LENOX, Mass. — James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his All-Star Band for performances on Wednesday, July 3, and Thursday, July 4, at 8 p.m. in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. 

 

This summer marks 50 years since Taylor first performed at Tanglewood on July 30, 1974. The two dates scheduled this July will bring the total number of Taylor's appearances on the Shed stage to 51, making him one of the most frequent Tanglewood guest performers of all time. 

 

The July 4 concert will be followed by a fireworks display over Stockbridge Bowl. Proceeds from the July 4 concert will be donated by Kim and James Taylor to support Tanglewood. 

 

Taylor has been a recording and touring artist for more than 50 years. Over the course of his celebrated songwriting and performing career, he has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards since the release of his self-titled debut album in 1968. In 2015, he released "Before This World," the first-ever No. 1 album of his career and his newest album, "American Standard," earned him  the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

 

He has won multiple Grammy Awards, has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and the Songwriters halls of fame and, in February 2006, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences selected him its MusiCares Person of the Year. He was also awarded the distinguished Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, the National Medal of Arts in 2012 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 by President Barack Obama, and received Kennedy Center Honors in 2016. 

 

Further program and event details for the 2024 Tanglewood season including additional dates in the Popular Artists Series are scheduled for public announcement on Feb. 1.