Kiefer Sutherland releasing first album, bringing promotional tour to Long Island
Actor Kiefer Sutherland will play two Long Island venues this spring to promote his first album, "Down in a Hole." Above, the former "24" star attends the "Forsaken" premiere during the Zurich Film Festival on Sept. 25, 2015, in Zurich, Switzerland. Credit: Getty Images / Andreas Rentz
Under the heading “who knew? (no, really, who?),” Kiefer Sutherland is a folk-rock musician about to release his first album (“Down in a Hole”) this summer. And when there’s an album to promote, a tour can’t be far behind: The former “24” star, 49, announced Thursday that starting mid-April he’ll take his band on the road to a series of venues around the country, including two on Long Island: the Paramount’s Founder’s Room (May 25) — a members-only club that promises patrons “a unique chance to interact with your icons” — and Amagansett’s Stephen Talkhouse (May 28).
Acknowledging the obvious, a news release announcing the tour dates and venues conceded that Sutherland’s music avocation was “unknown to many during the course of his career,” but noted that he launched a record label in 2002 with “friend and music partner” Jude Cole, a Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter who also managed and produced a handful of indie and alternative rock bands.
In fact, Sutherland functioned briefly as tour manager for Rocco DeLuca and the Burden’s first European tour — which yielded a semi-humorous 2006 documentary, “I Trust You to Kill Me.” Sutherland later admitted that he was a disaster as manager, and was fired after the tour ended.
But his musical ambitions did not end there. He said in a statement that his debut album is “the closest thing I’ve ever had to a journal or diary.”
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