Nashville-based, Ron Pope, has announced his “Neon and Glass World Tour,” 28 dates slated for 2025 including shows in the UK and the EU with Emily Scott Robinson opening. “I have put together the most compelling band I’ve ever played with in my life for these dates,” says Pope. “I’ve got three other multi-instrumentalists who are all going to blow your minds; we’re going to do everything but ride unicycles up there. Expect quiet songs and loud ones, new songs and stuff I wrote before I was old enough to buy a beer,” he continues. “I can’t wait to show y’all what we’ve been cooking up.”
Pope has also unveiled his latest single, ‘I Pray I’ll Be Seeing You Soon’, via Brooklyn Basement Records. The fiddle-laced tune is about missing the one you love, being away from them for too long, and looking forward to being with them again. “I’ve been with my wife a long time,” Pope says. “After 17 years together and nearly 11 years of marriage, at this point, I can’t see anything keeping us apart except the grave. Morbid? Sure. But also romantic. I wrote ‘I Pray I’ll Be Seeing You Soon’ last summer at the end of a long tour, as I was taking a train to meet her in London after six weeks apart. I’d been thinking about the places we’ve been together and the adventures we’ve shared. Ours hasn’t always been an easy life, but it’s been beautiful,” he adds. “We’re in this thing for the duration.”
‘I Pray I’ll Be Seeing You Soon’ is the fourth song to be released from his next album, due 2025. It follows ‘Nobody’s Gonna Make It Out Alive’, ‘I Gotta Change (Or I’m Gonna Die)’ – a commentary on the opioid epidemic – and ‘I’m Not The Devil’ (ft. Taylor Bickett). You can listen to the new single below.
Pope’s work is characterised by “raw authenticity, soul-stirring melodies and profound storytelling” – not only with his music. His renditions of his family’s stories have gone viral on social media, garnering millions of views while doubling his Instagram following in less than a month.
UK and EU dates with Emily Scott Robinson are listed below and ticket links can be found here.
17/1/2025 – The Workmans Club – Dublin, IE
18/1/2025 – The Black Box – Belfast, UK
19/1/2025 – Drygate Brewery – Glasgow, UK
20/1/2025 – Night & Day – Manchester, UK
22/1/2025 – Paradiso (Upstairs) – Amsterdam, NL
23/1/2025 – Hebebühne – Hamburg, DE
25/1/2025 – Debaser Strand – Stockholm, SE
26/1/2025 – Plan B – Malmö, SE
28/1/2025 – Yuca Club – Cologne, DE
30/1//2025 – The Garage – London, UK
