Article Contributed by Sacks and Company
Published on 2026-08-21
photo credit: Skyler Barberio
Today, in celebration of the triumphant concert’s six-month anniversary, Brandi Carlile’s “Be Human: A Concert For Minneapolis” is now available to view in full on YouTube—watch HERE.
Filmed during Carlile’s sold-out show at Minneapolis’ Target Center, “Be Human” served as a response to ICE’s occupation and violence in Minneapolis and beyond and has raised over $750,000 to date for The Advocates for Human Rights via Carlile’s Looking Out Foundation. The Foundation, created by Carlile and her bandmates, Tim and Phil Hanseroth, recently marked a milestone of $10 million granted to humanitarian efforts worldwide.
“A monumental gig” (Rolling Stone), the show includes a special performance of “It’s Okay to Change Your Mind” with Minneapolis’ Singing Resistance as well as Carlile and The Head and the Heart joining forces for Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida.” A limited-edition commemorative “Be Human” t-shirt is still available for purchase HERE.
Proceeds from t-shirt sales and the YouTube release will continue to benefit the Looking Out Foundation’s support of The Advocates For Human Rights and immigrant families. Additional details and the donation page for the Looking Out Foundation’s “Our Neighbor’s Fund” can be found HERE.
The concert film follows the unveiling of Returning To Myself (Sad Gay Version), an expanded edition of Carlile’s critically acclaimed album, Returning To Myself, out digitally on September 25 via Interscope Records/Lost Highway (pre-save HERE). An exclusive signed rainbow vinyl edition of the deluxe album is available to those who pre-order by October 1, with orders set to ship on December 11. This is a special one-time pressing and will only be available on Carlile’s website.
Returning To Myself (Sad Gay Version) features intimate reimagined versions of all ten songs from the original album, with Carlile returning to Long Pond Studio to co-produce four tracks with Aaron Dessner. The collection includes a collaboration with Grammy-nominated composer and electronic musician Jon Hopkins (Brian Eno, Coldplay) on the breakout single, “Human,” as well as a new version of Billy Joel’s “And So It Goes” exclusively on DSPs. See below for full track list details and listen to “Human (feat. Jon Hopkins) (Sad Gay Version)” HERE.
Adding to yet another monumental year, Carlile recently kicked off the second leg of her extensive “The Human Tour,” which includes upcoming stops at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre (three nights), Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena, Austin’s Moody Center and Santa Barbara’s Santa Barbara Bowl among many others. She will also return to the U.K and Europe for an extensive run this spring and will headline All Things Go NYC and All Things Go D.C. in September. See below for complete tour itinerary.
Furthermore, Carlile was honored as one of TIME’s 2026 Women of the Year and performed “gorgeous” (Billboard) renditions of “America The Beautiful” at Super Bowl LX (watch HERE) and as part of ABC News’ America 250 celebration (watch HERE). She also returned to NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series and NBC’s Saturday Night Live as musical guest for the fourth time, was featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Las Culturistas, Good Hang with Amy Poehler, The Howard Stern Show, NPR’s Wild Card with Rachel Martin and The Drew Barrymore Show, and spoke with The New York Times for an in-depth profile.
Critical acclaim for Returning To Myself:
“Carlile is a bona fide superstar whose compositions feel like instant classics”—NPR Music
“It has the luster and confidence of an artist realizing her prime, finding memory and maturity in the lyrics.”—The New York Times
“One of her finest efforts and one of the best albums of the year”—Variety
“It’s a record about navigating the second half of life with fortitude and not fear; and how the best way to do that is to remember where we came from, and who we got there with.”
—Rolling Stone
“Remarkable…a mid-life crisis has never sounded quite this poetic”—Billboard
“For an artist already established as one of her generation’s brightest songwriters, this represents another significant evolution”—Rolling Stone U.K.
“Carlile’s eighth album does the difficult work of cracking open the soul to let flow her vulnerability. The songs succeed in their tasks: bringing her into a fresh creative moment where she flourishes”—Paste
“Stunning, introspective…feels like reuniting with an old friend”—A.V. Club
“A pearl from the new queen of Laurel Canyon…it never sounds less than gorgeous” —MOJO
“An album full of warmth and humanity”—The London Standard
One of music’s most respected voices, Brandi Carlile is an Oscar-nominee, 11x Grammy-winner, 2x EMMY-winner and #1 New York Times Bestselling author. Throughout her acclaimed career, Carlile has released eight studio albums including Who Believes in Angels?, the universally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated collaborative album with her childhood hero, Elton John, which debuted at #1 in the U.K. and top 10 in the U.S. She received her first Oscar nomination in the Original Song category in January 2025 for “Never Too Late,” a Grammy-nominated track written alongside Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt for the Disney+ documentary of the same name.
