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Pat Metheny has never treated longevity as a victory lap. Instead, he keeps re-entering the conversation from a different angle, and his newly released single”‘Don’t Look Down’”does exactly that. The track is the first preview of Side-Eye III+, his first major studio album in six years, arriving February 27 via his new imprint Uniquity Music in partnership with Primary Wave. It’s a lean, forward-moving piece of music—restless, alert, and quietly confident—built less around nostalgia than momentum.

The Side-Eye project has always been about motion and renewal, and Side-Eye III+ continues that idea by centering Metheny alongside a new generation of collaborators. This iteration features Chris Fishman on keyboards and Joe Dyson on drums, a trio that’s already proven its chemistry on the road. Rather than framing himself as a legacy act, Metheny positions Side-Eye as a living workshop—one that evolves in real time through touring, writing, and collaboration.

That evolution will be on full display in 2026, when Metheny takes Side-Eye III+ on an extensive worldwide tour. For Colorado listeners, the April 7 stop at Boulder Theater lands squarely in the middle of an ambitious North American run before the project heads overseas for a long European stretch. As ever, the new material will sit beside a catalog that’s helped define modern jazz—reshaped, reframed, and kept in motion by an artist who’s never been interested in standing still.

PAT METHENY: SIDE-EYE III+ WORLDWIDE TOUR DATES:

3/2–3 – Jackson, MS – Duling Hall
3/5 – San Antonio, TX – The Charline McCombs Empire Theatre
3/6 – Austin, TX – The Paramount Theatre
3/7 – Houston, TX – Lillie and Roy Cullen Theater at Wortham Theater Center
3/8 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theatre
3/10 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live
3/12-13 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Parker Playhouse
3/14 – Stuart, FL – The Lyric Theatre
3/15 – Naples, FL – Artis—Naples
3/16 – Clearwater, FL – The Capitol Theatre
3/17 – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre
3/19 – Charlottesville, VA – The Paramount Theater
3/20 – Richmond, VA – The National
3/22 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
3/23 – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Symphony Hall
3/24 – Charlotte, NC – Blumenthal Performing Arts Knight Theater
3/25 – Lexington, KY – Lexington Opera House
3/26 – Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival @ Tennessee Theatre
3/27 – Savannah, GA – Savannah Music Festival @ Lucas Theatre
3/29 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
3/30 – Little Rock, AR – Robinson Center
3/31 – Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Performing Arts Center
4/1 – Dallas, TX – The Majestic Theatre
4/3 – St. Louis, MO – The Sheldon Concert Hall
4/4 – Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
4/7 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
4/8 – Omaha, NE – Kiewit Concert Hall
4/9 – Madison, WI – Wisconsin Union Theater
4/10 – Indianapolis, IN – Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University
4/11 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
4/12 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
4/14 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
4/15 – Newark, OH – Midland Theatre
4/16 – Columbia, MO – Missouri Theatre
4/17 – Chicago, IL – Symphony Center
4/18–19 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota
4/21 – Ketchum, ID – Argyros Performing Arts Center
4/23–26 – Seattle, WA – Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
4/27 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – The Centre in Vancouver For Performing Arts
4/28 – Portland, OR – Newmark Theater
4/29 – Eugene, OR – The John G. Shedd Institute For The Arts
5/1 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
5/2 – Sacramento, CA – Crest Theatre
5/3 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre
5/4 – Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Concert Hall
5/5 – Santa Barbara, CA – Lobero Theatre
5/7 – Irvine, CA – Irvine Barclay Theatre
5/8 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay
5/9 – Chandler, AZ – Chandler Center for the Arts
6/6 – Flensburg, Germany – Deutsches Haus
6/7 – Lübeck, Germany – Musik-und Kongresshalle Lübeck
6/8 – Hamburg, Germany – Laeiszhalle
6/9 – Wroclaw, Poland – National Music Forum
6/12 – Katowice, Poland – National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
6/13 – Warsaw, Poland – Palladium
6/15 – Berlin, Germany – Admiralspalast
6/17 – Munich, Germany – Isarphilharmonie
6/18 – Dortmund, Germany – Konzerhaus Dortmund
6/19 – Freiburg, Germany – Konzerthaus Freidburg
6/20 – Nuremberg, Germany – Serenadenhof
6/21 – Frankfurt, Germany – Jahrhunderthalle Kuppelsaal
6/24 – Zürich, Switzerland – Volkshaus
6/29 – Wien, Austria – Wiener Konzerthaus
7/2 – Udine, Italy – Castello di Udine
7/5 – Rome, Italy – Cavea Auditorium Ennio Morricone
7/6 – Pompei, Italy – Anfiteatro degli scavi
7/7 – Giulianova, Italy – Arena del Porto Turstico
7/9 – Milano, Italy – Teatro degli Arcimboldi
7/18–19 – London, UK – Barbican
7/25 – Donostia, Spain – Kursaal