June 27, 2022 – Nashville, TN – Grammy-nominated and CMA Award-winning recording artist Gretchen Peters has long been known for her songwriting. Folks like George Strait and Martina McBride cut her songs early on, and since then, she’s penned hits for the likes of Trisha Yearwood, Pam Tillis, Bonnie Raitt, and Neil Diamond, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014. But, until you’ve heard Peters’ clear, expressive voice recite her own expertly-crafted melodies live on stage, you’re only getting half of the story. Luckily for longtime fans and curious onlookers, Peters has just announced a brand new live album, The Show: Live from the UK—out August 19th via Proper Music Group. Featuring 18 songs from Peters’ beloved catalog The Show marks her first release since 2020’s tribute to Mickey Newbury, The Night You Wrote That Song and her first live release since 2005’s Trio.
Culled from three performances from Peters’ 2019 Strings Attached Tour—April 19th at St. George’s, Bristol, UK; April 22nd at The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-On-Sea, UK; and April 23rd at The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds, UK—The Show features Peters’ touring band—Barry Walsh (piano, vocals), Colm McClean (electric guitar, vocals), and Conor McCreanor (electric and upright bass, vocals—as well as an all-female, Scottish string quartet featuring Seonaid Aitken (violin), Amira Bedrush-McDonald (violin), Sarah Leonard (viola), and Alice Allen (cello). The resulting album feels like a you-had-to-be-there retrospective of Peters’ illustrious career to date, framed with new-but-familiar arrangements focused on letting her songwriting shine.
Fans can pre-order or pre-save The Show: Live from the UK ahead of its August 19th release at this link and check out a full list of Peters’ upcoming performances below.
The Show: Live from the UK Tracklist:
Arguing With Ghosts
Hello Cruel World
The Secret Of Life
Revival
Love That Makes A Cup Of Tea
Blackbirds
When You Love Someone
On A Bus To St. Cloud
To Say Goodbye
When You Are Old
When All You Got Is A Hammer
Disappearing Act
Wichita
Say Grace
Everything Falls Away
The Matador
Five Minutes
Idlewild
Catch Gretchen Peters On Tour:
July 11-15 – Big Indian, NY – Richard Thompson’s Frets and Refrains Songwriting Camp*
August 13 – Albuquerque, NM – Chatter
August 24 – London, UK – Kings Place
August 25 – Bristol, UK – St. George’s
August 26 – Wimborne Minster Dorset, UK – Tivoli Theatre
August 28 – Lutterworth Leicestershire, UK – The Long Road Festival
August 29 – Leeds, UK – City Varieties Music Hall
August 30 – Edinburgh, Scotland – The Queen’s Hall
August 31 – Glasgow, Scotland – Community Central Hall
September 1 – Milton Keynes, UK – The Stables
September 2 – London, UK – Kings Place
October 5-12 – Budapest, Hungary – Danube River Cruise 2022
October 21-23 – Pomeroy, OH – Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch*
*denotes songwriting workshops
More tour dates, including Peters’ 2023 European tour, as well as ticket information can be found at gretchenpeters.com/shows.
