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Michael Arlen

Date of Death: June 23, 1956 (60)

Birth Place: Rustchuk, BULGARIA

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Greensky Bluegrass Announce 2024 Winter Tour Support Acts


On the heels of a four-night Michigan run to ring in the New Year, Greensky Bluegrass has announced the support acts for their upcoming 2024 Winter Tour. On select dates the band will welcome Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel, Melt, Molly Tuttle (solo), The High Hawks, and Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country.

Greensky Bluegrass Announce 2024 Winter Tour


Greensky Bluegrass has announced the dates for their 2024 Winter Tour. Winter Tour will kick off on January 11 in Jacksonville, FL and includes shows at Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway, two nights at Washington D.C.’s The Anthem, Chicago’s The Salt Shed, and two nights at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium among many others.

Greensky Bluegrass Announce 2023 NYE Run


The band will make their return to Colorado’s Front Range for two shows each at the Dillon Amphitheater and Red Rocks Amphitheatre in September.  Then in October and November, the band will continue touring the US, plus a stop in Mexico in early December for their annual Strings and Sol festival.

Greensky Bluegrass Announces 2023 Fall Tour Dates


Greensky Bluegrass has announced the dates for their 2023 fall tour. Fall tour will kick off on October 6 in Birmingham, AL and will continue through mid-November featuring special guests The Infamous Stringdusters and Lindsay Lou on select dates. Check out the full list of tour dates now!

Greensky Bluegrass Share New Song 'Congratulations & Condolences'


The song was co-written by Greensky’s Paul Hoffman (mandolin, vocals) and Joshua Davis (Steppin' In It, Shout Sister Shout). After Davis lost his father and received a son days apart, the timing of back-to-back congratulations and condolences provided striking context to the complexity of life and friendship.

Greensky Bluegrass Announce 2023 Colorado Amphitheater Run


Greensky Bluegrass has announced their annual Colorado amphitheater run. This year the band will play two special “Evening With” performances at the Dillon Amphitheater Sept 13 and 14 before heading to the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre for two more performances Sept 15 and 16. Check out the tour dates now!

Greensky Bluegrass Announce Camp Greensky Iceland


Greensky Bluegrass are thrilled to share the first ever, Camp Greensky Iceland. CGI will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland June 3-5 at the iconic Eldborg Hall, located within the Harpa Concert and Conference Centre.  A limited number of All Access ticket packages and Reserved Seating 3-day packages are available.

Greensky Bluegrass Announce Winter Tour 2023 Support


Greensky Bluegrass have announced the support for their upcoming 2023 winter tour.  They have announced six bands across 16 dates. Greensky Bluegrass are widely known for their thoughtful lyricism, edgy and genre-expansive sound, dazzling live performances and relentless touring schedule. 

Greensky Bluegrass Announce Winter Tour 2023


The 16-date tour will kick off on January 12 in Buffalo, NY, and will travel throughout the East Coast and Midwest including the band's debut performances at the historic Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, NJ, and the Stanley Theater in Utica, NY.  The winter tour will wrap up with two nights in Chicago on February 3 and 4.

Greensky Bluegrass Announce New Fall Tour Dates


Ahead of the newly announced fall dates, the band will embark on an eight-show run with The Wood Brothers that kicks off on August 11, and in September Greensky will perform two nights at Colorado's iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. To round out the year the band will host a special two-night night New Year's Eve run in Atlanta at The Tabernacle.

Greensky Bluegrass Announces Intimate Amphitheater Run This Summer With The Wood Brothers


Since their 2000 formation in Kalamazoo, MI, the quartet—Anders Beck [dobro], Michael Arlen Bont [banjo], Dave Bruzza [guitar], Mike Devol [upright bass], and Paul Hoffman [mandolin]—have unassumingly progressed into a phenomenon on their own terms with the undying support of a devout audience.

Camp Greensky Unveils 2022 Lineup


Performers include Little Feat, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Steve Kimock, flatpicking phenom Jon Stickley, Jerry Garcia collaborator Peter Rowan, a rare reunion of Colorado's Wayword Sons ft Benny 'Burle' Galloway, Pacific Northwest up and comers TK & the Holy Know-Nothings, as well as a handful of Michigan music mainstays including Steppin In It.

Greensky Bluegrass Share New Song 'Stress Dreams'


Americana/alt-country and roots-rock band, Greensky Bluegrass are kicking off 2022 with a brand new song, and the title track off their forthcoming album 'Stress Dreams.' 'Stress Dreams' follows the releases of 'Absence of Reason,' 'Grow Together,'  and 'Monument.' Listen to the new single now!

Prosim Presents Greensky Bluegrass With The Infamous Stringdusters


Prosim presents Greensky Bluegrass With The Infamous Stringdusters, Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 7:00 p.m. at Old Forester's Paristown Hall - 724 Brent Street.

Greensky Bluegrass Release 'The Leap Year Sessions: Volume 2'


Earlier this week, Rolling Stone Country exclusively premiered the video performance of Greensky’s take on John Prine’s “Speed of the Sound of Loneliness,”  featured in TLYS Volume 2. 

Greensky Bluegrass Announce Summer Tour 2020


Greensky Bluegrass today announces a string of summer tour dates joined by very special guests The Wood Brothers kicking off the music each night. The two groups share a comradery with detailed attention to songcraft, each offering their own high-energy live performances delivered to passionate audiences across the globe.  These dates expand an exciting list of summer festival dates including their own Camp Greensky Music Festival, Mountain Jam, Bonnaroo, and Telluride Bluegrass Festival to name a few. 

MerleFest Announces Final Lineup Additions For 2020 Festival


MerleFest, presented by Window World, is proud to announce the next round of artist additions for MerleFest 2020, which will be held April 23-26. Greensky Bluegrass, Mavis Staples, Paul Thorn, Cane Mill Road, Sweet Potato Pie, The Barefoot Movement, Nefesh Mountain, and Smitty and the Jumpstarters will be joining the annual homecoming of musicians and music fans on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 

91.9 WFPK Presents Greensky Bluegrass


Greensky Bluegrass comes to Old Forester's Paristown Hall on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 8 p.m.

Greensky Bluegrass to Embark on Winter Tour


Greensky Bluegrass, renowned for bringing rock 'n' roll showmanship to high-energy bluegrass, has announced a string of tour dates in early winter 2020.

Boulder Theater to Present AN EVENING WITH GREENSKY BLUEGRASS


Greensky Bluegrass is Anders Beck (dobro), Michael Arlen Bont (banjo), Dave Bruzza (guitar), Mike Devol (upright bass) and Paul Hoffman (mandolin).

Michael Arlen FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Michael Arlen written?

Michael Arlen has written 2 shows including The Green Hat (Playwright), These Charming People (Playwright).

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