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TOUR DATES WITH SARAH MCLACHLAN BEGIN JUNE 1
Julie Williams, Allison Russell & Joy Oladokun
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Today, Allison Russell has teased new music with the single “No Springtime” featuring Joy Oladokun and Julie Williams and produced by Allison Russell and Dim Star. Of “No Springtime”, Russell says, “When I talk about reconnecting to something essential, I don’t mean grasping for the most available sunshine. ‘No Springtime’ is about embracing the dark side of the moon - the blues, sadness, melancholy … Blues are activated sadness, never passive, and this is something Black Women deeply understand. It feels so good singing this with my sisters, Joy Oladokun and Julie Williams. Live your blues, don’t wallow and loop. No light without shadows!”
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Last week, Russell took the stage at the JUNO Awards to pay tribute to fellow Canadian, Joni Mitchell. The performance was a duet between her and Sarah McLachan who she will tour with throughout the summer. Dates kick off on July 1st in Franklin, TN. A full list of tour dates is below.
WATCH ALLISON RUSSELL & SARAH MCLACHLAN AT THE 2026 JUNO AWARDS
Russell has also just completed her second run on Broadway as Persephone in the 8x Tony Award winning musical Hadestown. She took over the role in November 2024 initially, after spending much of that year opening for Hozier on his Unreal Unearth Tour supporting his arena run on all US dates and throughout Europe. She made her Billboard Hot 100 debut thanks to their duet “Wildflower and Barley.”
The accolades for Russell from her previous two albums Outside Child and The Returner, have been immense. Last year she was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize and named Billboard Women In Music Canada’s “Breakthrough Artist of the Year.” She has had 8 Grammy Award nominations and one win, earned three 2022 Americana Award nominations and a win for Album of the Year with subsequent nominations in 2023 and 2024, two International Folk Music Award wins, a 2022 JUNO Award nomination for ‘Songwriter of the Year,’ and her first-ever JUNO Award win for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year. Russell won three Canadian Folk Music Awards, two UK Americana Music Awards, and more.
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MORE ABOUT ALLISON RUSSELL
Montreal-born, Nashville-based Allison Russell is a Grammy Award, JUNO Award, Americana, SOCAN, and Folk Award–winning artist and Polaris Music Prize–shortlisted singer-songwriter, producer, author, actor, and human rights advocate.
Her acclaimed solo debut Outside Child (2021) was followed by The Returner (2023), released via Concord/Fantasy. Prior to her solo work, she co-founded and toured internationally with Po’Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters, and remains an active collaborator with OND and a member of Joni Mitchell’s Joni Jam.
In 2024, Russell joined Hozier’s Unreal Unearth tour across the U.S. and Europe, with their duet “Wildflower & Barley” earning her first Billboard Hot 100 entry. Her Rainbow Coalition ensemble and All Returners tour continued through 2025 across Australia and North America. She also co-wrote “Human Mind” with Hozier for Mavis Staples.
Russell is a powerful advocate and organizer, curating the historic Once and Future Sounds set at Newport Folk Festival and co-founding Love Rising, which has raised over $550,000 in support of LGBTQIA+ communities.
Her forthcoming memoir will be published by Little, Brown, and her third album is slated for release in 2026.
TOUR DATES
*All dates supporting Sarah McLachlan
Jul 1 – FirstBank Amphitheater – Franklin, TN
Jul 3 – Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park – Atlanta, GA
Jul 7 – TD Pavilion at The Mann – Philadelphia, PA
Jul 8 – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater – Bridgeport, CT
Jul 10 – Leader Bank Pavilion – Boston, MA
Jul 11 – Forest Hills Stadium – Forest Hills, NY
Jul 12 – BankNH Pavilion – Gilford, NH
Jul 14 – Artpark Mainstage Theater – Lewiston, NY
Jul 15 – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill – Sterling Heights, MI
Jul 17 – Acrisure Amphitheater – Grand Rapids, MI
Jul 18 – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island – Chicago, IL
Jul 19 – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park – Indianapolis, IN
Jul 21 – PNC Pavilion – Cincinnati, OH
Jul 23 – Saint Louis Music Park – Maryland Heights, MO
Jul 24 – Starlight Theatre – Kansas City, MO
Jul 26 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – Irving, TX
Jul 30 – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre – West Valley City, UT
Aug 1 – Toyota Pavilion at Concord – Concord, CA
Aug 2 – The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park – San Diego, CA
Aug 4 – Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
Aug 5 – Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
Aug 7 – Hayden Homes Amphitheater – Bend, OR
Aug 8 – Chateau Ste Michelle Winery – Woodinville, WA
Aug 9 – Chateau Ste Michelle Winery – Woodinville, WA
