Article Contributed by Sacks and Company
Published on 2026-07-31
Press photo credit: Dana Trippe
Three-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and musician Billy Strings shares his new song, “Mill Town Flood,” today. Watch the official music video HERE.
The song is the latest unveiled from Strings’ highly anticipated new album, So Much for Goodbyes, out August 28 via Reprise Records. Pre-order or pre-save the album HERE.
Produced by Strings and T Bone Burnett, the 16-track project finds Strings channeling a deeply personal period into his most musically mature and reflective body of work to date. The record is accompanied by original artwork created by Strings’ late mother, Debra Apostol.
Earlier this summer, Strings shared “Burn the Other End,” which VICE hailed as “a folk-gothic tour de force,” while Rolling Stone called it “an ominous, brooding stomper of a track.”
“I made this record to honor my mother,” Strings shares. “To notice and embrace this very significant period of grief in my life and make art from it. To turn my heartbreak into songs while using my guitar as a coping mechanism as I always have. It’s always been there for me to lean on through the hard times, and I figure it always will…until it’s my time to say goodbye.”
So Much for Goodbyes will be available on vinyl in black, wood grain, and sun core variants, with all production completed in the United States. The records were plated and pressed at Denver’s Paramount Pressing & Plating, founded by veteran engineer Gary Salstrom and multi-Grammy Award winner David Rawlings, and cut for vinyl by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl in Memphis, Tennessee.
Strings will continue his extensive headline tour through the fall with stops at Denver’s Ball Arena for two nights, Inglewood’s Kia Forum, San Diego’s Pechanga Arena, and Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena for two nights, among others.
He recently earned six nominations at the 37th Annual IBMA Awards and returned to PBS’ legendary Austin City Limits, where his performance will air later this fall as part of Season 52.
Additionally, his first annual Ionia Freak Fair will take place August 28 and 29, featuring performances from Strings, Sierra Hull, Greensky Bluegrass, and more.
The new record arrives amid a career-defining run for Strings, whom GQ hails as “the hottest roots-music phenomenon in decades,” while Pitchfork calls him a “bluegrass wunderkind.”
Strings earned his third Grammy Award and second consecutive win for Best Bluegrass Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards with Highway Prayers. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s all-genre Top Album Sales chart, becoming the first bluegrass album in 22 years to achieve the feat.
In addition to his solo work, Strings has collaborated across genres with artists including Kacey Musgraves, Primus, Luke Combs, Cryptopsy, Willie Nelson, and Tony Trischka, among others. He also recently contributed a cover of “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough” for the film Jackass: Best and Last.
Since his 2017 debut, Strings has earned widespread recognition, including three Grammy Awards, two consecutive Artist of the Year honors at the Americana Music Awards, four Entertainer of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards, and Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards.
He has also appeared and performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NPR’s Fresh Air, The Howard Stern Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Bluegrass Underground, in addition to playing countless sold-out shows worldwide.
So Much for Goodbyes Track List
1. I’m One of Those
2. Burn the Other End
3. Carry Us Home
4. Lay Me Down
5. Lucid Daydream
6. Mill Town Flood
7. Live to Tell
8. Bluewater Breakdown
9. Light the Wall
10. I Like Train Songs
11. 10,000 Miles From a Friend
12. Still I Crash
13. I Wish I Wanted To
14. Remember to Cry
15. Wrestling an Angel
16. Debra’s Waltz
Billy Strings Confirmed Tour Dates
July 31—Bethel, NY—Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (SOLD OUT)
August 1—Bethel, NY—Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (SOLD OUT)
August 4—Charleston, WV—Charleston Coliseum (SOLD OUT)
August 6—Fishers, IN—Fishers Event Center (SOLD OUT)
August 7—Fishers, IN—Fishers Event Center (SOLD OUT)
August 8—Fishers, IN—Fishers Event Center (SOLD OUT)
August 28—Ionia, MI—Ionia Freak Fair (SOLD OUT)
August 29—Ionia, MI—Ionia Freak Fair (SOLD OUT)
September 18—Denver, CO—Ball Arena (SOLD OUT)
September 19—Denver, CO—Ball Arena (SOLD OUT)
September 20—Denver, CO—Paramount Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
September 25—Los Angeles, CA—The Orpheum Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
September 26—Inglewood, CA—Kia Forum
September 28—San Diego, CA—Pechanga Arena
October 2—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena
October 3—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena
October 6—Eugene, OR—Matthew Knight Arena
October 9—Everett, WA—Angel of the Winds Arena
October 10—Everett, WA—Angel of the Winds Arena
October 20—Chattanooga, TN—Tivoli Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
October 21—Chattanooga, TN—Tivoli Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
October 23—Huntsville, AL—The Orion Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
October 24—Huntsville, AL—The Orion Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
October 30—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena (SOLD OUT)
October 31—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena (SOLD OUT)
December 4—New Orleans, LA—Saenger Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
December 5—New Orleans, LA—Smoothie King Center
December 9—Sugar Land, TX—Smart Financial Centre
December 11—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena
December 12—Austin, TX—Moody Center
† Ticketmaster ticketing request
