Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs reveal new album titled ‘Mission of Mercy’
September 12. See below for a complete list of shows.‘Mission of Mercy’ follows the Dirty Knobs’ 2024 album ‘Vagabonds,’ ‘Virgins & Misfits’—the subject of extensive critical acclaim from NPR’s “Fresh Air,” Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, Consequence, Salon and more—and once again finds the band collaborating with co-producers George Drakoulias and Martin Pradler.Last year saw the release of Campbell’s New York Times Best Selling memoir Heartbreaker, which Rolling Stone hailed as “essential…a vividly told new autobiography,” while the Los Angeles Times praised its “tale of endurance and patience rewarded” and No Depression proclaimed it “does what the best music memoirs do: encourage readers to listen once again, or for the first time, to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and to Campbell’s solo works.”The Dirty Knobs (named after tech slang for a broken amp dial) were founded in 2000 by Campbell as a writing and club-date project outside the Heartbreakers. The group finally got on record with 2020’s Wreckless Abandon and 2022’s External Combustion. Those LPs, Campbell says, were the Knobs “trying to find our way as a rock & roll band.” “Now it’s down to great songs,” adds Campbell, “the depth in the lyrics and chords.” He recalls something Petty once told him: “Tom said, ‘I love the English language. There’s so much you can do with it.’ I’m discovering that, too. Looking for rhyme schemes, the right word. At first it was a struggle. Now that door has opened,” Campbell says. “I’ve turned a corner.” The Dirty Knobs are “still a rock band but growing into different feels.”Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs – Mission of Mercy Tracklist:
1. No Regrets
2. Let Me Back In My Dream
3. My Mama Told Me
4. I Remember
5. More Than Gold (feat. Morgane Stapleton)
6. Mission of Mercy
7. Bongo Mania (feat. Kate Pierson)
8. Wrecking Ball
9. Done To Me
10. Armageddon
11. Vicious Hangover
12. VagrantMike Campbell & The First Knobs Tour Dates:
July 7—Minneapolis, MN—Pantages Theatre
July 9—Chicago, IL—The Vic Theatre
July 11—Northfield, OH—MGM Northfield Park Center Stage
July 12—Pontiac, MI—Flagstar Strand Theatre
July 15—Nashville, IN—Brown County Music Center
July 17—New Buffalo, MI—Four Winds
July 18—Pittsburgh, PA—Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
July 21—Glenside, PA—Keswick Theatre
July 23—Waterville, ME—Waterville Opera House
July 24—Portsmouth, NH—The Music Hall
September 12—Atlanta, GA—Atlanta Symphony Hall*
October 2—Bristow, VA—Jiffy Lube Live†
*Mike Campbell & The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
†with Chris StapletonPhoto: Sheva Kafai