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Photo Credit: Dino Perrucci On Saturday, April 20, Gov’t Mule headlined the truncated SweetWater Music Festival at Pullman Yards in Atlanta. During the

In the second set, Govt Mule forgo their standard repertoire with what turns out to be a series of fan favorite cover tunes that celebrate their influences.

Gov't Mule brought out banjo player Ryan Cavanaugh during their show in Tucson on Tuesday which also saw the return of drummer Matt Abts.

Gov't Mule will perform on Sunday, February 25, at the Bayou Music Center as part of a 30th anniversary tour.

Photo credit: Emily Butlera On Saturday, Feb. 17, Gov’t Mule took the stage at Oakland, Calif.'s the Fox Theatre as part of The 30 Years Strong Tour,

Gov’t Mule, in the midst of its 13-stop, Thirty Years Strong tour of the West, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, on its opening winter/spring tour stop, both touched down on February 16 for a massive, and splendid, night of music at The Venue at Thunder Valley Casino Resort, just north of Sacramento.

Photo via Gov't Mule's Facebook page Last night, Gov't Mule performed at Lincoln, CA's Thunder Valley Casino as part of their 30 Years Strong tour. Lukas

The tour is celebrating the band’s 30th year in the music industry. Gov’t Mule also released the full-length “Peace … Like A River” and the EP, “Time of the Signs,” in 2023. The tour makes a stop at Kiva Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb. 21.

In the three decades since their formation, Gov’t Mule has established themselves as a pillar of jam band music. Originally an offshoot of the early-90s lineup of the Allman Brothers Band, Mule quickly became a force in their own right, and they brought their unique brand of jammy, southern blues-rock to a packed Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on February 15th.

Photo credit: Emily Butler *** It could have been the end of a glorious run. Instead, destiny charted a different course for Gov’t Mule—just as it has