him with the rising indie scene—particularly favorites like Bon Iver, TV on The Radio, Frank Ocean, James Blake, King Krule, Japanese Breakfast, Mt. Kimbie, Mitski, Thao Nguyen and The National, giving him a crash course in lyrical intrigue and textural brilliance.

Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy is a summary of his influences and the first commercial release by an artist who we truly think can go on to become a cultural influencer in his own right. Bartees resides in Washington, DC—where he makes music and works at a non-profit fighting against climate change and poverty.