Willie Nile

Name: Willie Nile
Start: 2024-06-15T20:30:00-04:00
Location: Towne Crier Cafe

Schedule

Sat Jun 15 2024 at 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Towne Crier Cafe | Beacon, NY

We welcome Willie Nile for a special solo performance that will include storytelling and songs from his next album!
Willie Nile is a hard-working rock ’n’ roll troubadour called “the unofficial poet laureate of New York City” (Uncut). The New Yorker hailed Nile as “One of the most brilliant singer-songwriters of the past 30 years.”
Nile’s dual passions for life and music has fueled his long-running musical career, which took off after the Buffalo, N.Y. native made his way to New York City in the early 1970s. After establishing himself as a popular performer on the downtown club scene, Nile attained national status with a trio of widely acclaimed major-label albums before going the indie route with a lengthy series of acclaimed independent releases. Releasing albums and touring internationally on his own terms has allowed Nile to expand his loyal fan base to encompass much of the planet. His longtime admirers include Bruce Springsteen, with whom Nile has guested onstage on multiple occasions, and Pete Townshend, who personally requested him as the opening act on the Who’s historic 1980 U.S. tour. The list of avowed Nile fans also includes Bono, Lou Reed, Ian Hunter, Graham Parker, Jim Jarmusch, Little Steven, and Lucinda Williams, who once remarked, “Willie Nile is a great artist. If there was any justice in this world, I’d be opening up for him instead of him for me.”
Tickets $30 advance, $35 door