Photo Credit: Chelsea Klette
Michael Franti and Spearhead re-issued this week the powerful video for its song ‘Same As It Ever Was (It Starts Today).’
The video was re-worked to include footage of recent high profile cases involving police shootings and also features the song’s lyrics along with footage of Franti walking an anonymous city’s dimly-lit streets. Franti sat down recently with Billboard to discuss the song and its new video. While there he held an intimate acoustic performance of the song that can be seen here. Since neither Franti nor the reporter was hooked to a mic, audiences will have to turn up the volume in order to hear them. The newly re-worked music video meanwhile can be seen via Franti’s official YouTube channel.
Courtesy: Fantasy Records
Michael Franti and Spearhead is currently touring in support of the group’s new full-length studio recording Soulrocker. The band will be in Nashville, Tennessee tonight and Louisville, Kentucky tomorrow. The group’s tour currently runs through September 18th in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The group’s full tour schedule is noted below.
Here are the in-progress dates for MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD on tour.
DATE CITY VENUE
| ~~Fri | 7/22 | Nashville, TN | War Memorial Auditorium |
| ~~Sat | 7/23 | Louisville, KY | Iroquois Amphitheater |
| ~~Sun | 7/24 | Columbus, OH | Express Live! |
| ~~Tue | 7/26 | Birmingham, AL | Avondale Brewing Company |
| ~~Wed | 7/27 | Mobile, AL | Saenger Theatre |
| Fri | 7/29 | Kaslo, BC | Kaslo Jazz Festival |
| *Wed | 8/3 | Costa Mesa, CA | Pacific Amphitheatre |
| Thu | 8/4 | Mammoth Lakes, CA | Mammoth Festival |
| **Fri | 8/5 | Flagstaff, AZ | Pepsi Amphitheater |
| **Sat | 8/6 | Durango, CO | Three Springs |
| **Sun | 8/7 | Morrison, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheatre |
| Tue | 8/9 | Salt Lake City, UT | Red Butte Garden |
| **Thu | 8/11 | Bend, OR | Les Schwab Amphitheater |
| **Fri | 8/12 | Troutdale, OR | Edgefield |
| Sat | 8/13 | Tamarack, ID | The Huckleberry Jam |
| **Tue | 8/16 | Missoula, MT | Big Sky Brewing Company |
| **Wed | 8/17 | Spokane, WA | Knitting Factory Concert House |
| **Fri | 8/19 | Lake Tahoe, NV | MontBleu Resort & Casino |
| Sat | 8/20 | Lincoln, CA | Thunder Vibes |
| **Sun | 8/21 | Saratoga, CA | The Mountain Winery |
| **Tue | 8/23 | Rohnert Park, CA | Sonoma Mountain Village |
| ~Wed | 8/24 | Lancaster, CA | Antelope Valley Fair |
| **Thu | 8/25 | San Luis Obispo, CA | Avila Beach Resort |
| **Fri | 8/26 | Las Vegas, NV | Brooklyn Bowl |
| Sat | 8/27 | Tucson, AZ | The Rialto Theatre |
| !Sun | 8/28 | Santa Fe, NM | The Santa Fe Opera House |
| Fri | 9/2 | Seattle, WA | Bumbershoot |
| Sat | 9/3 | Jacksonville, OR | Britt Pavilion |
| Sun | 9/4 | Arcata, CA | Van Duzer Theatre |
| Sept | 15-18 | Victoria, BC | Rifflandia |
* w/ G. Love & Special Sauce
** w/ Zella Day
~ w/ Iration
~~ w/ Marc Scibilia
! w/ Lila Downs
More information on Michael Franti and Spearhead’s new video is available online now along with all of the band’s new tour dates, news and more at:
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