Henry Rollins to Bring Spoken Word Tour to U.S.

Rocker/poet/actor/author/comedian/radio host Henry Rollins will bring his marathon spoken word tour stateside starting Feb. 17, when he'll perform the first of 45 North American dates at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana, CA.

The former Black Flag frontman is currently in Austria finishing the European leg of his world tour, which started in Ireland on January 12, and includes more than eighty total shows over four continents. Rollins will wrap up his tour on May 8 in Cape Town, South Africa. Here are the North America dates:

February
February 17 Solana Beach, CA, CA, Belly Up Tavern
February 18 Phoenix, AZ, Marquee
February 19 Albuquerque, NM, Kimo Theater
February 20 El Paso, TX, El Paso High School
February 21 Oklahoma City, OK, Diamond Ballroom
February 23 Houston, TX, House of Blues
February 24 Dallas, TX, Lakewood Theater
February 25 Little Rock, AR, Juanitias
February 26 New Orleans, LA, House of Blues
February 27 Birmingham, AL, Workplay Theater
February 28 Atlanta, GA, Variety Playhouse

March
March 2 Clearwater, FL, Capitol
March 3 Fort Lauderdale, FL, Revolution
March 4 Orlando, Fl, House of Blues
March 5 Charleston, SC, Music Farm
March 6 Asheville, NC, Orange Peel
March 7 Richmond, VA, The National
March 9 Washington, DC, Birchmer
March 10 Washington, DC, Birchmer
March 11 Philadelphia, PA, First Unitarian Church
March 12 New York, NY, Irving Plaza
March 13 New York, NY, Irving Plaza
March 14 Tarrytown, NY Tarrytown Music Hall
March 16 Bayshore, NY, Boulton Center
March 17 Sommerville, MA, Sommerville Theater
March 18 Portland, ME, Space 538
March 19 Halifax, NS, Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
March 20 Moncton, NB, Capitol Theatre
March 22 Montreal, QC, Le National
March 23 Ottawa, ON, Bronson Centre
March 24 Kingston, ON, Sydenham St United Church
March 25 Kitchener, ON, Conrad Centre
March 26 Toronto, ON, Queen Elizabeth Theatre
March 27 Syracuse, NY, Westcott Theater
March 28 Ithaca, NY, Castaways
March 30 State College, PA, State Theater
March 31 Pittsburgh, PA, Hazlett Theater

April
April 1 Kent, OH, Kent Stage
April 2 Columbus, OH, LC Pavillon
April 3 Newport, KY, Historic Southgate House
April 4 Lexington, KY, Buster
April 5 Bloomington, IN, Buskirk-Chumley Theater
April 7 Chicago, IL, Vic Theater
April 8 Milwaukee, WI , Turner Hall Ballroom
April 9 Madison, WI, Barrymore Theater