Laurie Anderson with Sexmob's Let X=X is out now. This triple-LP / double-CD set was recorded live during a 2023 tour by Anderson and the jazz band Sexmob—Steven Bernstein on brass, Kenny Wollesen on drums and percussion, Douglas Wieselman on winds and guitar, Briggan Krauss on saxophone and guitar, and Tony Scherr on bass. The album features 23 songs, including many favorites from throughout Anderson’s career, performed in new arrangements—plus one by Lou Reed and Metallica, “Junior Dad.” Their performance of "O Superman," from Anderson’s landmark 1982 album, Big Science, at the Ravenna Festival in 2023, can be seen here. Anderson and Sexmob play more US and international dates this spring and summer.

Laurie Anderson with Sexmob's Let X=X is due May 8, 2026, on Nonesuch Records. This triple-LP / double-CD set was recorded live during a 2023 tour by Anderson and the jazz band Sexmob—Steven Bernstein on brass, Kenny Wollesen on drums and percussion, Douglas Wieselman on winds and guitar, Briggan Krauss on saxophone and guitar, and Tony Scherr on bass. The album features 23 songs, including many favorites from throughout Anderson’s career, performed in new arrangements—plus one by Lou Reed and Metallica, “Junior Dad.” Nonesuch Store orders include an exclusive print autographed by Laurie Anderson, while they last. The title track, from Anderson’s landmark 1982 album, Big Science, along with a visualizer, can be seen and heard here. Anderson and Sexmob play more US and international dates this spring and summer.

"A polymathic, pioneering multimedia artist" is how Flo Dill describes Laurie Anderson, her guest on the latest episode of her NTS podcast Digging with Flo. Anderson joins Dill in the greenhouse for a bit of gardening and a chat. You can watch and hear it here.

Laurie Anderson has announced a series of 2026 European tour dates with the band Sexmob. The Republic of Love tour starts April 5 in Copenhagen, with shows in Helsinki, Brussels, Paris, Zagreb, Harleen, and Munich. This follows performances at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN, in March, and a January show in Reykjavik.

Laurie Anderson stopped by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to visit a favorite object—a 15th–16th century chain mail shirt with inscribed rings—and share memories of the Friday evenings she used to spend at the Museum with her late husband, Lou Reed, in a new video you can watch here.

When Laurie Anderson gave a private concert performance at the deconsecrated Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc Chapel in Paris this past May, ARTE was there to capture the set, which can now be seen here. She is joined by Stewart Hurwood, Lou Reed's longtime guitar technician, for a sound experience created with the late singer's guitars, along with Chris Vatalaro on percussion, Doug Wieselman on guitar and horns, and Martha Mooke on viola. "A truly special moment," says ARTE. "A sensory journey in the company of one of the greatest experimental artists."

Big Ears Festival has announced the lineup for its 2026 edition, taking place in venues throughout downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, March 26–29, 2026, including Laurie Anderson, Mary Halvorson, Robert Plant, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion with Ringdown.

The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2025/26 season, including concerts by Cécile McLorin Salvant, Chris Thile, Brad Mehldau & Christian McBride, and Laurie Anderson, and a performance of The Blue Hour.

Little Island in NYC announced its 2025 summer season, including performances by Davóne Tines in The Gospel at Colonus, Laurie Anderson and Sam Amidon in an Arthur Russell marathon curated by Thomas Bartlett, Amidon leading a shape-note singalong, Jeremy Denk with Conor Hanick, and Ringdown in a collaboration with choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, plus several concerts curated by Cécile McLorin Salvant.

Laurie Anderson was on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends to talk with host Clive Anderson about her new piece ARK: United States V, the premiere performances of which continue at Factory International's Aviva Studios in Manchester through Sunday, and more. You can hear the conversation here. The Quietus highlights ten key tracks from her catalog, from "O Superman"—"her most definitive track"—to "Flying at Night" from her new album, Amelia, "a poignant, moving reflection on what our heroes reveal about ourselves."

"For some five decades, artist and musician Laurie Anderson has been redefining cultural boundaries," says PBS NewsHour host Amna Nawaz. "In a new album, she's now exploring the story of an earlier woman who reached for the heights." Anderson spoke about that album, Amelia, and more with NewsHour senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown. "The stories you tell yourself about who you are and what you want, those are stories to help you live," she says. "If you don't have those suddenly, it's terrifying. I mean, you will keep living ... but it's the story that keeps you going." You can watch their conversation here.

"Airplanes, and flying, is a recurring imagery in Laurie Anderson's music ever since her unexpected crossover hit 'O Superman' back in 1981," John Schaefer, host of WNYC's New Sounds, says of his guest. "She often takes a quizzical look at technology and flight has been no exception." Anderson was on the show to talk with Schaefer about her new album, Amelia, which tells the story of Amelia Earhart's last flight. She also joined Schaefer and others at WNYC's centennial celebration in Central Park's SummerStage, where she performed live with the band Sexmob. You can hear both here.