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\n\tJohnny Blue Skies<\/a> (a.k.a. Sturgill Simpson<\/a>) and his band the Dark Clouds will hit the road this fall in support of their latest album, Mutiny After Midnight<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe 29-date \u201cMutiny for the Masses Tour\u201d will kick off Sept. 4 at the Moody Center in Austin and wrap Oct. 30 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Tickets will go on sale<\/a> this Friday, April 10, at 10 a.m. local time, with presales slated to begin April 8 at 10 a.m. local time. In an effort to combat scalping, Simpson will be using Ticketmaster\u2019s Face Value Exchange and AXS Resale platforms so fans can resell tickets to other fans at the original price point.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe Mutiny for the Masses Tour marks Simpson\u2019s first run since his extensive tour in support of 2024\u2019s Passage du Desir<\/a><\/em> (his first album under the Johnny Blue Skies moniker). That run earned rave reviews and established JBS and the Dark Clouds as one of the best live bands working now. The group played for about three hours every night, and shows were regularly recorded professionally and released<\/a> the next day. This upcoming run will likely feature more marathon sets, with no opener scheduled to join JBS and the Dark Clouds.<\/p>\n \n\tMutiny After Midnight <\/em>was released on March 13, with the album only available<\/a> on CD, vinyl, and cassette. While the album was put on YouTube<\/a> for a week ahead of its official release, it has otherwise yet to hit streaming services. (Though as of today, April 1, it\u2019s available to buy as a digital download via iTunes<\/a>.)<\/p>\n \n\tIn a statement, Simpson said he would probably<\/a> put the album up on streaming \u201cat some point,\u201d and explained his physical-only release strategy as a way to \u201csupport and show solidarity with independent record shops and to promote an increasingly bygone physical and tangible connection between music and music fans.\u201d (The move also helped Mutiny After Midnight <\/em>hit Number Three on the Billboard <\/em>200<\/a> albums chart, matching the peak achieved by his landmark 2016 LP A Sailor\u2019s Guide to Earth<\/em>.<\/a>)<\/p>\n