BILLY STRINGS SETS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM SO MUCH FOR GOODBYES FOR AUGUST 28
FIRST SINGLE “BURN THE OTHER END” OUT TODAY
PBS’ AUSTIN CITY LIMITS LIVESTREAM THIS THURSDAY
SOLD-OUT INAUGURAL HOMETOWN “IONIA FREAK FAIR” CONFIRMED FOR AUGUST 28 & 29
3x Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Stringswill release his highly anticipated new album, So Much for Goodbyes, August 28 via Reprise Records. Pre-order/pre-save HERE. Ahead of the release, Strings unveils a new song from the project, “Burn the Other End,” (written by Strings and Paul Hoffman) today—watch the official music video HERE.
Produced by Strings and T Bone Burnett, the new 16-track project finds Strings channeling a deeply personal period into his most musically mature and reflective body of work to date. The record is accompanied by original artwork created by Strings’ late mother, Debra Apostol.
“I made this record to honor my mother,” Strings shares. “To notice and embrace this very significant period of grief in my life and make art from it. To turn my heartbreak into songs while using my guitar as a coping mechanism as I always have. It’s always been there for me to lean on through the hard times, and I figure it always will…until it’s my time to say goodbye.”
So Much For Goodbyes will be available on vinyl in black, wood grain, and sun core variants, with all production completed in the U.S. The records were plated and pressed at Denver’s Paramount Pressing & Plating, founded by veteran engineer Gary Salstrom and multi-Grammy Award winner David Rawlings, and cut for vinyl by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl in Memphis, TN.
Strings will make his highly anticipated return to PBS’ legendary Austin City Limits program this Thursday, July 2. His first concert since breaking his leg earlier in the year, the performance will be available to livestream via ACL TV’s YouTube and will air later this fall as part of Season 52.
Strings will continue his extensive headline tour through the fall with stops at Boston’s Agganis Arena (two nights), Portland’s Cross Insurance Arena (two nights), Denver’s Ball Arena (two nights), Inglewood’s Kia Forum and San Diego’s Pechanga Arena, among others. Additionally, Strings’ first annual “Iona Freak Fair” will take place on August 28 and 29, featuring performances from Strings, Sierra Hull, Greensky Bluegrass and more. See below for complete tour itinerary.
The new record arrives amid a career-defining run for Strings, whom GQ hails as “the hottest roots-music phenomenon in decades,” while Pitchfork calls him a “bluegrass wunderkind.” Strings earned his third Grammy Award and second consecutive win for Best Bluegrass Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards with Highway Prayers, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s all-genre Top Album Sales chart, becoming the first bluegrass album in 22 years to achieve the feat. In addition to his solo work, Strings has collaborated across genres with artists including Kacey Musgraves, Primus, Luke Combs, Cryptopsy, Willie Nelson and Tony Trischka, among others, and recently contributed a cover of “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough” for the upcoming film Jackass: Best and Last.
Since his 2017 debut, Strings has earned widespread recognition, including three Grammy Awards, two back-to-back Artist of the Year at the Americana Music Awards, four-time Entertainer of the Year at the International Bluegrass Music Awards, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards and Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards. He has also appeared and performed at NPR’s Tiny Desk, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NPR’s Fresh Air, The Howard Stern Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Bluegrass Underground as well as countless sold-out shows worldwide.
So Much for Goodbyes Tracklist
01 I’m One of Those
02 Burn the Other End
03 Carry Us Home
04 Lay Me Down
05 Lucid Daydream
06 Mill Town Flood
07 Live to Tell
08 Bluewater Breakdown
09 Light the Wall
10 I Like Train Songs
11 10,000 Miles From a Friend
12 Still I Crash
13 I Wish I Wanted To
14 Remember to Cry
15 Wrestling an Angel
16 Debra’s Waltz
BILLY STRINGS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
July 2—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits at the Moody Theater
July 4—Austin, TX—Germania Insurance Amphitheater*
July 14—Roanoke, VA—Berglund Center (SOLD OUT)
July 17—Portsmouth, VA—Portsmouth Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
July 18—Portsmouth, VA—Portsmouth Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
July 21—Boston, MA—Agganis Arena (SOLD OUT)
July 22—Boston, MA—Agganis Arena (SOLD OUT)
July 24—Portland, ME—Cross Insurance Arena (SOLD OUT)
July 25—Portland, ME—Cross Insurance Arena (SOLD OUT)
July 28—Hartford, CT—PeoplesBank Arena (SOLD OUT)
July 31—Bethel, NY—Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (SOLD OUT)
August 1—Bethel, NY—Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (SOLD OUT)
August 4—Charleston, WV—Charleston Coliseum (SOLD OUT)
August 6— Fishers, IN—Fishers Event Center (SOLD OUT)
August 7—Fishers, IN—Fishers Event Center (SOLD OUT)
August 8—Fishers, IN—Fishers Event Center (SOLD OUT)
August 28—Ionia, MI—Ionia Freak Fair (SOLD OUT)
August 29—Ionia, MI—Ionia Freak Fair (SOLD OUT)
September 18—Denver, CO—Ball Arena (SOLD OUT)
September 19—Denver, CO—Ball Arena (SOLD OUT)
September 20—Denver, CO—Paramount Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
September 25—Los Angeles, CA—The Orpheum Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
September 26—Inglewood, CA—Kia Forum
September 28—San Diego, CA—Pechanga Arena
October 2—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena
October 3—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena
October 6—Eugene, OR—Matthew Knight Arena
October 9—Everett, WA—Angel of the Winds Arena
October 10—Everett, WA—Angel of the Winds Arena
October 23—Huntsville, AL—The Orion Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
October 24—Huntsville, AL—The Orion Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
October 30—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena (SOLD OUT)
October 31—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena (SOLD OUT)
December 4—New Orleans, LA—Saenger Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
December 5—New Orleans, LA—Smoothie King Center
December 9—Sugar Land, TX—Smart Financial Centre
December 11—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena
*Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic
†Ticketmaster ticketing request