Allen Stone – hailed by USA Today as a “pitch-perfect powerhouse” – will tour extensively in early 2012. He’ll kick off the year with a two-night stand at The Neptune in his hometown of Seattle. Stone will be accompanied by the Seattle Rock Orchestra for these two special performances – January 14 (sold out) and January 15. In the course of the past year, the 24-year-old has gone from playing backwoods barbecues and community gatherings to selling out venues from D.C. to L.A. and performing on “Conan” – all without the support of a record label or publisher.

The New York Times’ Jon Pareles noted in a recent live review: “his music reached back four decades to the late 1960s and early ’70s, when songwriters like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway and Bill Withers brought introspection and social commentary to soul music…he let loose a tenor voice with the eagerness and frisky syncopations of Mr. Wonder, coupled at times with Michael Jackson’s percussive flourishes.” The Washington Postpraised his “high-powered set,” observing: “During ‘Contact High,’ a song Stone wrote about our collective dependence on electronic devices, there wasn’t a single person in the crowd messing around on a cellphone…”

Stone’s self-titled sophomore record was released in October on Stickystones, his own entirely independent label. It shot up iTunes’ R&B/Soul charts, peaking at the #2 spot, and hit #29 and #62 on Billboard’s Heatseekers and R&B/Hip Hop Album charts respectively. Recent press coverage for his new CD includes MTV Buzzworthy, USA Today’s Fall Music Preview “Under the Radar,” NPR’s The Record Blog, CNN’s Marquee Blog “1 to Watch” and Billboard’s “Freshman Haze,” among others.

Stone’s three-week North American outing with Jack’s Mannequin kicks off in St. Louis, MO on January 19 and includes two nights at New York City’s Irving Plaza (February 8 & 9).It will be followed by a headlining tour that kicks off February 12 at The 8 x 10 in Baltimore, MD and concludes with a show at the legendary Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA on March 24th.

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You can check out Stone’s recent performance on “Conan” at:

Allen Stone – Upcoming Tour Dates

Headlining Dates

12/24 Las Vegas, NV The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Book & Stage

free shows @ 10pm and 12 midnight

1/12 Bellingham, WA Western Washington University-Viking Union

1/13 Ellensburg, WA Raw Space

1/14 Seattle, WA The Neptune SOLD OUT

1/15 Seattle, WA The Neptune

With Jack’s Mannequin

1/19 St. Louis, MO The Pageant

1/20 Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club

1/21 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue

1/23 Milwaukee, WI The Rave

1/24 Chicago, IL House of Blues

1/25 Chicago, IL House of Blues

1/27 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s

1/28 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room

1/29 Cleveland, OH House of Blues-Cleveland

1/31 Toronto, ON Sound Academy

2/2 Portland, ME State Theatre

2/3 Boston, MA House of Blues

2/4 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts

2/6 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts

2/8 New York, NY Irving Plaza

2/9 New York, NY Irving Plaza

2/10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

2/11 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

Headlining Dates

2/12 Baltimore, MD The 8 x 10

2/13 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE-Indoor Stage

2/16 Des Moines, IA Gas Lamp

2/17 St. Louis, MO Firebird

2/19 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep

2/20 Breckenridge, CO three20south

2/23 Pullman, WA Washington State University

Compton Union Building Auditorium

3/1 Tacoma, WA Pacific Lutheran University

3/5 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall

3/7 Burlington, VT Club Metronome

3/8 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Casino Wolf De

3/9 Virginia Beach, VA The Jewish Mother

3/10 Atlanta, GA Masquerade

3/11 Nashville, TN 12th & Porter

3/22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall

3/24 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour

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