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The Mood Swings tour
Marcus King is still only 27 years old, but for around a decade now he’s been proving himself one of the most exciting talents in Americana music.
A guitar prodigy with a stunning voice, the South Carolina native is bringing a devil-may-care blues-rock sensibility back to progressively bigger venues. At the same time, he’s been a candid and open advocate for mental health awareness, amidst his own struggles with anxiety and depression.
A fourth-generation musician and the son of blues guitarist Marvin King, Marcus King first picked up a guitar aged 3, and by 11 was recording guitar on his father’s tracks. Aged 15, he formed The Marcus King Band, who released their debut album Soul Insight in 2015. The following year the band released their second, self-titled album, which was produced by former Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes. At this point the band started to make their name as one of the hardest-touring groups in their corner of the world, a road-dog attitude that King maintains to this day. The group released their third album, Carolina Confessions, in 2018.
King went solo with the release of his 2020 album, El Dorado. Produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, the record saw him slow down and inject some soulful flavours into his hard-rockin’ sound — while still revolving around the same masterful guitar leads and smoky, powerful vocals. From satiny slow-jams like “Wildflowers & Wine”, to sunny ballads like “Sweet Mariona”, to the requisite rockers like “The Well” and “Say You Will”, the record established King as one of the greatest newcomers in the Americana genre. It subsequently received a Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album, and led to tour dates with the likes of Chris Stapleton and Greta Van Fleet.
In 2022, King released his second album, Young Blood, for which he reunited with Auerbach. Inspired by a breakup and a dark time in King’s life, for this record he was ready to turn his amps back up and riff harder than ever. The result is a stunningly raw and rattlingly loud blues-rock record which Rolling Stone described as “sounding like it’s been animated by […] the gods of hedonistic Seventies rock & roll”. King appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to perform rollicking single “Hard Working Man”, while his touring schedule continued to prove the song’s title true. In 2023, he completed a UK headline tour, as well as heading over to Australia and traversing the US several times over.
In summer 2024, King will head across the US in support of Chris Stapleton, before heading to the UK in November as part of the Mood Swings world tour. It will be in October when he arrives in Spain as he will perform at the La Riviera room in Madrid and the Sala Apolo in Barcelona.
Setlists
- 1.The Well (Marcus King cover)
- 2.Rock My World (Little Country Girl) (Brooks & Dunn cover)
- 3.Hero (Marcus King cover)
- 4.Beautiful Stranger (Marcus King cover)
- 5.Dark Cloud (Marcus King cover)
- 6.F*ck My Life Up Again (Marcus King cover)
- 7.Inglewood Motel (Halestorm) (Marcus King cover)
- 8.Rita Is Gone / Homesick
- 9.8 A.M.
- 10.Honky Tonk Hell (Gabe Lee cover)
- 11.Whiskey River (Johnny Bush cover)
- 12.Save Me (Marcus King cover)
- 13.On & On (New song)
- 14.Can't You See (The Marshall Tucker Band cover)
- 15.Goodbye Carolina
- 16.Carolina Honey
- 17.Wildflowers & Wine
- 18.Ramblin' Man (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
- 1.The Well (Marcus King cover)
- 2.Unknown
- 3.Hero (Marcus King cover)
- 4.Beautiful Stranger (Marcus King cover)
- 5.Dark Cloud (Marcus King cover)
- 6.Rita Is Gone
- 7.Homesick
- 8.8 A.M.
- 9.Save Me (Marcus King cover)
- 10.Goodbye Carolina
- 11.Wildflowers & Wine (Marcus King cover)
- 12.Ramblin' Man (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
- 1.This Ol' Cowboy (The Marshall Tucker Band cover)
- 2.Heard It in a Love Song (The Marshall Tucker Band cover)
- 3.Trudy (The Charlie Daniels Band cover)
- 4.Goodbye Carolina
- 5.Ramblin' Man (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
- -(Ain't Nothin' but a) House Party (The J. Geils Band cover)
- 1.The Well (Marcus King cover)
- 2.Rock My World (Little Country Girl) (Brooks & Dunn cover)
- 3.24 Hours at a Time (The Marshall Tucker Band cover)
- 4.Hero (Marcus King cover)
- 5.Beautiful Stranger (Marcus King cover)
- 6.Stand Back (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
- 7.Dark Cloud (Marcus King cover)
- 8.F*ck My Life Up Again (Marcus King cover)
- 9.Inglewood Motel (Halestorm) / Azucar (Marcus King song / Soulive cover)
- 10.Rita Is Gone
- 11.Homesick
- 12.8 A.M.
- 13.Too Much Whiskey / Trudy (Marcus King song / Charlie Daniels cover)
- 14.Save Me (Marcus King cover)
- 15.Honky Tonk Hell (Gabe Lee cover) (New song)
- 16.Heard It in a Love Song (The Marshall Tucker Band cover) (Marcus King solo acoustic)
- 17.Here Today (New song)
- 18.Bipolar Love / Shake the Frost (Marcus King song / Tyler Childers cover; Marcus King solo acoustic)
- 19.Delilah (Marcus King cover) (Marcus and Briley King duo acoustic)
- 20.Goodbye Carolina (Dedicated to Matt Reynolds)
- 21.Wildflowers & Wine (Marcus King cover) (Cut short due to venue time constraints)
- 22.Ramblin' Man (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
- 1.The Well (Marcus King cover)
- 2.Rock My World (Little Country Girl) (Brooks & Dunn cover)
- 3.Hero (Marcus King cover)
- 4.Beautiful Stranger (Marcus King cover)
- 5.Lie Lie Lie (Marcus King cover)
- 6.Dark Cloud (Marcus King cover)
- 7.F*ck My Life Up Again (Marcus King cover)
- 8.Inglewood Motel (Halestorm) (Marcus King cover)
- 9.Rita Is Gone
- 10.Homesick
- 11.8 A.M.
- 12.Too Much Whiskey (Marcus King cover)
- 13.Trudy (The Charlie Daniels Band cover)
- 14.Honky Tonk Hell (Gabe Lee cover)
- 15.Save Me (Marcus King cover)
- 16.Unknown
- 17.Heard It in a Love Song (The Marshall Tucker Band cover)
- 18.Bipolar Love (Marcus King cover)
- 19.Shake the Frost (Tyler Childers cover)
- 20.Delilah (Marcus King cover)
- 21.Goodbye Carolina
- 22.Homesick
Encore
- 23.Wildflowers & Wine (Marcus King cover)
- 24.Ramblin' Man (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
