{"id":178191,"date":"2025-11-13T09:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/178191\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:06:09","slug":"little-feat-announce-final-tour-share-new-song-with-inara-george-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/178191\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Feat Announce Final Tour, Share New Song With Inara George: Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than half a century after forming, roots-rock stalwarts <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/9465-little-feat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Little Feat<\/a> have announced the start of their final tour. The Last Farewell Tour kicks off in April with shows across the southern United States, though the band have confirmed a global tour to follow. Scroll down to see Little Feat\u2019s full list of tour dates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying is the joy and satisfaction of touring, but it comes with the hard part\u2014travel, the endless miles on a bus,\u201d Little Feat shared in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely not an absolute, never-gonna-play again statement.\u00a0 This\u00a0wind-down will take several years to accomplish, and while it does, Feat will continue to perform and record as long as they are able. It\u2019s a retirement from the travel of touring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Last Farewell Tour\u2019s lineup will feature founding keyboardist Bill Payne alongside guitarists Fred Tackett and Scott Sharrard, bassist Kenny Gradney, percussionist Sam Clayton, and drummer Tony Leone. Paul Barrere, the band\u2019s longtime guitarist and singer, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/little-feats-paul-barrere-dead-at-71\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Little Feat shared their latest album, Strike Up the Band, earlier this year. Alongside the tour announcement, they\u2019ve shared \u201c<a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/go.mhe.fm\/littlefeat_faas\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/go.mhe.fm\/littlefeat_faas\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/go.mhe.fm\/littlefeat_faas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feathers and a Smile<\/a>,\u201d a song written by the band\u2019s late co-founder Lowell George and sung by his daughter, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/14103-inara-george\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inara George<\/a>. Listen to it below.<\/p>\n<p>Revisit Pitchfork\u2019s review of the reissue of Little Feat\u2019s 1978 live album <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/little-feat-waiting-for-columbus-super-deluxe-edition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Waiting for Columbus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-offer-retailer=\"Ticketmaster\" data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/little-feat-tickets\/artist\/956520\" class=\"external-link BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE BaseLink-eTpkqh ProductEmbedImageLink-ldHtA-D deqABF llZwNE fyUolD cNNhkX\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/cna.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&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/cna.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\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Little Feat: The Last Farewell Tour\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Little-Feat-Tour-2026.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Little Feat: The Last Farewell Tour<\/p>\n<p>Little Feat:<\/p>\n<p>01-11-18 Fort Lauderdale, FL &#8211; Sandy Beaches Cruise 2026<br \/>01-19-22 Fort Lauderdale, FL &#8211; The Big Easy Cruise 2026<br \/>04-10 Orlando, FL &#8211; Plaza Theatre<br \/>04-11 Miramar Beach, FL &#8211; Joe Bonamassa\u2019s Sound Wave Beach Weekend 2026<br \/>04-13 Knoxville, TN &#8211; Tennessee Theatre<br \/>04-14 Roanoke, VA &#8211; Jefferson Center<br \/>04-16 Chattanooga, TN &#8211; Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium<br \/>04-17 Montgomery, AL &#8211; Montgomery Performing Arts Center<br \/>04-19 Dallas, TX &#8211; Majestic Theatre<br \/>04-20 Austin, TX &#8211; Paramount Theatre<br \/>05-03 Houston, TX &#8211; 713 Music Hall<br \/>05-05 Eureka Springs, AR &#8211; City Auditorium<br \/>05-06 Kansas City, MO &#8211; Uptown Theatre<br \/>05-08 Iowa City, IA &#8211; Englert Theatre<br \/>05-09 St. Charles, IL &#8211; Arcada Theatre<br \/>05-24 Thornville, OH &#8211; Dark Star Jubilee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than half a century after forming, roots-rock stalwarts Little Feat have announced the start of their final&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[1735,100977,18,117,19,17,337,6905],"class_list":{"0":"post-178191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-breakup","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-tours"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115541599186771396","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}