Prelude Press
Prelude Press – An independent music outlet focused on discovering and sharing the best emerging artists and diving deeper with the ones you already love.
As The Maine – John O’Callaghan, Kennedy Brock, Jared Monaco, Garrett Nickelsen, and Pat Kirch – ramp up to the release of their forthcoming new tenth studio LP, Joy Next Door, set for an April 10 release date, the beloved rock band continues to peel back the curtain on the highly anticipated new project. Having already released the LP’s first two singles – “Die To Fall,” and “Quiet Part Loud” – the Maine now return with another stunning single: the propulsive and energetic “Palms,” out today.
Highlighting people’s increasing inability to let life play out as it will, not to mention our collective desire to forever maintain a semblance of control no matter the circumstances, O’Callaghan sings at the chorus: “Don’t think/It all happens for a reason/Fuck that/Well the night is uknown/Don’t think, let it happen.”
“‘Palms’ was written at zero hour. And while the demo took all but 30 minutes while I was at home, we didn’t get it to final form for another couple months after,” O’Callaghan says. “It may have been a function of thinking too much, but I’m glad we clawed our way through to get it to where you hear it now because it brings a little levity and balance to Joy Next Door. Plus, my four-year-old loves to hear her Dada say the F word. I hope you dig it, too (the song, not just the swear word.)”
As The Maine gears up for the release of Joy Next Door, they’re preparing to hit the road beginning in March for their first Stateside headline tour in nearly two years — the biggest on sale of their career to date – as well as an 8-city European headline tour kicking off this September, the band’s biggest European outing to date. Additionally, they’ll be performing their new single “Die To Fall” on The Kelly Clarkson Show this April.
Kicking off on March 24, 2026 at the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas, the Maine’s 26-date headlining tour finds the beloved five-piece gracing legendary stages across the country, in locales from their native Phoenix to Los Angeles, Chicago, Brooklyn and beyond.
Arriving at the height of the band’s career, the forthcoming Joy Next Door is arguably the band’s most essential album yet. Unsurprisingly for a band that’s always valued the artistry and craft of an album, the new LP was written and recorded in sequential order to emphasize the storytelling approach to the LP. Furthermore, following the band’s longstanding tradition of each era relating to a specific color, the Joy Next Door era is green.
“Every album of ours has a color that represents it, and Joy Next Door is the green era. The green grass on the album art feels like it matches perfectly with the organic instrumentation and imperfections left intact on the album,” says Pat Kirch (drums)
A vibrant and ever-evolving rock band with over one Billion global streams to date and more than 1 million followers across social media, The Maine have cultivated a dedicated fanbase over their nearly two decade career that’s included nine studio albums (2008-2023), five of which charted on the Billboard 200. They’ve continued to chart their own course since their inception with their 2008 debut album, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, including the Top Five Alternative Radio hit in 2022 with “Loved You A Little.” Over the course of their acclaimed career, the band has toured and performed at festivals worldwide, including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, as well as headlining their own sold-out 8123 Fest in their hometown of Tempe, Arizona.
THE MAINE US TOUR DATES
Mar 24, 2026 Brooklyn Bowl – Las Vegas, NV
Mar 25, 2026 The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ – SOLD OUT
Mar 27, 2026 The Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA – SOLD OUT
Mar 28, 2026 The Novo – Los Angeles, CA
Mar 29, 2026 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
Mar 31, 2026 The Showbox – Seattle, WA
Apr 1, 2026 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
Apr 3, 2026 Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
Apr 9, 2026 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
Apr 10, 2026 The Salt Shed – The Shed – Chicago, IL
Apr 11, 2026 The Masonic – Jack White Theatre – Detroit, MI
Apr 12, 2026 Kemba Live! – Columbus, OH
Apr 14, 2026 Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 15, 2026 History – Toronto, Canada
Apr 17, 2026 Franklin Music Hall – Philadelphia, PA
Apr 18, 2026 House of Blues Boston – Music Hall – Boston, MA
Apr 19, 2026 9:30 Club – Washington, DC – SOLD OUT
Apr 21, 2026 Brooklyn Paramount – Brooklyn, NY
Apr 23, 2026 The Fillmore Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
Apr 24, 2026 Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN
Apr 25, 2026 The Masquerade – Heaven – Atlanta, GA
Apr 26, 2026 House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista – Lake Buena Vista, FL
Apr 28, 2026 Jannus Live – St Petersburg, FL
Apr 30, 2026 House of Blues Houston – Music Hall – Houston, TX
May 1, 2026 Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater – Austin, TX
May 2, 2026 The Bomb Factory – Dallas, TX
THE MAINE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
September 17, 2026 – Stadthalle – Cologne, Germany
September 18, 2026 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
September 19, 2026 – Kesselhaus – Berlin, Germany
September 20, 2026 – den Atelier – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
September 23, 2026 – SWG3 TV Studio – Glasgow, UK
September 24, 2026 – O2 Institute – Birmingham, UK
September 25, 2026 – Roundhouse -London, UK
September 26, 2026 – Academy- Manchester, UK