David Gray is busy readying his eighth studio album ‘Draw the Line’ for release on September 22. It will mark his first set of original material since 2005′s ‘Life in Slow Motion’. In 2007, Gray released a compilation of cover tunes recorded live labeled ‘A Thousand Miles Behind’. It included many artists who have proved influential to David’s musical career including Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.

Gray is preparing a world tour to support the new recording. The US leg begins in ernest on October 23 in Boston and carries him through 11 cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles (David Gray tour schedule listed below).

‘Draw the Line’ will feature vocals by Annie Lennox and Jolie Holland. Gray spent the first half of 09 chronicling the recording process in a set of videos he has posted to YouTube.

David Gray 2009 Tour Dates
July
17 – Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK @ Westonbirt Arboretum
19 – Lucerne, Switzerland @ Lucerne Concert Hall
21 – Galway, Ireland @ Galway Music Festival

August
7 – Boulder, Colo. @ Boulder Theater
15 – Redmond, Wash. @ Mountain Music Festival

September
14 – London, UK @ The Roundhouse
15 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Ritz
16 – Glasgow, UK @ Glasgow ABC

October 2009
23 – Boston, MA – Wang Theatre
24 – New York, NY – WAMU Theater
26 – Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall
27 – Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
29 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Auditorium Theatre
30 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre

November 2009
1 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
2 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall
4 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnizer Concert Hall
7 – Oakland, CA – Paramount Theatre
9 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre

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