You may ask, “Who the fuck is Johnny Blue Skies?” Well, friends, he is Mr. Sturgill Simpson! And Johnny Blue Skies is his nom de guerre for Passage Du Desir, Sturgill’s 2024 studio album. The Who the Fuck Is Johnny Blue Skies Tour reaches Merriweather Post Pavilion on Saturday, May 24.
You can win tickets to go with Parklife DC!
The highly anticipated release album was produced by Johnny Blue Skies and David Ferguson and recorded at Clement House Recording Studio in Nashville and Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Johnny Blue Skies and his band — Kevin Black (bass), Robbie Crowell (keys), Laur Joamets (guitar), and Miles Miller (drums) — made their long awaited return to the road in Fall 2024 with the Why Not? Tour, which included a stop at The Anthem!
Simpson previously released five full-length studio albums — 2013’s High Top Mountain, 2014’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, 2016’s A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, 2019’s Sound & Fury, and 2021’s The Ballad of Dood and Juanita — along with the 2020 projects, Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Throughout his singular career, Simpson has relentlessly pushed against expectations, earning widespread acclaim and countless accolades including a Grammy Award in 2017 for Best Country Album and six Grammy nominations across four genres: country, rock, bluegrass, and Americana.
Watch the tour trailer for the Who the Fuck Is Johnny Blue Skies Tour on YouTube:
Parklife DC is giving away a pair of tickets to see Sturgill Simpson at Merriweather Post Pavilion! To win, simply leave a comment on this blog. You can leave any comment, but we would like to know your favorite song by Sturgill Simpson — or er Johnny Blue Skies.
For the rules of this giveaway–
Comments will be closed at 5pm on Friday, and a winner will be randomly selected. The winner will be notified by email. The winner must respond to our email within 24 hours, or they will forfeit their tickets and we will pick another winner. Good luck!
Buy your tickets online if you don’t win!
Sturgill Simpson
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Saturday, May 24
Gates @ 6:30pm
$73.35-$352.80
All ages
I’ll go with All Around You. A Sailor’s Guide to Earth is such a great album