Lemon Twigs urge fans to 'Look for Your Mind' in May; tour sooner

The Lemon Twigs' new album, Look For Your Mind!, is scheduled for May 8, with a video for its lead single “I Just Can’t Get Over Losing You.” It contains an undercurrent of paranoia and suspicion. “I do think that now is a time of insanity,” admits co-leader Brian D'Addario. “You really have to hold onto your own mind if you don’t wanna lose it.”

New to this album is the inclusion of the live members Reza Matin (drums) and Danny Ayala (bass), as well as Eva Chambers of Tchotchke. With the D’Addario brothers, Brian and Michael, previously having handled everything in the studio themselves, this shows a newfound sense of freedom.

The manner in which The Lemon Twigs surprise is a constant and testament to their vision and abilities. “Every time we try to write something that's completely straightforward, we can't help adding an element which comes out of left field. We always want to write a song we’ve never heard before,” says Brian.

WATCH VIDEO FOR LEAD SINGLE

“I JUST CAN’T GET OVER LOSING YOU”

Alongside the album announcement, The Lemon Twigs are also announcing 2026 spring and summer tour that includes shows in the US, Canada, and elsewhere. 

The Lemon Twigs’ two previous Captured Tracks albums, A Dream Is All We Know (2024) and Everything Harmony (2023), certainly indicated something of a ground zero in their then five album career. “It was the beginning of making records that we would listen to ourselves,” says Michael D’Addario, the younger Twig brother, now aged 26. By the time of A Dream Is All We Know and the future Michael classic “My Golden Years”, The Lemon Twigs’ new era had truly begun.

North American Tour Dates:

04/24 - Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Beanfield

04/25 - Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
04/27 - Ann Arbor, MI @ The Blind Pig
04/29 - Indianapolis, IN @ Turntable
04/30 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
05/01 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
05/02 - Chicago, IL @ Metro Chicago
05/04 - Newport, KY @ The Southgate House Revival
05/05 - Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar
05/07 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
05/09 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club (Early Show)
06/11 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
06/12 - Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
06/13 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
06/16 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
06/17 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
06/19 - Santa Ana, CA @ GARDEN AMP
06/20 - San Diego, CA @ Music Box

Track List:

1. Look For Your Mind!
2. 2 or 3
3. Nothin’ But You
4. Gather Round
5. I Just Can’t Get Over Losing You
6. Fire and Gold
7. Mean to Me
8. Bring You Down
9. Yeah I Do
10. I Hurt Yu
11. You’re Still My Girl
12. Joy
13. My Heart Is In Your Hands Tonight
14. Your True Enemy

Death Cab for Cutie to return with new studio album, tour this summer

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Death Cab for Cutie – Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper and Zac Rae – announce their 11th studio album. I Built You A Tower, will be released on June 5 via ANTI- Records.

The move marks the band’s return to their independent roots after 20 years on Atlantic Records. Produced and engineered by John Congleton and assembled from three weeks of sessions, I Built You A Tower was recorded at Animal Rites in Los Angeles, as well as the band members’ homes in Seattle, Bellingham, Los Angeles and Portland.

Alongside the album announcement, Death Cab for Cutie share the album’s first single, “Riptides.” "’Riptides’ is about the challenge of dealing with personal struggles as the world around us experiences tragedy and loss on an unfathomable scale,” says Gibbard. “And how when these two elements intertwine themselves in our psyches, it feels utterly paralyzing." Listen to the song and watch its Jason Lester-directed video HERE.

In recent years, Death Cab celebrated several historic milestones, including massive sold-out tours celebrating the 20th anniversaries of seminal releases Transatlanticism and Plans. Those tours were pivotal to the creation of I Built You A Tower, as behind the scenes, Gibbard weathered the greatest pressure of his professional life — fronting both Death Cab and the Postal Service on arena stages for hours a night — while struggling with the collapse of his personal life in the background. The strain felt too much for one person to bear, and the “tower” originated as a way to protect himself. “There’s this need to find a place in ourselves to put loss and grief,” he explains. “A place that can hold it so we can move on with our lives. But there are these moments where the trauma breaks out of that shell we created for it.”

