Jay Brannan Will Probably Not Be So Far From Where You Live This Summer

It's been over a year since we've written anything about Jay Brannan. Over a year and a half! Too long. Wednesday Jay is kicking off a national tour, starting in Boston. Here's the schedule for the summer:

July 18 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
July 19 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
July 20 Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live
July 21 Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
July 23 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
July 24 Columbus, OH @ Basement
July 26 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
July 27 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
July 28 Kansas City, MO @ Czar Bar
July 30 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
July 31 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Aug 2 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Aug 3 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Aug 4 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Aug 7 Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
Aug 8 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Aug 10 Phoenix, AZ @ Hard Rock Café
Aug 11 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
Aug 13 Dallas, TX @ Sons of Herman Hall
Aug 14 Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Jr.
Aug 15 Houston, TX @ Fitz Downstairs
Aug 17 Charlotte, NC @ Visulite
Aug 18 Atlanta, GA @ Eddie’s Attic
Aug 19 Atlanta, GA @ Eddie’s Attic
Aug 20 Birmingham, AL @ Workplay
Aug 21 Nashville, TN @ The End
Aug 23 Orlando, FL @ The Social
Aug 25 New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
Sep 16 Provincetown, MA @ Crown & Anchor (Afterglow Festival)

Above is the new video, just out, for "Rob Me Blind," the eponymous third single from his latest album. Eradicating homophobia isn't going to happen overnight but something tells me that artists like Jay and songs like "Rob Me Blind" will speed up the process even more than anything that gets done in Congress.