Atlanta rock band, Blackberry Smoke have debuted a new song, “Little Bit Crazy,” along with a UK & European tour announcement. With the band currently on the road in the US, this is the second single from their upcoming album, Be Right Here, due out February 16th via 3 Legged Records/Thirty Tigers. Check out the video below, and find live listings and more.
Pre-save/pre-order Be Right Here here.
The new single was written by lead singer Charlie Starr and longtime collaborator Travis Meadows and the track comes with an official music video, which you can watch below. Reflecting on the track, Starr shares: “It’s a rock and roll song about this fella and the girl who might be his undoing.”
Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell), Be Right Here is a timely reminder to be present and live authentically. Across these ten tracks – a collection of their signature rock n’ roll anthems, Americana-leaning ballads and southern rock jams – the band celebrates the simple joys of life, the fleeting moments and the little bits of luck found along the way.
Reflecting on the project, Starr shares, “We always track live together, but this time we had all our amps and drums and everything in the same room. It’s just as natural and as real as possible. The last album was very raw too, but with this one I remember different times I would say, ‘I think we should redo that,’ and Dave was like, ‘No, leave it that way. That way it’s magical.‘”
Recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A and Cobb’s Georgia Mae in Savannah, the album features the band – Charlie Starr (vocals, guitar), Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals) and Brandon Still (keyboards) – alongside Preston Holcomb (drums) and Benji Shanks (guitar), as well as special guest vocals from The Black Bettys.
Be Right Here tracklisting:
01 Dig A Hole
02 Hammer And The Nail
03 Like It Was Yesterday
04 Be So Lucky
05 Azalea
06 Don’t Mind If I Do
07 Whatcha Know Good
08 Other Side of the Light
09 Little Bit Crazy
10 Barefoot Angel
The band have also announced the UK & EU leg of their international Be Right Here headline tour, set for September 2024. See below for full tour itinerary. Tickets for the new dates will be available on pre-sale starting Tuesday 10th October at 10:00am local time, with general on-sale following next Friday 13th October at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at www.blackberrysmoke.com/tour.
Blackberry Smoke 2023 – 2024 Be Right Here tour dates:
October 7 – Petros, TN – Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
October 12 – Effingham, IL – Rusty Reel Lake Jam
October 14 – Conroe, TX – Cajun Catfish Festival
November 2 – Huntsville, AL – Orion Amphitheater
November 3 – Tallahassee, FL – Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
November 4 – Orlando, FL – Orlando Amphitheatre
November 9 – Pompano Beach, FL – Pompano Beach Amphitheater
November 10 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
November 11 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
November 15 – Shipshewana, IN – Blue Gate Theatre
November 16 – Waukegan, IL – Genesee Theatre
Nov 17 – Elizabeth, IN – Caesars Event Center at Caesars Southern Indiana
November 24 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
December 29 – Roanoke, VA -The Berglund Center
December 30 – Hiawassee, GA – Anderson Music Hall
December 31 – Spartanburg, SC – Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
February 4-10, 2024 – Miami, FL – Outlaw Country Cruise
February 15, 2024 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
February 17, 2024 – North Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
February 18, 2024 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium
February 20, 2024 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater
February 22, 2024 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
February 23, 2024 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
February 29, 2024 – Little Rock, AR – The Hall
March 1, 2024 – Fort Smith, AR – Temple Live
March 2, 2024 – Springfield, MO – Gillioz Theatre
March 7, 2024 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
March 8, 2024 – Beaver Creek, CO – Vilar Performing Arts Center
March 9, 2024 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre
September 9, 2024 – Glasgow, U.K. – O2 Academy
September 10, 2024 – Edinburgh, U.K. – O2 Academy
September 12, 2024 – Manchester, U.K. – O2 Apollo
September 13, 2024 – Birmingham, U.K. – O2 Academy
September 14, 2024 – London, U.K. – Eventim Apollo
September 16, 2024 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
September 17, 2024 – Tilburg, Netherlands – O13
September 18, 2024 – Hannover, Germany – Capitol
September 20, 2024 – Copenhagen, Denmark – VEGA
September 21, 2024 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
September 22, 2024 – Stockholm, Sweden – Annexet
September 24, 2024 – Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle
September 25, 2024 – Vienna, Austria – Gasometer
September 26, 2024 – Munich, Germany – Tonhalle
September 28, 2024 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
September 29, 2024 – Cologne, Germany – E-Werk
September 30, 2024 – Zurich, Switzerland – Kauflauten
October 2, 2024 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz
More from Blackberry Smoke:
Throughout their prolific career, Blackberry Smoke has released seven studio albums including 2021’s You Hear Georgia, which celebrated their 20th anniversary as a band.
In addition to their studio albums, they have released several other projects such as their EPs Stoned, The Southern Ground Sessions and Live From Capricorn Studios as well as Homecoming: Live In Atlanta, a live album and concert film, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Album Sales chart.
Since forming in 2001, Blackberry Smoke has continued to tour relentlessly, building a strong and loyal community of fans. In addition to their work as musicians, the band is deeply committed to charitable work and formed the Lana Turner Foundation, a non-profit supporting several national foundations committed to curing children’s cancer. With these efforts, the band has raised over $1,000,000 to date benefitting children’s cancer research.
Blackberry Smoke are:
Charlie Starr – Lead vocals/Guitar
Paul Jackson – Guitar/B.vox
Richard Turner – Bass/B.vox
Brandon Still – Keyboards
Brit Turner – Drums/Percussion
Benji Shanks – Guitar
Preston Holcomb – Percussion