I Built You A Tower is an album of reconciling with past selves in order to locate a new future. “The anniversary tours exorcised any nostalgia in our systems,” Depper observes. “We felt part of this powerful force greater than all of us and went into the studio with a sense of, how can we capture that feeling and put it into something new?” Harmer continues, “The whole experience of this record got us back to the earliest versions of this band: If the musicians in the room like what we’re working on, that’s enough. We reconnected with the confidence that comes with that.” As such, this is not the dreaded “return to form” narrative, but a reclamation of a core ethos that has run through Death Cab’s 30-year history.

PRE-ORDER I BUILT YOU A TOWER

The band recently announced a North American summer tour, which is on sale now. These performances come on the heels of a sold-out global tour in marking the 20th anniversary of Transatlanticism plus their acclaimed 10th studio effort, 2022’s Asphalt Meadows. 

No. American Tour Dates:

May 29 – Denver, CO – Outside Days

July 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory *
July 11 – Milwaukee, WI – Miller High Life Theatre *
July 12 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park *
July 14 – Cincinnati, OH – MegaCorp Pavilion *
July 15 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion *
July 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts ^
July 18 – Canandaigua, NY – CMAC ^
July 19 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre ^
July 21 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
July 22 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek ^
July 24 – St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theatre #
July 25 – Bentonville, AR – The Momentary #
July 26 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove #
July 28 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Amphitheater #
July 29 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Amphitheater #
July 31 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre #
August 2 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre #
August 3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre #
August 4 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park #
August 6 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas &
August 7 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre &
August 9 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands

*with Jay Som
^with Japanese Breakfast
#with Nation of Language
&with Lala Lala

Tracklisting:

1. Full of Stars
2. Punching The Flowers
3. Pep Talk
4. I Built You A Tower (a)
5. Envy The Birds
6. Stone Over Water
7. How Heavenly a State
8. Trap Door
9. Riptides
10. The Flavor of Metal
11. I Built You A Tower (b)

Kacey Musgraves new album features Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert in May

Eight-time Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves' sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, is scheduled for May 1 via Lost Highway. The title was inspired by a sign in her hometown of Golden (population: 300) that reads "Golden, TX: Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere." 

The follow-up to 2024's country chart topping Deeper Well is said to draw from a love of Texas dancehall classics, humorous takes on the human condition, and the space where traditional country borders many sounds including Norteño and even Zydeco. Once again, Musgraves co-produced the album with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. Special guests include Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert, Billy Strings and Gregory Alan Isakov.

According to People Magazine, “The bulk of this record was made during the longest single period of my life, and I found that for the first time, it actually felt incredible being alone and existing in a space not defined by anyone else,” Musgraves said in a statement. “I became fascinated with the concept of liminal space, both geographical and emotional. We don’t linger in these transitional, empty spaces long enough and rush to define where or whatever is next.”

She continued: “I became so at ease with being in the ‘middle of nowhere’ in many senses and sitting in the un-comfort of the undefined. I had a lot of time for creative ambling and leaning into myself in different ways; horses, humor, writing with my early collaborators again, and living out my very simple, inspired life between Texas, Tennessee, and Mexico.”

Pre-orders are live now at losthighwayrecords.com; a limited-edition, squash blossom turquoise LP variant is exclusively available through Magnolia Record Club: magnoliarecord.store. Other formats are black vinyl, CD and digital. 

A video has been released for first single "Dry Spell." View it here: https://youtu.be/NlohfwTunwU

Track listing:

CD-

1. Middle of Nowhere
2. Dry Spell
3. Back On The Wagon
4. I Believe In Ghosts
5. Abilene
6. Coyote feat. Gregory Alan Isakov
7. Loneliest Girl
8. Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy feat. Billy Strings
9. Horses and Divorces feat. Miranda Lambert
10. Uncertain, TX feat. Willie Nelson
11. Rhinestoned
12. Mexico Honey
13. Hell On Me

We Are Scientists news: fresh tour dates with Psychedelic Furs; Keith Carne solo album coming

We Are Scientists, the NYC-based alt-rock band whose Qualifying Miles album was among my top 10 albums of 2025, will finally head out west to support Psychedelic Furs later this spring.

