Nashville, Tenn. — Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill will segue from bandleader to troubadour on his 2008 tour that starts August 18 at the Lorain County Fair in Wellington, Ohio, and concludes November 24 in Alexandria, VA.

The tour is being billed as A Special Acoustic Evening With Vince Gill.

Accompanied only by pianist Pete Wasner and percussionist Billy Thomas, Gill will present an array of his most notable songs along with some new material, and will entertain the audience with numerous stories that reflect his notorious sense of humor and his genuine warmth.

“In 2006 and 2007, I toured with a 17-piece band so I could reproduce the sounds of These Days, the new album I’d made,” Gill explains. “And it was a lot of fun. This year, I’m not out promoting a new album so I wanted to do something really different. Recently I saw James Taylor on his tour. It was a kind of one-man band show, with just him, a piano player and all those great songs. I really enjoyed watching it and I knew I would enjoy performing in that setting as well. So I’m going to tour basically the same way—pared down and informal.” Vince Gill

Propelled by a remarkable 43-song, multi-format boxed set of Gill’s own co-compositions, the “These Days Tour” was such a smashing success that it was extended from its original closing date in December of 2006 into June of 2007. These Days, which has been certified platinum, this year won Vince Gill a Grammy, his 19th, for Best Country Album.

Here are the tour dates, cities and venues:

• Aug. 18 — Wellington, OH - Lorain County Fair
• Aug. 20 — Westbury, NY - Capital One Bank Theatre at Westbury
• Aug. 21 — Morristown, NJ - Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts
• Aug. 22 — Chautauqua, NY - Chautauqua Institution
• Aug. 23 — Highmount, NY - Belleayre Mountain Ski Center
• Aug. 24 — Torrington, CT - Warner Theatre
• Aug. 27 — Williamsport, PA - Community Arts Center
• Aug. 28 — Lancaster, PA - American Music Theatre
• Aug. 29 — Hyannis, MA - Cape Cod Melody Tent
• Aug. 30 — Cohasset, MA - South Shore Music Circus
• Aug. 31 — Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
• Sept. 17 — Wausau, WI - Grand Theatre On Arts Block
• Sept. 18 — Joliet, IL - Rialto Square Theatre
• Sept. 19 — Arnold, MO - Rickman Auditorium
• Sept. 20 — Mason City, IA - North Iowa Community College Auditorium
• Sept. 21 — Kansas City, MO - Midland Theatre
• Sept. 23 — Ashland, KY - Paramount Arts Center
• Sept. 24 — Bloomington, IN - Indiana University Auditorium
• Sept. 25 — Wabash, IN - Honeywell Center
• Sept. 26 — Cincinnati, OH - Aronoff Center for the Arts
• Sept 27 — Muncie, IN - Emens Auditorium
• Oct. 21 — Mesa, AZ - Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater
• Oct. 22 — Palm Desert, CA - McCallum Theatre For The Performing Arts
• Oct. 23 — Bakersfield, CA - Majestic Fox Theater
• Oct. 24 — Turlock, CA - Turlock Community Theatre
• Oct. 25 — Los Angeles, CA - Walt Disney Concert Hall
• Oct. 26 — Visalia, CA - Visalia Fox Theatre
• Oct. 28 — Escondido, CA - California Center for the Arts
• Oct. 29 — Santa Rosa, CA - Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
• Oct. 30 — Monterey, CA - Golden State Theatre
• Nov. 1 — Greeley, CO - Union Colony Civic Center
• Nov. 2 — Denver, CO - Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
• Nov. 15 — Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
• Nov. 16 — Melbourne, FL - King Center for the Performing Arts
• Nov. 18 — West Palm Beach, FL - Raymond Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
• Nov. 19 — Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theatre
• Nov. 20 — Spartanburg, SC - Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
• Nov. 21 — Salem, VA - Salem Civic Center
• Nov. 22 — Virginia Beach, VA - Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
• Nov. 23 — Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere
• Nov. 24 — Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere

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