First leg of your runs April 3 through June 1
Monument Records’ powerhouse vocalist Caitlyn Smith took to social media this morning (Wed, Mar 8th) to announce her 2023 The Great Pretender Solo Tour, an unplugged, unaccompanied, unique arrangement in celebration of her new album High & Low, due April 14th.
Kicking off April 3rd in Austin, TX, and in partnership with DTour, the trek includes 15 independent venues across the country celebrating the stories behind the songs.
“I wanted to bring my fans into the room with me to where these songs began. Feelings. Stories. One voice and one instrument. Songs in their purest form,” says the Critics’ Choice Award winner. “Sharing these wonderfully intimate rooms with people allows me to connect and be more vulnerable than I have been able to be in years. Hopefully this experience will mean as much to my fans as I know it’s going to mean to me.”
Fender’s “Next Artist” Alex Hall joins Smith as direct tour support. General on sale begins on Friday, March 10th at 10 am local time via caitlynsmith.com.
DTour is a network of independent venues and promoters offering national artists locally owned, unique venue experiences across multiple markets. The partnership follows a history of supporting independent venues for Smith. In 2021 she released a video depicting the emotional and tumultuous journey of an independent venue owner facing closure. Smith, along with Grammy-nominated Old Dominion, partnered on the music video for her powerful song, “I Can’t,” to not only chronicle the desperate conditions many beloved live music venues faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but to encourage viewers to support the National Independent Venue Association by visiting togetherwecan.caitlynsmith.com to donate to NIVA’s Emergency Relief Fund.
The country singer/songwriter headlined her High & Low Tour in 2022. Prior to that headlining run across the US and UK, she spent the last year opening for George Strait, Reba, Little Big Town and Old Dominion where she played stadiums and arenas across the US. In March 2022, she made her debut appearance at C2C: Country to Country.
Last year, Smith released High, the first half of a record that the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter self-produced. April 14 she will release the completion of that project, adding six new songs to make her full record, High & Low. The additional tracks balance 2022’s critically-acclaimed High, with High & Low capturing the full picture of who Smith is as an artist and as a creator – where embracing the yin and yang simply makes you more human.