The U.S. tour runs from mid-May 12 to mid-June. See below for full routing.

Meanwhile, drummer Keith Carne's debut solo album Magenta Light is due April 20. His debut single "Look for the Moon" is out now. 

“I travel a lot in my touring work with other bands, and I miss her profoundly when I’m gone,” Carne says, about the tune written for his wife. “I think about her very often on airport runways, especially flights when I’m the one leaving. This is why there are references to 37,000 feet, oblivion above the clouds, falling and, maybe most importantly, Delta airline wine… Hayley and I always talk about our moon-connection when I’m gone - about how we can connect with one another simply by looking at the moon when we’re apart. Just the act of looking for it brings me great comfort because it brings her to mind.”

The album marks both a departure and an arrival for Carne. While his position for the last 13 years as drummer and backing vocalist for We Are Scientists continues onward, Carne steps toward centerstage as songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. 

An ardent supporter of responsible mind-enhancing drugs, the origin of the album title Magenta Light comes from a similar experience. “I named the album for a psychedelic vision my wife had - she saw sparkling, magenta light pouring from my face,” Carne explains. “I began recording the ideas in my head the very next day with this vision in mind. “It’s inspired in equal parts by Pharoah Sanders’s explosive spiritual jazz and Fred Again’s catchy dance anthems. Its implications are both interpersonal and extraterrestrial.”

Magenta Light was written, recorded, produced, and performed by Keith Carne, with additional contributions from Brian Bond (Gem County), Justin “Bestamo” Gaynor (Gem County / Keith and Bestamo), Zeno Pittarelli, and Drew Citron (Beverly). Bond handled mixing, Pittarelli mastered the album, and the cover artwork was created by Hayley Youngs, with design by Benedict Kupstas (Field Guides).

Track listing:

1. Totally Liminal
2. Keep Away
3. 36 & Counting
4. 37 Hours
5. Contortionist Jazz Exotica
6. Look For The Moon
7. Mist Trail
8. The Falls

We Are Scientists tour dates 

(Opening for Psychedelic Furs):

5/12/2026 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
5/14/2026 Madison, WI The Sylvee
5/15/2026 Waukegan, IL Genesee Theatre
5/17/2026 Peoria, IL Prairie Home Alliance Theater
5/19/2026 Fayetteville, AR Ozark Music Hall
5/20/2026 Oklahoma City, OK Tower Theatre
5/22/2026 Dallas, TX House of Blues
5/23/2026 Houston, TX House of Blues
5/26/2026 San Antonio, TX Aztec Theater
5/28/2026 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
5/29/2026 Del Mar, CA The Sound
5/31/2026 Ojai, CA Libbey Bowl
6/2/2026 Menlo Park, CA The Guild Theatre
6/5/2026 Rancho Mirage, CA The Show at Agua Caliente Casino
6/6/2026 Claremont, CA Bridges Auditorium
6/9/2026 San Luis Obispo, CA Fremont Theater
6/10/2026 Fresno, CA Warnors Theatre
6/13/2026 Napa, CA Uptown Theatre
6/14/2026 Rocklin, CA Quarry Park Amphitheater

Bruno Mars update: new album out, 5th tour date added

Upon first listen, I think this in another soulful, thoroughly enjoyable winner. I saw someone on social media complain that the album was short, clocking in at just over 31 minutes. But I'd say, it's short and sweet 

I was also impressed that current Riverside resident and former Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings member/producer/arranger Gabe Roth contributed to the recording and engineering on a handful of the Mars tracks (other ex-Dap Kings Homer Steinweiss, Leon Michels and Dave Guy also appear on a song). 

Read more about the Mars album in this press release... 

