My Morning Jacket will return this summer, playing its first-ever show at the historic Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on July 15.
The concert will be the band’s only New York City performance of 2017.
Special guest Gary Clark Jr. will open.
Tickets are currently on sale at ForestHillsStadium.com.
One dollar from every ticket purchased will benefit My Morning Jacket’s Waterfall Project.
Established in 2015, the project is dedicated to supporting and promoting actions, big and small, for positive change in the world.
In a review of a May 2016 show, The Denver Post said, “My Morning Jacket returned… once again proving they’re among the top live bands in any genre, anywhere. Jim James’ songs, guitar playing and vocals — beautiful and haunting at times, and possessing an incredible vocal range–alone could carry a show, but the band (Tom Blankenship on bass, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel and keyboardist Bo Koster) plays with an intensity few bands equal, let alone attempt.”
“The Waterfall” (ATO Records/Capitol Records), My Morning Jacket’s seventh studio album, garnered their third Grammy nomination in the Best Alternative Music Album category.
The Washington Post hailed it as “epic,” and Pitchfork said, “[it] reaffirms that MMJ are one of the most exciting American rock bands going.”
Following the band’s spring 2016 tour, Jim James released a new solo album, Eternally Even (ATO Records/Capitol Records).
Stereogum praised its “raw, exquisitely textured glory,” and American Songwriter described it as “a spellbinding listen.”
Eternally Even was recently voted as one of 2016’s top albums by National Public Radio listeners.
For decades, the stadium at the West Side Tennis Club was not only host of the U.S. Open, it was also a renowned music venue — hosting concerts by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and other legendary artists.
When the U.S. Open moved to larger space in 1977, the architecturally stunning, horseshoe-shaped Forest Hills Stadium fell into disrepair and its days as a music venue faded.
In 2013, concert promoters partnered with the West Side Tennis Club to rehabilitate the stadium and bring incredible events back to this storied venue.
