Kings of Leon released their tenth studio album, O My Beloved, on November 6, 2026, alongside plans for a 30-date North American tour.
Family Loss Shaped Acoustic Songwriting Sessions
The 13-track record arrives after a period of emotional strain for the band. Frontman Caleb Followill suffered a foot injury, leading to an unexpected break from touring.
That downtime at home led to acoustic songwriting sessions. According to American Songwriter, those personal reflections emerged amid a series of family losses, including the death of the brothers’ and cousin’s mother, Betty Ann Murphy, in 2021, alongside their grandmother, an aunt, and an uncle.
We got hit with a rough patch, man. We were losing family members right and left. Grandma, mom, my favorite uncle, my aunt. It was all these things,
Caleb Followill, American Songwriter
As brothers Caleb, Nathan, and Jared Followill—alongside their cousin Matthew Followill—navigated those successive family hardships, they ultimately found a therapeutic outlet in the recording process. Having previously bottled up their grief to record 2024’s Can We Please Have Fun,
the group ultimately shifted toward taking complete creative responsibility for their music.
For more than two decades, the Nashville-bred group has evolved from their raw, Southern-influenced debut Youth & Young Manhood
through Aha Shake Heartbreak
and Because Of The Times,
before achieving enormous mainstream success with 2008’s Only By The Night.
The new songs look back on the people and experiences that shaped the band members as husbands and fathers.
Tracks like My Whole World,
written during Caleb’s recovery, focus on family, gratitude, and kinship, while “Cold Blue Dawnexamines parents, distance, and the passage of time. Additional cuts such as
KOYSAR—an abbreviation for
Kick Off Your Shoes and Run”—draw directly on childhood memories and the perspective gained from raising their own families.
Band Self-Produces Mellow Folk-Leaning Album
Marking a distinct sonic shift from their arena-filling anthems of the late 2000s, O My Beloved is the band’s first entirely self-produced LP. Released through Love Tap Records and Virgin Music, the album trades roaring guitars for patient strums and intimate instrumentation.
The release is described in promotional materials as their most intimate and unguarded record to date.
Reviewers compared the sparse, acoustic-led direction to contemporary work by Zach Bryan, while Far Out Magazine observed that the band has leaned heavily into a mellow, folk-leaning present.
Rather than attempting to recapture the chaotic energy of their early albums or out-roar past commercial hits, the band embraced a softer setlist. Songs like “Feel the Loveincorporate vivid imagery of everyday joys alongside a long guitar solo, while
Rose,” Blue Jeans and Diamonds,
“Warm Company,” “Make It Count,” and “Count It Down” showcase a blend of alt-country shagginess, stripped-back acoustic guitar progressions, and orchestral tenderness.
Tour Routing Across North America
To support the new project, the band mapped out a 30-city trek across the United States and Canada beginning next spring. The spring leg launches on May 8, 2027, at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia, running through June before a break.
The first leg features 13 performances through June 6, bringing stops to Philadelphia’s TD Pavilion at Highmark Mann, Blossom Music Center in Ohio, Noblesville, Indiana, Ruoff Music Center, Grand Rapids, Pine Knob Music Theatre in Michigan, Bridgeport, Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, Saratoga Springs, Bangor, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre, Shakopee, and Tinley Park.
Kings of Leon were announced as performers at Morgan Wallen’s 2027 Sand In My Boots Festival, scheduled for May 21–23 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
The itinerary brings special guests Band of Horses and Dexter and The Moonrocks along for alternating dates. Live For Live Music details that the autumn leg resumes on September 11 at Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre in West Valley City, Utah, before heading to Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena, the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, Austin’s Moody Center, Alpharetta, Orlando, Raleigh, a homecoming performance at FirstBank Amphitheater in Franklin, Tennessee, Cincinnati, Mansfield, and finally concluding on October 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Band of Horses opens the spring dates and returns for five shows from September 30 through October 8, while Dexter and The Moonrocks open the September dates through September 28 as well as the final three performances in October.
Presale Windows Precede General Ticket Sales
Fans looking to secure seats can access multiple early sales windows. A Spotify presale begins on November 9, 2026, for eligible Premium subscribers.
Artist registration opens through the band’s official website alongside Citi and American Express presales on November 10. Additional presales run throughout the week ahead of the general public onsale starting on Friday, November 13, 2026, at 9 a.m. local time.
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