Nearly a decade after his last solo project, Bruno Mars officially returned last week with his long-awaited fourth solo album, The Romantic, available everywhere via Atlantic Records. The project features songs including “I Just Might,” which became his inaugural No. 1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Risk It All,” accompanied by an official music video directed by Bruno and Daniel Ramos, now on YouTube HERE.

The release arrived alongside numerous activations around the world, including mobile flower trucks distributing roses, “love lock” walls stationed across the globe, and The Romantic Flower Shop pop-up in Los Angeles at Tommy's Gift Shop on Pico Blvd.

The Romantic comes in the wake of Bruno’s continued chart success, with previous singles including the GRAMMY® award-winning “Die With A Smile” with Lady Gaga, which became the fastest song in Spotify history to reach 1 billion streams and topped the Billboard Global 200 Chart for a record-tying 18 weeks, as well as the pervasive “APT.” with ROSÉ—the latter of which was recently named IFPI’s biggest‑selling global single of 2025, crowned the most globally streamed song of 2025 by Apple Music, and scored 19 weeks at number one on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Chart and 12 weeks at number one on the Billboard Global 200 Chart. Beyond its massive global chart achievements, “APT.” also won “Song of the Year” at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, and earned three nominations at this year’s 68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards for “Song of the Year,” “Record of the Year,” and “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.”

In January 2025, Mars became the first artist in Spotify history to surpass 150 million monthly listeners, ranking him among the platform’s top global artists. In October 2022, he became the first artist in RIAA history to earn six Diamond-certified singles. As of 2026, he has reached at least seven RIAA Diamond certifications for songs including "Just the Way You Are,” which is now the highest-certified song in history at 21x RIAA Platinum, "Uptown Funk" (with Mark Ronson), "Grenade," "That’s What I Like," "When I Was Your Man,” “Locked Out of Heaven," and the “The Lazy Song.” His debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, is the longest-running studio album by a solo male artist on the Billboard 200, with over 345 weeks on the chart. He has secured ten Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and has spent a total of 30 weeks atop the Global 200 with his 2024–2025 hits.

Track list:

Risk It All
Cha Cha Cha
I Just Might
God Was Showing Off
Why You Wanna Fight?
On My Soul
Something Serious
Nothing Left
Dance With Me

In related news...

Bruno Mars has expanded his record-breaking The Romantic Tour, adding additional dates following global demand. After delivering the largest single-day ticket sales in Live Nation history across North America, Europe, and the UK—and setting a new Ticketmaster record with 2.1 million tickets sold in just one day—Mars has announced fifth and final shows in Los Angeles and Vancouver, along with four newly added performances in Mexico City. The Mexico City outing marks a special return, as Mars reopened Estadio GNP Seguros in 2024 with three sold-out performances following the venue’s renovations.

With the additional dates added, the tour will now span nearly 80 dates across North America, Europe, and the UK, cementing its status as one of the biggest global outings of the year. Originally announced with less than 40 dates, an additional 34 shows were added in response to incredible fan demand. The tour will now include an extraordinary six-night run at Wembley Stadium in London, five nights at Rogers Stadium in Toronto and SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, four nights at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, and multi-night plays across other markets.

The newly added Los Angeles date will take place Wednesday, September 30 at SoFi Stadium, while Vancouver’s final show is set for Wednesday, October 21 at BC Place. Mars will then bring the tour to Mexico City for four nights at Estadio GNP Seguros on December 3, 4, 7, and 8, closing out the massive 2026 outing.

Nine-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist and Silk Sonic collaborator Anderson .Paak will join Mars as DJ Pee .Wee on all newly announced dates.

TICKETS: To participate in the Bruno Mars Artist Presale on Wednesday, March 11 at 12pm PT, you must sign up HERE by Monday, March 9 at 3pm PT. No codes are needed – access is tied to your Ticketmaster account, and anyone who signs up can join the sale. Remaining tickets will be available during the general onsale beginning Thursday, March 12 at 12pm local time for the Los Angeles, Vancouver, and December 3 and 4 Mexico City dates, and at 2pm local time for the December 7 and 8 Mexico City shows. Tickets will be available at BrunoMars.com.

