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Apr 20, 2026 By Mark Redfern Photography by Kasia Wozniak

British singer/songwriter Beth Orton has announced a new album, The Ground Above, and shared a new song from it, “Waiting.” She has also announced some tour dates. The Ground Above is due out June 26 via Partisan. Below, check out the new song, as well as the album details and tour dates.

In March Orton shared the album’s eight minute long title track (also its opening track). “The Ground Above” was #1 on our Songs of the Week list.

In a press release, Orton says that “Waiting” is “a celebration of moving out of the holding pattern fear keeps us in.”

The Ground Above follows Orton’s acclaimed album Weather Alive, which was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2022. Like Weather Alive, Orton self-produced The Ground Above. The album features multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, Vernon Spring’s Sam Beste, drummers Chris Vatalaro (Antibalas, Radiohead), Vishal Nayak (Nick Hakim), Paul Butler (The Bees and Michael Kiwanuka), Trumpet player Christos Styliande, bassist Tom Herbert, and Dave Okumu (The Invisible).

The press release describes the themes tackled on the album: “Throughout the album, Orton documents survival and renewal, motherhood and identity, political unease, and the ongoing choice to stay—in love, in art, and in the world.”

Read our interview with Beth Orton on Weather Alive.

The Ground Above Tracklist:

1. The Ground Above
2. Before I Knew
3. Cigarette Curls
4. Waiting
5. Celestial Light
6. I’ll Miss You
7. Love You Right
8. Otherside

Beth Orton Tour Dates:

15 Sep 2026 — Washington, DC — The Miracle Theatre
16 Sep 2026 — Philadelphia, PA — Baby Grand
18 Sep 2026 — New York, NY — Le Poisson Rouge
19 Sep 2026 — Somerville, MA — Crystal Ballroom (Somerville Theatre)
20 Sep 2026 — Turners Falls, MA — Shea Theater
22 Sep 2026 — Toronto, ON — The Concert Hall
23 Sep 2026 — Detroit, MI — El Club
24 Sep 2026 — Chicago, IL — Old Town School of Folk Music (Maurer Hall)
26 Sep 2026 — Minneapolis, MN — Parkway Theater
28 Sep 2026 — Los Angeles, CA — Troubadour
30 Sep 2026 — San Francisco, CA — Great American Music Hall
2 Oct 2026 — Portland, OR — The Old Church
3 Oct 2026 — Seattle, WA — Washington Hall
23–26 July — Suffolk, UK — Latitude Festival
12 Oct 2026 — Brighton, UK — Concorde 2
13 Oct 2026 — Manchester, UK — Stoller Hall
14 Oct 2026 — Nottingham, UK — Rescue Rooms
16 Oct 2026 — Leeds, UK — Howard Assembly Room
17 Oct 2026 — Glasgow, UK — St. Luke’s
19 Oct 2026 — Bristol, UK — Trinity Centre
21 Oct 2026 — Norwich, UK — Arts Centre
22 Oct 2026 — London, UK — Alexandra Palace Theatre

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