Sturgill Simpson 2025 ‘Johnny Blue Skies’ Tour: Presale code, dates, venues, & all you need to know

Sturgill Simpson's 2025 ‘Johnny Blue Skies’ Tour is set to be held from April 5, 2025, to September 13, 2025, in venues across mainland United States and Canada. The full title of the tour is 'Who the F**k is Johnny Blue Skies? 2025 Tour' and is currently set to feature a total of 27 shows.

Tickets for the Durant show are already sold out, while tickets for the first show are already on sale via the Two Step Inn page at Frontiers Gate. Presale for the rest of the shows starts on February 19, 2025, with artist presale, which can be accessed by registering at the official website of Ticketmaster.

A Live Nation presale will follow on February 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. local time. The code for the Live Nation presale is DUET. A general onsale will follow on February 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. local time.

Sturgill Simpson announced his tour via a post on his X page on February 14, 2025:

Sturgill Simpson 2025 ‘Johnny Blue Skies’ Tour dates and venues

The dates and venues for Sturgill Simpson's 2025 ‘Johnny Blue Skies’ Tour are given below:

• April 5, 2025—Durant, Oklahoma, at Choctaw Casino at Grand Theater
• April 6, 2025—Georgetown, Texas, at Two Step Inn
• April 8, 2025—Orange Beach, Alabama, at The Wharf Amphitheater at Orange Beach
• April 10, 2025—Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena at BJCC
• April 11, 2025—Southaven, Mississippi, at Landers Center
• April 14, 2025 — Denver, 2025—Denver, at Mission Ballroom
• April 15, 2025—Denver, Colorado at Mission Ballroom
• April 17, 2025—Bozeman, Montana, at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
• April 19, 2025—Spokane, Washington State at Spokane Arena
• April 24, 2025—Berkeley, California at Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley
• April 26, 2025—Indio, California at Stagecoach (Empire Polo Club)
• April 27, 2025—Las Vegas, Nevada, at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
• April 29, 2025—Mesa, Arizona at Mesa Amphitheatre
• May 2, 2025—Tulsa, Oklahoma, at BOK Center
• May 3, 2025—Independence, Missouri, at Cable Dahmer Arena
• May 6, 2025—Minneapolis, Minnesota, at The Armory
• May 9, 2025—Rosemont, Illinois, at Allstate Arena
• May 10, 2025—Detroit, Michigan at Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
• May 13, 2025—Charlotte, North Carolina, at Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
• May 16, 2025—Knoxville, Tennessee at Knoxville Civic Coliseum
• May 17, 2025—Alpharetta, Georgia, at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
• May 20, 2025—Asheville, North Carolina at ExploreAsheville.com Arena
• May 21, 2025—Asheville, North Carolina, at ExploreAsheville.com Arena
• May 23, 2025—Charleston, South Carolina, at Credit One Stadium
• May 24, 2025—Columbia, Maryland, at Merriweather Post Pavilion
• July 19, 2025—Redmond, Oregon at FairWell Festival
• September 13, 2025—Louisville, Kentucky at Bourbon & Beyond

Sturgill Simpson released his new album, Passage du Desir, which will be released on July 12, 2024. The album is his first work as his alter ego Johnny Blue Skies, with the singer elaborating on the matter in an exclusive interview with Qubuz on July 22, 2024:

"When I moved to Nashville, I had this kind of distinctly carved out five record arc that I wanted make five sort of conceptual country records that served. This is so heady and at this point. But yeah, so that was done. It was done. I finished the last record and always said, and I got to this point where, I don't know, like I wanted a.. I kind of wanted my name back to myself."

Sturgill Simpson continued:

"And then I realized I was always a big fan of the Derek and the Dominos record. And I thought that was a really neat concept that [Eric Clapton] hid behind a character to make a very vulnerable rock and roll record of love songs. And I don’t know if he would have done it with his name on it."

Sturgill Simpson continued:

"The name came from when I was in my early twenties. I'd gotten out of the Navy, and moved back to this town in Kentucky. And there was a bartender, this guy Dave, who, you know, wore, like a black trench coat and just stood outside, like, flipping a zippo all the time. And when I'd walk in every day, he would be like Johnny Blue Skies."

Sturgill Simpson continued:

"And I had to this day, I have no idea why. So when I did an anime film for a rock and roll record in Japan, it was, I put it under Johnny Blues Skies... mostly to answer your question, because the paperwork was already done. I own the name. "

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Sturgill Simpson is best known for his third studio album, A Sailor's Guide to Earth, which was released on April 15, 2016. The album won the Best Country Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards.

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