Warner Bros. will release k.d. lang’s first concert album, “Live By Request,” Aug. 14. Originally captured as her performance for the A&E cable network series of the same name, the title will also be released on DVD and VHS on the same date.
The CD will include 14 of the Canadian crooner’s most popular songs, including “Constant Craving,” “Miss Chatelaine,” “Summerfling,” and her cover of Roy Orbison’s “Crying.” The video releases will feature all of the same songs, plus covers of “MacArthur Park” and “Fever.”
Come the end of this month, lang will hit the road on a co-headlining tour with Tony Bennett. That run will kick off July 25 in Portland, Maine, and is set to close Sept. 29 at New York’s famed Radio City Music Hall. As previously reported, lang is among the artists who have recorded a song with Bennett for his upcoming duets album “Playing With My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues.”
Here are k.d. lang/Tony Bennett tour dates:
July 25: Portland, Maine (Cumberland Civic Center)
July 27: Columbus, Ohio (Polaris Amphitheater)
July 29: Sterling Heights, Mich. (Freedom Hill Park Amphitheatre)
July 31: Holmdel, N.J. (P.N.C. Bank Arts Center)
Aug. 1: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Blossom Music Center)
Aug. 3: Charlotte, N.C. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
Aug. 4: Greenville, S.C. (Bi-Lo Center)
Aug. 5: Raleigh, N.C. (Alltel Pavilion @ Walnut Creek)
Aug. 7: The Woodlands, Texas (C.W. Mitchell Pavilion)
Aug. 9: Noblesville, Ind. (Verizon Wireless Music Center)
Aug. 21: Montreal (Molson Centre)
Aug. 22: Camden, N.J. (Tweeter Center at the Waterfront)
Aug. 24: Canandaigua, N.Y. (Finger Lakes P.A.C.)
Aug. 25: Scranton, Pa. (Coors Light Amphitheatre @ Montage Mountain)
Aug. 26: Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Performing Arts Center)
Aug. 29: Durham, N.H. (Whittemore Center Arena)
Aug. 30: Boston (FleetBoston Pavilion)
Aug. 31: Wallingford, Conn. (ctnow.com Oakdale Theatre)
Sept. 8: Minneapolis (Target Center)
Sept. 9: Kansas City, Mo. (Starlight Theatre)
Sept. 11: Englewood, Colo. (Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre)
Sept. 13: Concord, Calif. (Chronicle Pavilion @ Concord)
Sept. 15: Los Angeles (Greek Theatre)
Sept. 29: New York (Radio City Music Hall)