CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF MUSIC, COUNTING CROWS ANNOUNCE 2018 WORLDWIDE TOURWITH MULTI-PLATINUM BAND +LIVE+

After more than two decades and 20 million albums sold globally, Counting Crows will celebrate 25 years of making music by hitting the road for a worldwide “25 YEARS ANDCOUNTING” tour, starting with a 40+ city trek across North America this summer. Presented by LiveNation, the tour will begin June 27 in Boise, ID and travel across cities such as San Diego, Las Vegas,Denver, Atlanta, Tampa, New York, Boston, Toronto and Chicago before concluding September 22 inNashville, TN. Joining the tour is multi-platinum band +LIVE+.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the general public in select cities starting Friday, April 6 at 10amlocal time. Counting Crows and +LIVE+ fan presales will begin tomorrow, April 3 at 10am local time.

Please click here for full tour itinerary and visit www.livenation.com for full details.

"The nice thing about having 25 years of music to celebrate and seven studio albums we absolutely love to choose from is that we can play a different show every night,” said Crows vocalist Adam Duritz.“The nice thing about touring with +LIVE+ is that we get to spend yet another summer with old friendswho play great music. We can't wait!"

+LIVE+ vocalist & guitarist Ed Kowalczyk echoed those sentiments:

"+LIVE+ is beyond excited to get out on the road this summer and play for our fans. We are freshly reunited and performing with aconfidence and ferocity that we can't wait for people to experience. The fact that we will be sharing thestage once again with the incomparable Counting Crows is icing on the cake!"

In addition to celebrating 25 years of music in 2018, Duritz has also launched a new podcast,Underwater Sunshine! – a series of conversations between noted non-journalist Duritz and his pal,author and music journalist James Campion, about life, music, and whatever comes into their large andincredibly handsome brains. The weekly podcast, published every Monday, currently holds a five-starrating. View it on Apple Podcasts HERE.