Brandi Carlile has released “Life On The Run,” a new single written with Aaron Dessner and produced by Carlile, Dessner, and Andrew Watt. The song finds Carlile turning inward with a renewed sense of discovery and adventure, and it arrives alongside the launch of a meaningful new partnership with the National Park Foundation.
The NPF partnership is built to generate real impact. $1 from every ticket sold at next weekend’s “Echoes Through the Canyon” at The Gorge Amphitheatre goes directly to the National Park Foundation, with NPF representatives on the ground across all 3 days of the event. The Gorge run features performances from Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt, I’m With Her, Sara Bareilles, The Highwomen, and more. Carlile’s Looking Out Foundation, which has raised over $9 million for grassroots causes to date, is also part of the collaboration. Donations and further information are available at NationalParks.org/Brandi.
Carlile explains the connection between the song, the wilderness, and the work: “Our national parks are the heart and soul of our nation. Even in our darkest days when we need a North Star, we need to look no further than the Olympic Peninsula, Yosemite, or the Canyonlands. The wilderness calls on us all to return to ourselves, and the National Park Foundation reminds us that we have a shared duty to protect these sacred spaces.”
“Life On The Run” is the latest release from Carlile’s album ‘Returning To Myself’ (Interscope Records/Lost Highway), produced by Carlile, Andrew Watt, Aaron Dessner, and Justin Vernon. The album debuted at number 7 on the all-genre Billboard 200, hit number 1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums, Top Rock Albums, and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts, and has been called “one of the best albums of the year” by Variety. It follows ‘Who Believes in Angels?,’ the Grammy-nominated collaborative album with Elton John that debuted at number 1 in the UK and top 10 in the US.
2026 has been a landmark year for Carlile by any measure. She performed “America The Beautiful” at Super Bowl LX, was honored as one of TIME’s 2026 Women of the Year, launched “The Human Tour” across arenas in North America, the UK, and Europe, and will be inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame later this year. An Oscar nominee, 11-time Grammy winner, and 2-time Emmy winner, Carlile has built one of the most consistently celebrated careers in contemporary music.
“The Human Tour” continues through the fall with stops at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (3 nights), Bridgestone Arena, Dickies Arena, Moody Center, Rogers Arena, and headlining slots at Newport Folk Festival on July 26, All Things Go NYC on September 26, and All Things Go DC on September 27, before heading to the UK and Europe in October. The full tour runs into January 2027 with Girls Just Wanna Weekend 8 in Riviera Maya, Mexico.
Brandi Carlile Upcoming Tour Dates:
May 29 /// George, WA /// The Gorge Amphitheatre* (SOLD OUT)
May 30 /// George, WA /// The Gorge Amphitheatre† (SOLD OUT)
May 31 /// George, WA /// The Gorge Amphitheatre‡
June 6 /// Greenville, SC /// Peace Center Concert Hall‡‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 7 /// Charleston, SC /// College of Charleston Cistern Yard (SOLD OUT)
June 9 /// Savannah, GA /// Johnny Mercer Theatre‡‡
June 10 /// Asheville, NC /// Thomas Wolfe Auditorium‡‡ (SOLD OUT)
July 23 /// Montauk, NY /// Montauk Point Lighthouse
July 26 /// Newport, RI /// Newport Folk Festival (SOLD OUT)
August 13 /// Portland, ME /// Cross Insurance Arena+
August 14 /// Uncasville, CT /// Mohegan Sun Arena+
August 16 /// Bethel, NY /// Bethel Woods Center for the Arts+
August 18 /// Lenox, MA /// Tanglewood – Koussevitzky Music Shed+
August 20 /// Canandaigua, NY /// CMAC#
August 21 /// Rochester Hills, MI /// Meadow Brook Amphitheatre#
August 23 /// Grand Rapids, MI /// Acrisure Amphitheater#
August 24 /// Madison, WI /// Breese Stevens Field#
August 26 /// Highland Park, IL /// The Pavilion at Ravinia#
August 29 /// Nashville, TN /// Bridgestone Arena^
September 1 /// Charlotte, NC /// Spectrum Center§
September 3 /// Duluth, GA /// Gas South Arena§
September 5 /// Fort Worth, TX /// Dickies Arena§
September 6 /// Austin, TX /// Moody Center§
September 11 /// Morrison, CO /// Red Rocks Amphitheatre||
September 12 /// Morrison, CO /// Red Rocks Amphitheatre|| (SOLD OUT)
September 13 /// Morrison, CO /// Red Rocks Amphitheatre||
September 17 /// Vancouver, BC /// Rogers Arena**
September 19 /// Stanford, CA /// Frost Amphitheater**
September 20 /// Santa Barbara, CA /// Santa Barbara Bowl** (SOLD OUT)
September 22 /// San Diego, CA /// The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park**
September 26 /// Forest Hills, NY /// All Things Go NYC
September 27 /// Columbia, MD /// All Things Go DC
October 15 /// Dublin, Ireland /// 3Arena††
October 18 /// Manchester, U.K. /// Co-op Live††
October 19 /// Glasgow, U.K. /// OVO Hydro††
October 21 /// London, U.K. /// The O2††
October 23 /// Paris, France /// La Seine Musicale††
October 24 /// Zurich, Switzerland /// The Hall††
October 26 /// Dusseldorf, Germany /// Mitsubishi Electric Halle††
October 27 /// Amsterdam, Netherlands /// AFAS Live††
October 29 /// Oslo, Norway /// Spektrum††
October 30 /// Stockholm, Sweden /// Annexet††
November 1 /// Lisbon, Portugal /// Sagres Campo Pequeno††
January 14-18, 2027 /// Riviera Maya, Mexico /// Girls Just Wanna Weekend 8
*with Indigo Girls and I’m With Her
†with Bonnie Raitt and Sara Bareilles
‡with The Highwomen, Sheryl Crow, Wynonna Judd and Brittney Spencer
+with Jensen McRae
#with I’m With Her
^with Gregory Alan Isakov
§with The Head and The Heart
||with Stephen Wilson Jr.
**with CMAT
††with KT Tunstall
‡‡An Acoustic Evening with Brandi Carlile