North American Tour Dates: 

Fri, Apr 10 — Las Vegas, NV — Allegiant Stadium*#

Sat, Apr 11 — Las Vegas, NV — Allegiant Stadium*#
Tue, Apr 14 — Glendale, AZ — State Farm Stadium*#
Wed, Apr 15 — Glendale, AZ — State Farm Stadium*#
Sat, Apr 18 — Arlington, TX — Globe Life Field*#
Sun, Apr 19 — Arlington, TX — Globe Life Field*#
Wed, Apr 22 — Houston, TX — NRG Stadium*#
Sat, Apr 25 — Atlanta, GA — Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field*#
Sun, Apr 26 — Atlanta, GA — Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field*#
Wed, Apr 29 — Charlotte, NC — Bank of America Stadium*#
Sat, May 2 — Landover, MD — Northwest Stadium*#
Sun, May 3 — Landover, MD — Northwest Stadium*#
Wed, May 6 — Nashville, TN — Nissan Stadium*#
Sat, May 9 — Detroit, MI — Ford Field*#
Sun, May 10 — Detroit, MI — Ford Field*#
Wed, May 13 — Minneapolis, MN — U.S. Bank Stadium*#
Sat, May 16 — Chicago, IL — Soldier Field*#
Sun, May 17 — Chicago, IL — Soldier Field*#
Wed, May 20 — Columbus, OH — Ohio Stadium*#
Sat, May 23 — Toronto, ON — Rogers Stadium*#
Sun, May 24 — Toronto, ON — Rogers Stadium*#
Wed, May 27 — Toronto, ON — Rogers Stadium*#
Thu, May 28 — Toronto, ON — Rogers Stadium*#
Sat, May 30 — Toronto, ON — Rogers Stadium*#
Fri, Aug 21 — East Rutherford, NJ — MetLife Stadium*@
Sat, Aug 22 — East Rutherford, NJ — MetLife Stadium*@
Tue, Aug 25 — East Rutherford, NJ — MetLife Stadium*@
Wed, Aug 26 — East Rutherford, NJ — MetLife Stadium*@
Sat, Aug 29 — Pittsburgh, PA — Acrisure Stadium*
Tue, Sep 1 — Philadelphia, PA — Lincoln Financial Field*@
Wed, Sep 2 — Philadelphia, PA — Lincoln Financial Field*@
Sat, Sep 5 — Foxborough, MA — Gillette Stadium*@
Sun, Sep 6 — Foxborough, MA — Gillette Stadium*@
Wed, Sep 9 — Indianapolis, IN — Lucas Oil Stadium*@
Sat, Sep 12 — Tampa, FL — Raymond James Stadium*@
Sun, Sep 13 — Tampa, FL — Raymond James Stadium*@
Wed, Sep 16 — New Orleans, LA — Caesars Superdome*@
Sat, Sep 19 — Miami, FL — Hard Rock Stadium*@
Sun, Sep 20 — Miami, FL — Hard Rock Stadium*@
Wed, Sep 23 — San Antonio, TX — Alamodome*@
Sat, Sep 26 — Air Force Academy, CO — Falcon Stadium at the United States Air Force Academy*@
Sun, Sep 27 — Air Force Academy, CO — Falcon Stadium at the United States Air Force Academy*@
Wed, Sep 30 — Inglewood, CA — SoFi Stadium* - NEW DATE
Fri, Oct 2 — Inglewood, CA — SoFi Stadium*@
Sat, Oct 3 — Inglewood, CA — SoFi Stadium*@
Tue, Oct 6 — Inglewood, CA — SoFi Stadium*@
Wed, Oct 7 — Inglewood, CA — SoFi Stadium*@
Sat, Oct 10 — Santa Clara, CA — Levi’s Stadium*@
Sun, Oct 11 — Santa Clara, CA — Levi’s Stadium*@
Wed, Oct 14 — Vancouver, BC — BC Place*@
Fri, Oct 16 — Vancouver, BC — BC Place*@
Sat, Oct 17 — Vancouver, BC — BC Place*@
Tue, Oct 20 — Vancouver, BC — BC Place*
Wed, Oct 21 — Vancouver, BC — BC Place* - NEW DATE
Thu Dec 3 — Mexico City, MX — Estadio GNP Seguros* - NEW DATE
Fri, Dec 4 — Mexico City, MX — Estadio GNP Seguros* - NEW DATE
Mon, Dec 7 — Mexico City, MX — Estadio GNP Seguros* - NEW DATE
Tue, Dec 8 — Mexico City, MX — Estadio GNP Seguros* - NEW DATE

