Sturgill Simpson to make solo Dublin appearance

The upsurge in country gigs here continues with a solo Sturgill Simpson playing The Button Factory, Dublin on January 13. Tickets priced €20 go on sale on Thursday November 19.
“Picture what Waylon would have sounded like if he had taken Willie’s drugs,” trumpet Rolling Stone, and they’re spot on with the 36-year-old a 100% badass who’s equally at home in an indie venue as he is in a Nashville honky tonk.
Hailing from Jackson, Kentucky, his current Metamodern Sounds In Country Music album earned him a 2014 Grammy nod.