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Robert Earl Keen Announces 8th Annual Holiday Tour

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey | August 2, 2019

Robert Earl Keen will once again hit the road this holiday season for his eighth annual Christmas tour.

REK at Ryman 2018; photo by Whitley Whiskers

This year’s 15-stop holiday extravaganza, which is dubbed REK’s Countdown to Christmas Tour: Lunar Tunes & Looney Times, will pay homage to the space race and all things celestial in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

“This show will turn on the ‘psyche-delactic’ jukebox and light up the tree of tranquility!” says Robert Earl. “The countdown begins now!”

The tour will kick off on Dec. 2 in Greenville, S.C., and make additional stops in New York, Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville and more. The festive set is sure to include REK’s classic, “Merry Christmas From the Family,” and many more out-of-this-world tunes.

Shinyribs will serve as support. Tickets go on sale on Aug. 9 at 10 a.m.

Editor’s Note: I attended REK’s holiday tour in 2016, 2017 and 2018 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium—and they were stellar shows.

Robert Earl Keen’s Countdown to Christmas Tour

photo by Curtis Hilbun, AFF-USA.com

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