Ben Westhoff[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday.]
Henry Rollins doesn't keep his political opinions quiet; in a column last fall about the Occupy protesters he recounted how Sen. Rand Paul “made a fool of himself trying to compare them to a 'French mob'” and spoke of a “cross-eyed” Glenn Beck and his “paranoid method-acting rants.”
You can likely expect more such irreverent insight on his just-announced Capitalism tour this fall, which will hit the capitals of all 50 states, kicking off in Honolulu, Hawaii, and finishing up in Washington, D.C., the night before the election.
The dates are below, as are more crazy pics of Rollins as Uncle Sam. Oh, and the Shepard Fairey-designed tour poster!
Credit: Shepard Fairey
“We will be going all the way up to election eve,” Rollins says in the press release. “It's always a great time to be in America, but this will be the high point of this year's tour. Shepard Fairey did a great poster for the tour to make it extra noteworthy. I can't wait to start this one.”
In addition to the political barbs and riffs, expect Rollins to also speak on his never-ending tour across the world, which has taken him from Australia to South Africa to Canada, and that's only the past few months.
Tickets go on sale this Friday; more info on Rollins' site. Dates are below, and, on the next page, more pictures of Rollins in the Uncle Sam get-up!
9/6 Honolulu, HI Hawaiian Brian's
9/8 Juneau, AK Arts & Culture Center
9/10 Olympia, WA The Capitol Theater
9/11 Salem, OR Historic Elsinore Theatre
9/13 Sacramento, CA Crest Theatre
9/14 Carson City, NV Brewery Arts Center
9/15 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
9/16 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room
9/18 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
9/19 Helena, MT Myrna Loy Center
9/20 Cheyenne, WY Cheyenne Depot Museum
9/21 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
9/22 Santa Fe, NM Sol Santa Fe
9/23 Austin, TX Scottish Rite Theater
9/24 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
9/26 Pierre, SD TF Riggs High School (“SD BookFestival”)
9/27 St. Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theater
9/28 Bismarck, ND Dakota Stage Playhouse
9/30 Lincoln, NE Rococo Theatre
10/1 Des Moines, IA Wooly's
10/2 Topeka, KS Hills Festival Hall @ Topeka PAC
10/3 Little Rock, AR Juanita's
10/4 Jefferson City, MO Etta & Joseph Miller PAC
10/5 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre
10/6 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
10/8 Lansing, MI Cooley Temple @ Thomas M. Cooley Law School
10/9 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre
10/10 Nashville, TN Belcourt Theater
10/11 Springfield, IL Hoogland Center For The Arts
10/12 Frankfort, KY Grand Theatre
10/14 Jackson, MS Duling Hall
10/15 Baton Rouge, LA Manship Theatre
10/16 Montgomery, AL Capri Theatre
10/17 Tallahassee, FL Ruby Diamond Concert Hall @ FSU
10/18 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
10/19 Columbia, SC Columbia Museum Of Art
10/20 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
10/21 Richmond, VA The National
10/23 Charleston, WV Culture Center Theater
10/24 Harrisburg, PA Whitaker Center
10/25 Albany, NY The Egg
10/26 Montpelier, VT Alumni Hall @ Vermont College Of Fine Arts
10/27 Concord, NH Capitol Center for the Arts
10/28 Augusta, ME Cony High School Auditorium
10/30 Boston, MA Berklee Performing Arts Center
10/31 Dover, DE Schwartz Center For The Arts
11/1 Providence, RI Lupo's
11/2 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
11/3 Trenton, NJ New Jersey State Museum Auditorium
11/4 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
11/5 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
More pics of Rollins as Uncle Sam below
Credit: Heidi May
Credit: Heidi May
Credit: Heidi May
Credit: Heidi May
Credit: Heidi May
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