Additionally, Carlile is a renowned producer with recent Grammy-winning projects from Joni Mitchell and Brandy Clark. She also produced and recorded a rendition of Indigo Girls’ “Closer To Fine” with her wife, Catherine, which was included on Barbie The Album as well as a version of “Home,” which was featured in the final season of Ted Lasso, while her song “You Without Me” was featured twice in the season three finale of Apple TV’s Shrinking.
Beloved by her peers, Carlile has worked with artists such as Soundgarden, Sam Smith, Alicia Keys, Hozier, Noah Kahan, P!nk and Dolly Parton, was named OUT Magazine’s Icon of the Year, awarded Billboard’s Women In Music Trailblazer Award and NMPA’s Songwriter Icon Award as well as multiple awards from the Americana Music Association. She also launched a partnership with the National Park Foundation to raise critical funds to preserve and protect these cherished places across the country and is a founder of the Looking Out Foundation, which has raised over $10M for grassroots causes to date. Carlile lives in rural Washington state with her wife and two daughters.
RETURNING TO MYSELF (SAD GAY VERSION) DIGITAL TRACK LIST
1. Returning To Myself
2. Human
3. A Woman Oversees
4. A War With Time
5. Anniversary
6. Church & State
7. Joni
8. You Without Me
9. No One Knows Us
10. A Long Goodbye
11. Human (feat. Jon Hopkins) (Sad Gay Version)
12. Returning To Myself (Sad Gay Version)
13. You Without Me (Sad Gay Version)
14. No One Knows Us (Sad Gay Version)
15. Anniversary (Sad Gay Version)
16. And So It Goes (Sad Gay Version)
17. A Woman Oversees (Sad Gay Version)
18. Church & State (Sad Gay Version)
19. A War With Time (Sad Gay Version)
20. Joni (Sad Gay Version)
21. A Long Goodbye (Sad Gay Version)
RETURNING TO MYSELF (SAD GAY VERSION) VINYL TRACK LIST
SIDE A
1. Human (feat. Jon Hopkins) (Sad Gay Version)
2. Returning To Myself (Sad Gay Version)
3. You Without Me (Sad Gay Version)
4. No One Knows Us (Sad Gay Version)
5. Anniversary (Sad Gay Version)
SIDE B
1. A Woman Oversees (Sad Gay Version)
2. Church & State (Sad Gay Version)
3. A War With Time (Sad Gay Version)
4. Joni (Sad Gay Version)
5. A Long Goodbye (Sad Gay Version)
BRANDI CARLILE UPCOMING TOUR DATES
August 21—Rochester Hills, MI—Meadow Brook Amphitheatre#
August 23—Grand Rapids, MI—Acrisure Amphitheater#
August 24—Madison, WI—Breese Stevens Field#
August 26—Highland Park, IL—The Pavilion at Ravinia#
August 29—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena^
September 1—Charlotte, NC—Spectrum Center§
September 3—Duluth, GA—Gas South Arena§
September 5—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena§
September 6—Austin, TX—Moody Center§
September 11—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre+ (SOLD OUT)
September 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre+ (SOLD OUT)
September 13—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre+ (SOLD OUT)
September 17—Vancouver, BC—Rogers Arena**
September 19—Stanford, CA—Frost Amphitheater** (SOLD OUT)
September 20—Santa Barbara, CA—Santa Barbara Bowl** (SOLD OUT)
September 22—San Diego, CA—The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park** (SOLD OUT)
September 26—Forest Hills, NY—All Things Go NYC
September 27—Columbia, MD—All Things Go DC
January 14-18—Riviera Maya, Mexico—Girls Just Wanna Weekend 8
March 23—Oslo, Norway—Oslo Spektrum††
March 24—Stockholm, Sweden—Annexet††
March 26—Copenhagen, Denmark—DR Koncerthuset††
March 27—Cologne, Germany—Palladium††
March 30—Paris, France—La Seine Musicale††
March 31—Zurich, Switzerland—The Hall††
April 2—Amsterdam, Netherlands—AFAS Live††
April 4—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena††
April 6—Glasgow, U.K.—SEC Armadillo††
April 7—Glasgow, U.K.—SEC Armadillo††
April 9—Manchester, U.K.—O2 Apollo††
April 10—Manchester, U.K.—O2 Apollo††
April 11—Wolverhampton, U.K.—The Halls††
April 13—London, U.K.—Eventim Apollo††
April 14—London, U.K.—Eventim Apollo††
April 23-25—Miramar Beach, FL—Moon Crush “Pink Moon” 2027
*with special guest Jensen McRae
#with special guest I’m With Her
^with special guest Gregory Alan Isakov
§with special guest The Head and The Heart
+with special guest Stephen Wilson Jr.
**with special guest CMAT
††with special guest KT Tunstall