* with Anderson .Paak as DJ Pee .Wee
# with Leon Thomas
^ with Victoria Monét
@ with RAYE

Chad King of A Great Big World has personal new song with some proceeds donated to Race to Erase MS

A Great Big World’s Chad King has released “All In Time”, a folk-inspired tune of reflection and honest admission about the Grammy winner’s personal journey with multiple sclerosis.

“All In Time” - Listen HERE

Alongside the track release and March being National MS Awareness Month, King has launched a new initiative with his longstanding friends at Race to Erase MS (where he is also a board member), donating half of the song’s streams/sales proceeds to aid in their mission to fund groundbreaking research that will ultimately cure multiple sclerosis.

“As a symptom of MS, a couple years ago I started losing strength on the left side of my body by noon every day. This heavily affected my ability to play and perform music,” revealed King. “This song was a way to make peace with my new reality, and it specifically uses guitar chords that I can play even in the afternoon.”

Nancy Davis, Founder of Race to Erase MS, said, "We are so grateful Chad is donating 50% of the proceeds from “All in Time” which he performed last year at our Race to Erase MS gala and had everybody in a state of awe with a standing ovation.”

Chad’s MS diagnosis in 2007 kicked off years of personal study for the recent college graduate, who explored numerous forms of medication and alternative medical options. Amidst all this, Chad and his A Great Big World-partner Ian Axel won a Grammy for their Christina Aguilera-collaboration, “Say Something,” in 2015.

When the pandemic hit, Chad’s symptoms ignited further, resulting in him having difficulty walking, a decrease in stamina, guitar-playing becoming difficult, and changes to his voice becoming apparent, especially near day-end. His experience of having to readapt the way he plays guitar is intertwined with “All In Time” specifically, finding King having to reconfigure how to play certain chords.

“All In Time” will join King’s debut solo single “Change Is Hard” on a forthcoming body of work. Chad has also recently been busy at work alongside Axel composing the music for the new musical Wonder which premiered at A.R.T’s Loeb Theatre (American Repertory Theatre) in Boston.

Photo by Shervin Lainez

Out now: Sting's 'Mercury Falling' - 30th Anniversary expanded digital edition; new fall North American tour dates

I'm looking forward to spending time with this expanded edition. The original landed on my top 10 year-end best list upon release. I got to review an early leg of this live trio format at LA's The Wiltern (see elsewhere on this blog)...

Sting marks the 30th anniversary of his platinum, fifth full-length solo album, Mercury Falling, with the release of a new digital-only special expanded edition available on all streaming platforms via UMe. Listen HERE.

Of the 19 tracks, many were previously unavailable digitally until now. There is “Moonlight,” from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the 1995 romantic comedy Sabrina. The music for the song was written by composer John Williams with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and garnered nominations at both the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards. 

Beyond the inclusion of various B-sides and remixes, this edition concludes with three live recordings from TFI Friday of “You Still Touch Me,” “Lithium Sunset,” and “Message In A Bottle.”

Thirty years ago this week, the original Mercury Falling arrived on March 4, 1996. It reached the Top 5 of the Billboard 200 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The record would also be Sting’s third successive collaboration with longtime producer Hugh Padgham, marking a milestone in their nineties work together. 

