Source: Press Release
Ben Harper, the 3-time GRAMMY Award-winning musician, announced he is adding 4 shows to his upcoming tour with the Innocent Criminals:
Sept. 18 – Mountain Winery BHIC – Saratoga, CA
Sept. 20 – Cuthbert Amphitheater BHIC – Eugene, OR
Sept. 21 – Athletic Club Grass Bowl BHIC – Bend, OR
Sept. 22 – McMenamins Edgefield BHIC – Troutdale, OR
This is the first tour for the band since the pandemic. The current tour begins April 2nd with the band playing the Rendezvous Spring Festival in Jackson Wyoming then 21 dates throughout Europe in July and August, continuing through October 7 which will find the band in Chula Vista, California for the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre. The band features longtime members percussionist Leon Mobley and drummer Oliver Charles as well as new members Chris Joyner (Keys), Alex Painter (Guitar), and Leslie King (bass).
“The band is ecstatic to be back on tour,” said Ben. “The new members of the group bring a fire that is pushing the sound forward in a whole new way.”
February 8, 2022, marked 28 years since Harper’s debut release, Welcome to the Cruel World, and he has been touring with the Innocent Criminals for equally as long. In that time he has released 16 studio records and 3 live ones. Though unable to fully tour these last two years, the prolific artist, producer, and record label owner stayed immensely busy. 2020 saw him release his first-ever instrumental record, Winter Is For Lovers. Narrated by a single lap steel guitar, the emotional story resonated with Harper’s fans, selling out on vinyl in the first week after release and garnering over 15 million streams and counting. In addition, Harper has been at work on new music which fans can expect to hear soon.
It’s hard to describe the power and experience of seeing this band live, but Mark McDermott, who reviewed one of the shows in 2021 came pretty close:
“The first thing you hear is a long sinuous wail. A young yet regal man is seated on the stage, bowed almost reverentially over his lap slide guitar, a big booming bass man by his side, surrounded by a swell of soulful yet thundering percussion. There’s a glow of gold, somehow, emanating from his strings, a light as ethereal and inexplicable as the man’s voice wavering above this glorious, funky, holy wall of sound. When Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals arrived you knew it…. Harper’s songs are ultimately about resilience, and as he returns to the stage post-pandemic, he does so with a renewed sense of hope.”
Catch Ben and the Innocent Criminals at these shows and check his website for updates and additional tour dates:
April 2 – Jackson, WY – Jackson Hole Rendevous Spring Festival BHIC* w/ Cold War Kids, The Wailers’
April 22 – Moon Crush Pink Moon BH – Miramar Beach, FL
April 23 – Amplify Decatur Music Festival BH – Decatur, GA
May 7 – Mill Valley Music Festival BHIC – Mill Valley, CA
May 26 – The Amp at Craig Ranch BHIC – N. Las Vegas, NV
May 28 – Kit Carson Park BHIC – Taos, NM
May 29 – Red Rocks Amphitheature BHIC^ – Morrison, CO
June 11 – Festival at the Hollywood Bowl BH – Los Angeles, CA
July 7 – Cognac Blues Passions BHIC – Cognac, FR
July 9 – Cactus Festival BHIC – Bruges, Belgium
July 10 – Paradiso BHIC – Amsterdam, Netherlands
July 11 – Abbey of Neumunster BHIC – Luxeumbourg, Luxembourg
July 13 – Marostica Summer Festival BHIC – Marostica, Italy
July 15 – Festival de Nimes BHIC – Nimes, France
July 16 – Guitar on Stage BHIC – Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France
July 17 – Lucca Summer Festival BHIC – Lucca, Italy
July 19 – Stupinigi Sonic Park BHIC – Nicelino, Italy
July 20 – Z7 Summer Nights Open Air BHIC – Pratteln, Switzerland
July 22 – Festival Jardins Pedralbes BHIC – Barcelona, Spain
July 23 – Sons del Mon BHIC – Girona Spain
July 25 – Botanic Nights BHIC – Madrid, Spain
July 28 – Festival de Carcassone BHIC – Carcassonne, France
July 29 – Ecaussysteme Festival in Gignac BHIC – Gignac, France
Aug. 2 – Piazza Grande BHIC – Palmanova, Italy
Aug. 3 – Acielo Aperto Festival BHIC – San Mauro Pascoli, Italy
Aug. 4 – Cavea Auditorium Parco Della Musica BHIC – Rome, Italy
Aug. 6 – Ancient Theater of Taormina BHIC – Taormina, Italy
Aug. 9 – Parco dei Suoni BHIC – Riola Sardo, Italy
Aug. 11 – Party of Radio Onda d’Urto BHIC – Brescia, Italy
Sept. 18 – Mountain Winery BHIC – Saratoga, CA (Purchase tickets)
Sept. 20 – Cuthbert Amphitheater BHIC – Eugene, OR (Purchase tickets)
Sept. 21 – Athletic Club Grass Bowl BHIC – Bend, OR (Purchase tickets)
Sept. 22 – McMenamins Edgefield BHIC – Troutdale, OR (Purchase tickets)
Sept. 24 – Gorge Amphitheatre* BHIC – George, WA
Oct. 7 – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre* BHIC – Chula Vista, CA
^w/ Ziggy & Stephen Marley
*w/ Jack Johnson
