It was 30 years ago that Steve Earle’s iconic alt-country masterpiece full of piss, vinegar, and stories of moonshining and contrabanning turned country music upside down and created an entirely new avenue and sound for unruly country rockers to do their thing. Copperhead Road was Steve Earle’s opus, and it established him as a force in country, rock, and songwriting for the next three decades to come.

If you’ve ever sat banging your head to “Copperhead Road” or singing along to “Devil’s Right Hand” and wished you could see all those songs played again in cycle like it was 1988 all over, then you will get your opportunity when Steve Earle embarks with his backing band The Dukes on a 30th Anniversary Tour commemorating Copperhead Road‘s release. Along with playing the record verbatim, attendees can expect Earle to play selections from his new album So You Wanna Be An Outlaw, and other songs from his three decade career.

The dates so far span from March through May, beginning in El Dorado, Arkansas. Earle then will be heading to Europe for a string of club and festival dates, bisected by an installment of his Camp Copperhead songwriting retreat June 25th to 28th at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, New York.

30th Anniversary Copperhead Road Tour Dates:

March 16 – El Dorado, AR – Griffin Music Hall

March 17 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall

March 20 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room

March 21 – Minneapolis, MN – Pantages Theatre

March 23 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place

March 24 – Sioux City, IA – Anthem at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

March 25 – Madison, WI – Barrymore Theatre

March 27 – Iowa City, IA – The Englert Theatre

March 28 – Green Bay, WI – Meyer Theatre

March 30 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater

March 31 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music

April 2 – Cleveland, OH – Music Box Supper Club

April 3 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere

April 4 – Hopewell, VA – The Beacon Theatre

April 5 – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest Café

April 7 – East Greenwich, RI – Greenwich Odeum

April 8 – Niagara Falls, NY – Rapids Theatre

April 10 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall

April 11 – South Burlington, VA – Higher Ground

April 12 – Northampton, MA – Academy of Music Theatre

April 14 – Portland, ME – State Theatre Portland

April 15 – Peekskill, NY – Paramount Hudson Valley

April 27 – Spring, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

April 28 – Del Valle, TX (Austin) – Austin360 Ampitheater

April 29 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre

May 5 – Pelhan, TN – The Caverns

June 25-28 – Big Indian, NY – Camp Copperhead

June 30 – Maidstone, England – Ramblin’ Man

July 6-8 – Riaza, Spain – Huercasa Country Festival

July 9 – Leipzig, Germany – Parkbuhne

July 11 – Zurich, Switzerland – Volkshaus Zurich

July 12 – Antwerp, Belgium – OLT Rivierehof

July 15 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso Grote Zaal