Said Labelle, “Aerosmith has been a huge influence on our band, and ‘Last Child’ is a staple in our live set, so to be tipping our hat to the band is really special. Plus, we’re all big fans of the way Dave makes records. He does it live, he tracks live, he does minimal overdubs, and we love that. Our goal has always been to make music that has soul, that has a live feel, and has a performance element to it instead of perfectly in-tune vocals and perfectly played guitar solos. That’s our philosophy for everything we do, we’re trying to capture performance, not perfection.”
To say that 2019 was a breakout year for Dirty Honey would be an understatement. Recorded in Byron Bay, Australia with producer Nick DiDia (Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine), the band released its self-titled debut EP in March 2019. Over the course of the year, Dirty Honey opened for The Who, Guns N’ Roses, and Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, performed at more than a dozen major summer festivals including Welcome to Rockville, Louder Than Life, Heavy MTL, Rocklahoma, Sonic Temple and Epicenter, and played to SRO crowds at every show on its first-ever headline tour in December. Dirty Honey also made music history when it became the only unsigned artist ever to hit #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart with its debut track “When I’m Gone.” Additionally, the band was named Canadian Rock Radio’s #1 International Breakout Artist of 2019, Loudwire cited “When I’m Gone” as one of the “66 Best Songs of the Decade,” the UK’s Louder/Classic Rock magazine hailed Dirty Honey as one of the “20 great bands to shake up the 2020s,” and the band was just named a nominee as Best New Rock/Alternative Artist for the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards. “Rolling 7s,” Dirty Honey’s sophomore single, is already a Top 20 track at Rock Radio, and the band has racked up more than 14.4-million total streams.
JANUARY 2020
17 The Parish, Austin, TX
18 The Blue Light, Dallas, TX
19 The Studio at Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
21 The Parish at House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
22 Club LA, Destin, FL
24 Dixie Roadhouse, Fort Myers, FL
25 Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville, FL
27 Sidetracks Music Hall, Huntsville, AL
28 The Basement East, Nashville, TN
29 Capone’s Johnson City, TN
31 Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
FEBRUARY
1 Stage On Herr at HMAC, Harrisburg, PA
5 Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY
7 The Stache, Grand Rapids, MI
8 The Machine Shop, Flint, MI
10 Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
11 Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
12 Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
14 Old Rock House, St. Louis, MO
15 The Riot Room, Kansas City, MO
17 Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO
21 Nuemos, Seattle, WA
22 Polaris Hall, Portland, OR
25 Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
27 The Parish at House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
28 El Rey, Los Angeles, CA
APRIL
17 WXTB 98RockFest, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL
18 WJRR Earth Day Birthday, Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL
24 WDHA Rocks the Rock, Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
25 WAAF 50th Anniversary, DCU Center, Worcester, MA
MAY
1 Lunatic Luau, Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA