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Rising Nashville star Carter Faith shares a new song, “Bar Star,” today. The track offers an early look into her highly anticipated debut album, Cherry Valley, set for release October 3 via MCA—pre-order/pre-save here. “‘Bar Star’ is a fun song about a lovable honky-tonk man,” says Carter. “In simple terms, he’s the star of the bar—for better or for worse—but damnit, she loves him.” Carter unveils a surprise bonus track, “Billy Bob Thornton (Worktape),” today alongside the new single—listen here.

Carter says, “I wrote this song about Billy Bob Thornton because I literally love him. I’ve always thought he was so talented, and I’ve wanted to marry many of the characters he’s played over the years,” she continues. “I just had to write about it, and I hope people like this little glimpse into my one-track mind.”

“Bar Star” follows previous album offerings “If I Had Never Lost My Mind…,” “Grudge,” and most recently, “Sex, Drugs and Country Music

.” The tracks have served to tide fans over since her The Aftermath EP last fall, which featured a duet with Alison Krauss and drew praise from Billboard, The Tennessean, American Songwriter and more.

Cherry Valley is a document of Carter’s time in Nashville, working chronologically through her breakout successes and gut-punching breakups, new loves and family dustups. It’s named for an imagined place, a road sign Carter once saw that came to signify her creative home, a sweet spot where her old school influences like Tammy Wynette, Nancy Sinatra, Pet Sounds and Revolver meet today’s country. The album synthesizes all that into a signature Carter Faith sound.

The songs on Cherry Valley span Carter’s journey from her North Carolina hometown to Nashville, with all the heartbreak, triumph and hazy nights in between. Carter and longtime producer Tofer Brown spent two years crafting tracks for the album before finally entering the studio in 2024 to lay it down. All the while, Carter was working relentlessly to climb the ranks of country music, signing to MCA and Universal Music Publishing Group, gracing the Opry stage a dozen times, sharing stages with idols like Willie Nelson, and racking up hundreds of millions of streams.

Fresh from her Stagecoach debut and runs with Ella Langley and Carly Pearce, Carter is back on the road with Little Big Town through August. She’ll join Noah Cyrus in September and finish off the year supporting Marcus King and Kelsea Ballerini this winter. See below for full routing.

CARTER FAITH—CHERRY VALLEY
1. Cherry Valley
2. Sex, Drugs, and Country Music
3. Arrows (Die For That Man)
4. Bar Star
5. Betty
6. Grudge
7. Six-String
8. If I Had Never Lost My Mind…
9. Misery Loves Company
10. Drink Up, Baby
11. Burn My Memory
12. Sails
13. So I Sing
14. Changed
15. Still A Lover

CARTER FAITH LIVE
July 25—Maryland Heights, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheater†
July 26—Tinley Park, IL—Credit Union 1 Amphitheater†
August 7—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion†
August 8—Holmdel, NJ—PNC Bank Arts Center†
August 9—Wantagh, NY—Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater†
August 21—West Palm Beach, FL—iTHINK Financial Amphitheater†
August 22—Tampa, FL—MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater†
August 23—Orange Beach, AL—The Wharf Amphitheater†
September 4—Phoenix, AZ—Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater†
September 5—Chula Vista, CA—North Island Credit Union Amphitheater†
September 6—Mountain View, CA—Shoreline Amphitheater†
September 12—Santa Ana, CA—Observatory+
September 13—San Diego, CA—House of Blues+
September 15—San Francisco, CA—The Regency Ballroom+
September 18—Vancouver, B.C.—Queen Elizabeth Theatre+
September 19—Seattle, WA—Showbox SoDo+
September 20—Spokane, WA—Knitting Factory+
September 21—Portland, OR—McMenamins Crystal Ballroom+
September 23—Salt Lake City, UT—The Union Event Center+
September 24—Denver, CO—Fillmore Auditorium+
September 26—Kansas City, MO—Uptown Theater+
September 27—Minneapolis, MN—The Fillmore Minneapolis+
September 29—St. Louis, MO—The Pageant+
September 30—Chicago, IL—Riviera Theatre+
October 2—Detroit, MI—Masonic Temple Theatre+
October 4—Montreal, QC—MTELUS+
October 7—Boston, MA—Citizens House of Blues+
October 8—Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Paramount+
October 10—Philadelphia, PA—The Fillmore Philadelphia+
October 11—Silver Spring, MD—The Fillmore+
October 13—Charlotte, NC—The Fillmore Charlotte+
October 15—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium+
October 17—Atlanta, GA—Tabernacle+
October 18—St Petersburg, FL—Jannus Live+
October 20—Houston, TX—House of Blues Houston+
October 21—Dallas, TX—House of Blues Dallas+
October 22—Austin, TX—Emo’s Austin+
October 24—Phoenix, AZ—The Van Buren+
October 31—Little Rock, AR—The Hall*
November 2—Corpus Christi, TX—Concrete Street Amphitheater*
November 5—Lubbock, TX—Cook’s Garage*
November 6—Albuquerque, NM—Revel*
December 6—Sydney, AU—ICC Sydney Theatre§
December 7—Melbourne, AU—Margaret Court Arena§
December 11—Melbourne, AU— Margaret Court Arena§
December 13—Brisbane, AU—Brisbane Entertainment Centre§
†with Little Big Town
+with Noah Cyrus
*with Marcus King
§with Kelsea Ballerini