Joseph Arthur Confirms Late Night with Jimmy Fallon & North American Tour Dates in Support of “Absolute Stunner” (Magnet) ‘The Graduation Ceremony,’ including Austin City Limits & Pearl Jam 20 Festival

Joseph Arthur Confirms Late Night with Jimmy Fallon & North American Tour Dates in Support of “Absolute Stunner” (Magnet) ‘The Graduation Ceremony,’ including Austin City Limits & Pearl Jam 20 Festival

Video for “Love Never Asks You to Lie” Features Joseph’s Directorial Debut with Toddlers

Joseph Arthur, “one of modern music’s more imaginative iconoclasts” (Blurt), will be touring North America this Summer and Fall in support of his new album, ‘The Graduation Ceremony.’ Performing solo with sound loops and painting live onstage, Joseph has been known to create “a dynamic swirl of noise that somehow appears magically around him” (NPR) and “emotional (but tuneful) exorcisms” (Entertainment Weekly). Tour stops include the Pearl Jam 20 Festival (Sept. 3 & 4), Austin City Limits (Sept. 18) and an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (July 20).

“Love Never Asks You to Lie” is the third video in an ongoing series from ‘The Graduation Ceremony,’ and marks Joseph’s first time directing toddlers – his nephew Cyrus and his girlfriend Hayden, who lives in the same building. “They’re really in love,” says Joseph. “At first, it was difficult directing them – but now that Cyrus has seen it, he wants to be in another video. He thinks he’s a star!”

Vanity Fair has hailed Joseph as “one of our most emotionally revealing and talented singer-songwriters.” Michael Stipe once told the Los Angeles Times, “Jo is one of those rare writer-performers where you get the sense, whatever you believe, that something greater is being channeled through his music and voice…It touches something very deep and universal.”

Joseph Arthur currently has two ever-evolving art exhibits in NYC: ‘MOMAR (Museum of Modern Arthur) at the Gershwin Hotel’ (7 E. 27th St., through June 30) and ‘MOMAR at the Living Room’ (154 Ludlow St., ongoing).

Joseph Arthur
July 8 – Quebec City, Quebec Festival d’ete de Quebec
July 15 – Arlington, VA IOTA
July 16 – Annapolis, MD Ram’s Head (1pm all-ages matinee)
July 20 – Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
July 22 – Camden, NJ WXPN’s Xponential Festival
July 23 – Calgary, AB Calgary Folk Festival
July 29 – Montreal, QC Osheaga 2011
August 2 & 3 – Toronto, ON Dakota Tavern
August 5 – Pittsburgh, PA Club Café
August 6 – Akron, OH Musica
August 20 – Woodland Park, CO Newhoma Music & Mountain Festival
September 3 & 4 – East Troy, WI Pearl Jam 20 Festival
September 14 – Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
September 15 – Nashville, TN Bluebird Café
September 17 – Dallas, TX Kessler Theater
September 18 – Austin, TX Austin City Limits
September 22 – Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
September 23 – San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall