Andrew Bird Announces Fall Tour, Releases Moving “Manifest” Video

Andrew Bird has whistled up a headlining tour for the fall, as well as released an animated new video for “Manifest.”

The extensive tour supports his brand new album My Finest Work Yet, which was recorded completely live-in-studio at Barefoot Studios in Los Angeles, and released today, March 22, via Loma Vista Recordings.

We spoke to Bird about his new album, which he called “a pretty uplifting record,” telling Paste Editor-in-Chief Josh Jackson, “I’ve always had optimism, and I have a certain faith in humanity and what we’re capable of. And whether you have a lot of reasons to believe otherwise, in this case, it’s worth kidding ourselves if it’s not true.”

Watch the evolutionary video for “Manifest” (animated by Andrea Nakhla) below, and keep scrolling for Bird’s full list of tour dates, with support including Hiss Golden Messenger and Yola, as well as his co-headlining date with Calexico and Iron & Wine. And to mix in with his new album, you can also listen to Bird’s 2007 visit to Daytrotter.

Andrew Bird Tour Dates:

April
02 – Chicago, Ill. @ Green Mill
03 – Chicago, Ill. @ Green Mill
08 – New York, N.Y. @ National Sawdust
09 – New York, N.Y. @ National Sawdust

May
31 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ Emerge

June
03 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Wiltern *

July
11 – Asheville, N.C. @ Highland Brewing Company ‡‡
12 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Ryman Auditorium ‡‡
13 – Raleigh, N.C. @ North Carolina Museum of Art &
14 – Louisville, Ky. @ Forecastle Festival
16 – Chicago, Ill. @ Chicago Theatre *

September
13 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Roxian Theatre ‡
14 – Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem ‡
16 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ The Fillmore ‡
17 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Kings Theatre ‡
18 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Brooklyn Steel ‡
20 – North Adams, Mass. @ FreshGrass Music Festival
21 – Boston, Mass. @ Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion ^
23 – Toronto, Ont. @ Danforth Music Hall
24 – Cleveland, Ohio @ Masonic Auditorium
25 – Detroit, Mich. @ Masonic Temple Theatre
26 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ Riverside Theater
27 – St. Paul, Minn. @ Palace Theatre

October
17 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Vogue Theatre $
18 – Portland, Ore. @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall $
19 – Seattle, Wash. @ Paramount Theatre $
21 – Davis, Calif. @ Mondavi Center $
22 – Oakland, Calif. @ Fox Theater $
24 – San Diego, Calif. @ House of Blues #
26 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Van Buren #
28 – Oklahoma City, Okla. @ The Jones Assembly #
29 – Dallas, Texas @ AT&T Pack Annette Strauss Stage #
30 – Austin, Texas @ Stubb’s #

November
01 – New Orleans, La. @ Civic Theatre
02 – Atlanta, Ga. @ The Tabernacle

(* = w/ Madison Cunningham)
(‡ = w/ Chicago Batman)
(& = w/ Tift Merritt)
(# = w/ Yola)
(^ = w/ Co-headline with Calexico and Iron & Wine)
($ = w/ Meshell Ndegeocello)
(‡‡ = w/ Hiss Golden Messenger)