Punch Brothers Share New Track, Announce European Tour

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Punch Brothers have shared "Song of the Water Kelpie (unsung)," a new track from their upcoming album, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, due July 24; you can watch a performance video here. The band will return to Europe in January 2027 for their first shows there in almost a decade. The tour begins in the UK on January 14, with stops in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Czechia, and Switzerland. The band kicks off a 64-city North American tour this Thursday.

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Punch Brothers have shared "Song of the Water Kelpie (unsung)," the second track to be released from their upcoming album, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, due July 24 on Nonesuch Records. You can hear it here and watch a performance video, directed by Josh Goleman, here:

The band has also announced that it will return to Europe in January 2027 to tour in support of the new album. The 12-date run marks their first shows in Europe in almost a decade, and will feature music from across Punch Brothers’ extensive back catalog alongside tunes from their new album. The tour begins in the UK on January 14, before moving on to Germany, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Czechia, and Switzerland; please see below for the full schedule. Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 15, at 10am BST/11am CET, except for Hamburg (on sale May 19) and Luxembourg (on sale in November, date TBS).

This Thursday, May 14, the band will embark on a sixty-four city North American tour—their most extensive tour since 2019—performing through the spring, summer, and autumn, with headlining shows at venues like Carnegie Hall in New York and Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and festival performances including Newport Folk Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and Spoleto Festival. Visit nonesuch.com/on-tour for more information.

The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is the seventh album from the Grammy-winning band—and its first comprising all instrumental tunes as well as its first with fiddle player Brittany Haas, who joined the quintet in 2023. The album features eight new original compositions by Punch Brothers as well as three traditional songs they arranged, and is produced by the band and engineered by Joseph Lorge, who most recently received a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album/Non-Classical for his work on Pino Palladino and Blake Mills’ That Wasn’t a Dream.

PUNCH BROTHERS EUROPEAN TOUR

Jan 14Bristol BeaconBristol, UK
Jan 15Celtic ConnectionsGlasgow, UK
Jan 17BarbicanLondon, UK
Jan 19Savoy TheatreDusseldorf, GERMANY
Jan 20Le BataclanParis, FRANCE
Jan 21ParadisoAmsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Jan 22ElbphilharmonieHamburg, GERMANY
Jan 23Philharmonie LuxembourgLuxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
Jan 25Konzertsaal UdKBerling, GERMANY
Jan 26SonoBrno, CZECHIA
Jan 27Kirche NeumünsterZurich, SWITZERLAND
   
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Punch Brothers 2026-0512 by Josh Goleman
  • Tuesday, May 12, 2026
    Punch Brothers Share New Track, Announce European Tour
    Josh Goleman

    Punch Brothers have shared "Song of the Water Kelpie (unsung)," the second track to be released from their upcoming album, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, due July 24 on Nonesuch Records. You can hear it here and watch a performance video, directed by Josh Goleman, here:

    The band has also announced that it will return to Europe in January 2027 to tour in support of the new album. The 12-date run marks their first shows in Europe in almost a decade, and will feature music from across Punch Brothers’ extensive back catalog alongside tunes from their new album. The tour begins in the UK on January 14, before moving on to Germany, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Czechia, and Switzerland; please see below for the full schedule. Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 15, at 10am BST/11am CET, except for Hamburg (on sale May 19) and Luxembourg (on sale in November, date TBS).

    This Thursday, May 14, the band will embark on a sixty-four city North American tour—their most extensive tour since 2019—performing through the spring, summer, and autumn, with headlining shows at venues like Carnegie Hall in New York and Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and festival performances including Newport Folk Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and Spoleto Festival. Visit nonesuch.com/on-tour for more information.

    The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is the seventh album from the Grammy-winning band—and its first comprising all instrumental tunes as well as its first with fiddle player Brittany Haas, who joined the quintet in 2023. The album features eight new original compositions by Punch Brothers as well as three traditional songs they arranged, and is produced by the band and engineered by Joseph Lorge, who most recently received a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album/Non-Classical for his work on Pino Palladino and Blake Mills’ That Wasn’t a Dream.

    PUNCH BROTHERS EUROPEAN TOUR

    Jan 14Bristol BeaconBristol, UK
    Jan 15Celtic ConnectionsGlasgow, UK
    Jan 17BarbicanLondon, UK
    Jan 19Savoy TheatreDusseldorf, GERMANY
    Jan 20Le BataclanParis, FRANCE
    Jan 21ParadisoAmsterdam, NETHERLANDS
    Jan 22ElbphilharmonieHamburg, GERMANY
    Jan 23Philharmonie LuxembourgLuxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
    Jan 25Konzertsaal UdKBerling, GERMANY
    Jan 26SonoBrno, CZECHIA
    Jan 27Kirche NeumünsterZurich, SWITZERLAND
       
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