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Date: November 08, 2011
Ages: All Ages

Address:
2124 Broadway (74th-75th Sts.)
New York, NY 10023

Phone: 212-465-6225
Website: www.beacontheatrenyc.com

Description: Legendary artist Joan Baez will embark on a U.S. tour this fall including three co-headlining shows with renowned songwriter and fellow artist, Kris Kristofferson. The fall tour will feature a repertoire spanning her five-decade career.

In quick succession, Baez celebrated joyful landmark years in 2008-2009, marking the 50th anniversary of both her renowned residency in 1958 at the famed Club 47 in Cambridge and her subsequent debut at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. These milestones coincided with the Grammy-nominated album, Day After Tomorrow (September 2008), which was recorded in Nashville and produced by Steve Earle. Of the release, the Boston Globe proclaimed, 'A half century into her career, folk icon Joan Baez is making a return of sorts - not to vintage material, but to songs that evoke the spirit and message of her defining early work - Baez has never sounded wiser, or more deeply human.' Moreover, in 2009, Baez was profiled in Public Television's American Masters documentary, Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound.

While this year began with the National Recording Academy inducting Baez's 1960 debut LP on Vanguard Records into the Grammy Hall Of Fame. At the same time, the prestigious Folk Alliance International presented her with its 'Lifetime Achievement Award,' and Amnesty International, at its 50th Anniversary Annual General Meeting in San Francisco, bestowed on her the inaugural 'Joan Baez Award for Outstanding Inspirational Service in the Global Fight for Human Rights.' Additionally, Baez recently returned to the cast of Teatro ZinZanni in San Francisco for a limited run in 'Maestro's Enchantment.'

Kristofferson's New West albums mark the latest works of a distinguished career that has encompassed the authorship of such classic American songs as 'Me and Bobby McGee,' 'Sunday Morning Coming Down,' and 'Help Me Make It Through the Night': stardom in such feature films as Lonestar, the Blade Trilogy, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid and A Star is Born; honors including three Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and years of outspoken political and social activism. He was recently recognized as a BMI Icon at the performing rights organization's Country Awards. Kristofferson is currently a member of the Songwriter Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Upcoming Events at Beacon Theatre:

• Marisa Monte - 06/26/13 - 06/28/13
  
• Frampton's Guitar Circus - 06/27/13
  
• Cyndi Lauper - 07/10/13
  
• Mindless Behavior - 07/13/13
  
• Alice Cooper - 07/18/13
  
• John Prine - 09/06/13
  
• Third Day - 09/12/13
  
• Pet Shop Boys - 09/16/13 - 09/17/13
  
• Tedeschi Trucks Band - 09/20/13 - 09/21/13
  
• Earth, Wind and Fire - 09/24/13 - 09/25/13
  
• Joe Satriani - 09/26/13
  
• Ian Anderson - 10/10/13 - 10/11/13
  
• The Fab Faux - The George Harrison 70th Birthday Celebration - 10/26/13
  
• The Idan Raichel Project - 10/27/13
  
• Zappa Plays Zappa - 10/31/13
  
• Zappa Plays Zappa - 10/31/13
  
• John Fogerty - 11/12/13
  

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