- Music
- 01 May 25
His special edition vinyl is available for pre-order below.
Ray LaMontagne will celebrate the 20th anniversary of his debut album Trouble with a tour across Ireland, the UK, Europe and North America.
In 2026 he will visit Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on May 20 and 21, and Belfast’s Waterfront Hall on May 22. Artist, Three+, MCD and Venue pre-sale will kick off on May 6 at 9 a.m., with Spotify pre-sale set for May 8 at the same time. General sales will begin the following day at 9 a.m.
“Twenty years,” said LaMontagne. “Two Decades. That’s a lot of water under the bridge. Every cell in my body has changed three times over in that time. I have been three times reborn. There are moments in your life when you need to place a marker. Some people think that it is brave, or fearless, to never look back. I don’t believe that. For the simple reason that if you never look back you will never see how far you have come. This year I place a sign post: twenty years of Trouble.”
The Grammy award winner will also drop a remastered vinyl edition of the album, set for release on June 13. Fans can pre-order the record now.
“When Trouble was initially released vinyl was considered a dead format, never to breathe again,” he said. “Digital audio was the new King. As we know this has proved untrue. Each year more and more music lovers are listening to vinyl and appreciating it for its depth and breadth of sound, for its physical heft, for its tangible realness. Over the past few months Brian Lee and Bob Jackson at Waygate Mastering have remastered the album for the first time specifically for vinyl. And I have to say, it sounds incredible. They have managed to bring out subtleties in the vocals, the instrumentation, that were somehow lost previously. It sounds as if a sonic veil has been lifted. I cannot thank them enough.”
Upon its release in 2004, Trouble charted on the Billboard 200 and was certified RIAA Platinum. It earned him three Boston Music Awards for Best Male Singer, Songwriter, Album of the Year and Song of the Year, and an XM Nation Music Award for Acoustic Rock Artist of the Year. Over the course of his career, LaMontagne has received two Grammy nominations and won Best Contemporary Folk Album for God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise. His most recent album, Long Way Home, dropped in August of 2024.
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Fans can pre-order the remastered vinyl here. Tickets to his tour will be available here.
See LaMontagne's full tour dates below:
September 2 2025—Iowa City, IA—Hancher Auditorium
September 3 2025—St. Louis, MO—Stifel Theatre
September 5 2025—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
September 6 2025—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
September 7 2025—Columbus, OH—Mershon Auditorium
September 9 2025—Syracuse, NY—The Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater
September 10 2025—Wilkes-Barre, PA—F.M. Kirby Center
September 12 2025—Selbyville, DE—Freeman Arts Pavilion
September 13 2025—Philadelphia, PA—The Met
September 14 2025—Vienna, VA—Wolf Trap
September 16 2025—Durham, NC—DPAC
September 17 2025—Greenville, SC—Peace Center
September 19 2025—Louisville, KY—The Louisville Palace
September 20 2025—Detroit, MI—Fox Theatre
September 21 2025—Akron, OH—Akron Civic Theatre
September 23 2025—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall
September 24 2025—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall
September 26 2025—Boston, MA—Leader Bank Pavilion
September 27 2025—Boston, MA—Leader Bank Pavilion
September 29 2025—Portland, ME—State Theatre
September 30 2025—Portland, ME—State Theatre
October 2 2025—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre
October 3 2025—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre
October 4 2025—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre
May 20, 2026—Dublin, Ireland—3Olympia Theatre
May 21, 2026—Dublin, Ireland—3Olympia Theatre
May 22, 2026—Belfast, Ireland—Waterfront Hall
May 24, 2026—Sheffield, UK—City Hall
May 25, 2026—Nottingham, UK—Royal Concert Hall
May 27, 2026—Manchester, UK—O2 Apollo
May 28, 2026—Newcastle, UK—O2 City Hall
May 30, 2026—Glasgow, UK—SEC Armadillo
May 31, 2026—Edinburgh, UK—Usher Hall
June 2, 2026—Birmingham, UK—Symphony Hall
June 3, 2026—Bristol, UK—Beacon
June 5, 2026—Brighton, UK—Dome
June 6, 2026—Oxford, UK—New Theatre
June 8, 2026—London, UK—Royal Albert Hall