The album notched two Grammy nominations in the categories of “Best Pop Vocal Album” and “Best Male Pop Vocal Performance” for “Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot.” 

This is the latest Expanded Edition to be issued from Sting’s catalog. It follows on the heels of last year’s The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (Expanded Edition).

Track listing:

MAIN ALBUM

The Hounds of Winter
I Hung My Head
Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot
I Was Brought to My Senses
You Still Touch Me
I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
All Four Seasons
Twenty Five to Midnight
La Belle Dame Sans Regrets
Valparaiso
Lithium Sunset

BONUS TRACKS

Moonlight*
The Bed's Too Big Without You
Lullaby to An Anxious Child
Beneath a Desert Moon
This Was Never Meant to Be
The Pirate's Bride
Giacomo's Blues
Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (A&G Classic Edit)
Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (A&G Full Testament Mix)
Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (A&G Great Divide Mix)
Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (A&G Great Divide Dub)
I Was Brought To My Senses (Steve Lipson Remix)*
Sister Moon (Hani Commissioned Club Mix)*
Sister Moon (Hani Commissioned Dub Mix)*
Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (Single Edit)
You Still Touch Me (Edit)*
You Still Touch Me (Live At TFI Friday)*
Lithium Sunset (Live At TFI Friday)*
Message In A Bottle (Live At TFI Friday)*

*Previously unavailable on streaming platforms

In related news...

Sting has announced a new fall leg of his Sting 3.0 Tour across North America, starting in October. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is still accompanied by longtime guitarist and collaborator Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas (Mumford & Sons, Maggie Rogers).

The tour spotlights new interpretations of his catalog and most recent single, “I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart),”

Additionally, a new live album, STING 3.0 LIVE, is now available digitally, on CD and on 180g vinyl. Also recorded on the “STING 3.0” Tour, STING 3.0 LIVE is a collection of his greatest hits, including “Be Still My Beating Heart,” which has never-before been released as a live version. The 10-song digital album also features a live recording of “Fragile,” Sting’s 1987 single, which was recently covered by a children’s choir in an episode of the Netflix miniseries Adolescence.

The general on sale will begin Friday, March 6 at 10AM local time on sting.com. Tickets for all other previously announced “STING 3.0” tour dates are available now.

Tour dates: 

Sat May 06 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
Sat May 09 – Durant, OK – Choctaw Grand Theater
Sun May 10 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Tue May 12 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
Wed May 13 – Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
Fri May 15 – Atlanta, GA – Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park
Sat May 16 – Savannah, GA – Enmarket Arena
Mon May 18 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Tue May 19 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
Thu May 21 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
Fri May 22 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
Sat May 23 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
Mon May 25 – Richmond, VA – Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
Mon Oct 05 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – NEW SHOW
Tue Oct 06 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – NEW SHOW
Thu Oct 08 – Seattle, WA – Benaroya Hall – NEW SHOW
Fri Oct 09 – Seattle, WA – Benaroya Hall – NEW SHOW
Tue Oct 13 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre – NEW SHOW
Fri Oct 16 – Rockford, IL – Hard Rock Casino – NEW SHOW
Sat Oct 17 – St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theatre – NEW SHOW
Thu Oct 22 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre – NEW SHOW
Mon Oct 26 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre St-Denis – NEW SHOW
Tue Oct 27 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre St-Denis – NEW SHOW
Sun Nov 01 – Akron, OH – E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall – NEW SHOW
Wed Nov 04 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center – NEW SHOW
Mon Nov 09 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theater – NEW SHOW
Wed Nov 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount – NEW SHOW*
Thu Nov 12 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount – NEW SHOW*
Sat Nov 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount – NEW SHOW*
Sun Nov 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount – NEW SHOW*
Tue Nov 17 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount – NEW SHOW*
Wed Nov 18 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount – NEW SHOW*
Tue Nov 24 – Tampa, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Tampa – RESCHEDULED SHOW

*with special guest Fiction Plane

Photo by Carter B. Smith