Brandi Carlile Announces Global Arena Tour for 2026
Two days before releasing her new “Returning to Myself” album, Brandi Carlile has announced a global tour for 2026, set to touch down in arenas in the U.S. in the early part of the year and Europe in the fall.
The outing is dubbed the Human Tour, named after the song “Human” that appears on the new album, which is her first solo release since 2021’s “In These Silent Days.”
Ten cities in North America are on the docket initially for February and March. Madison Square Garden in New York and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles are among the venues where the Human Tour will touch down in February and March. The tour kicks off Feb. 10 at Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Arena. From there, it will hit Boston’s TD Garden, Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, the Target Center in Minneapolis, Salt Lake City’s Delta Center, Portland’s Moda Center and the Chase Center in San Francisco.
That may seem like a limited number of U..S. cities, but Carlile has hinted that she expects to be touring throughout the year, so it would not be surprising to see the singer later adding spring or summer dates in what currently appears to be a seven-month gap before the tour is scheduled to pick up in Europe.
The fall dates overseas begin with a show Oct. 15 at Dublin’s 3Arena and continues with concerts in Manchester, Glasgow, London, Paris, Zurich, Dusseldorf, Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm and, finally, on Nov. 1, in Lisbon, Portugal. See the full list of dates below.
Members of Carlile’s fan club, the Bramily, will get first crack at purchasing tickets, with a presale that begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time for all dates. Fans can become paid members at bramily.com prior to this Sunday to take part in the presale.
American Express will have its own presale for card members for the North American shows beginning at 1 p.m. next Tuesday.
In Europe, those preordering the “Returning to Myself” album will get special presale access on Oct. 29 at 10 a.m. local time.
Finally, the general on-sale for all tickets, domestic and abroad, will begin Oct. 31 at 10 a.m. local time.
Carlile and her band have not done a headline tour of the U.S. since the summer of 2023. This past year, she was mostly off the road, although she did a short run of European venues and did a few one-off dates in the U.S., including her regularly scheduled three-night stand at Colorado’s Red Rocks in September.
Before the Human Tour kicks off in February, Carllle will also be playing her Girls Just Wanna Weekend festival in Mexico in January.
Fans will get an early taste of her performance prowess when Carlile will be the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 1.
Although Carlile has not released a solo studio album in four years, “Returning to Myself” is not her only release of 2025, as a joint album with Elton John, “Who Believes in Angels,” came out earlier this year, including the pair’s Oscar-nominated song “Never Too Late.”
Carlile’s newly announced Human Tour itinerary for 2026:
February 10—Philadelphia, PA—Xfinity Mobile Arena*
February 12—Boston, MA—TD Garden*
February 13—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden*
February 18—Toronto, Ontario—Scotiabank Arena*
February 20—Rosemont, IL—Allstate Arena*
February 21—Minneapolis, MN—Target Center*
February 24—Salt Lake City, UT—Delta Center*
February 27—Inglewood, CA—Kia Forum*
March 4—Portland, OR—Moda Center*
March 6—San Francisco, CA—Chase Center*
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
