Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit with special guest Palehound at Wilson Center

Monday, February 19, 2024 7:30pmpm (Doors: 6:30pm) Approx. concert length: 120 min Tickets start at $68 plus fees/sales tax Opera Box Experience with Ruth's Chris Steak House Group Sales Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will be in concert celebrating the release of Isbell’s latest album, ”Weathervanes.” “Weathervanes” demonstrates Isbell’s prowess as a storyteller at the peak of his craft. As with the rest of his heartfelt and street-smart discography, Isbell continues to land like a decoder ring in the ears and hearts of his audience. Once more Isbell is providing a soundtrack to his world and, magically, to theirs too. Isbell has an uncanny ability to shrink life small enough to name the fear and then strip it away, and to help his audiences make sense of the universe in four minutes. “There is something about boundaries on this record,” Isbell says. “As you mature, you still attempt to keep the ability to love somebody fully and completely while you’re growing into an adult and learning how to love yourself.” Isbell will be joined on-stage by the rolling thunder that is the fearsome 400 Unit, who’ve earned a place in the rock ‘n’ roll cosmos alongside the greatest backing ensembles, as powerful and essential to Isbell’s storytelling as The E Street Band are to Bruce Springsteen, or The Wailers were to Bob Marley. The 400 Unit make a big noise, as Isbell puts it, and he feels comfortable letting them be a main prism through which much of the world hears his art. Isbell can be private, but with them behind him he transforms. On stage with the 400 Unit Isbell can be a guitar hero, or a conductor, or a smiling fan of his bandmate’s majesty when he also wants to hang back and listen to the glorious sound. This program is proudly brought to you by Wilson Center Presents, the presenting arm of Cape Fear Community College. Each person, regardless of age, must have a ticket. ADA Please note: Balcony and Grand Tier levels are not wheelchair-accessible. For questions about ADA and wheelchair-accessible seating, please call Ticket Central (910) 362-7999. Some lighting used at this show may be disruptive to people who are sensitive to light.