{"id":547483,"date":"2026-07-13T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/547483\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:47:09","slug":"shawn-mendes-shares-never-before-heard-live-version-of-ruin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/547483\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Mendes Shares Never-Before-Heard Live Version of &#8216;Ruin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/genre\/shawn-mendes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Mendes<\/a> has released \u201cRuin (Live From Boston),\u201d a previously-unheard performance of the 2016 track, which turns ten years old this year. A two-song bundle pairing the original studio version with the live recording is available now on all streaming platforms, alongside an official performance video on Mendes\u2019 YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRuin\u201d first appeared on Mendes\u2019 2016 sophomore album, Illuminate, quickly becoming a favorite among fans and a staple of his live shows. The release follows last month\u2019s tenth-anniversary treatment of \u201cTreat You Better,\u201d part of Mendes\u2019 yearlong celebration of his second studio album and the home of some of his most enduring hits.<\/p>\n<p>Back when it was released, Illuminate debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200\u2014it has since gone double-platinum, cementing its status as one of the biggest pop records of 2016. Other highlights across the track list include \u201cMercy\u201d and \u201cThere\u2019s Nothing Holding Me Back,\u201d both of which preceded the release of the album as singles and remain among his most popular songs today.\n<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the release of \u201cRuin (Live In Boston),\u201d Mendes unveiled two new signature guitar models with Martin: the limited-edition 000-28 Shawn Mendes and 000-10E Shawn Mendes, both inspired by a vintage 1920s Martin that the Canadian star often writes and records on. \u201cThese two models are both beautiful and so timeless,\u201d Mendes said, adding that he hopes they inspire other singer-songwriters \u201clike Martin\u2019s have inspired me for years.\u201d A portion of sales from each guitar will go to support the Shawn Mendes Foundation.\n<\/p>\n<p>Illuminate\u2019s tin anniversary lands arrive during a period of milestones for the singer. Last April, his 2018 Grammy-nominated single \u201cIn My Blood\u201d crossed one billion streams on Spotify. The achievement followed the release of his most recent album, the self-titled Shawn, which dropped in 2024 via Island Records. It was written largely on his own vintage Martin guitar, the very one that inspired his latest partnership with the brand.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shawnmendes.lnk.to\/RuinLive?utm_campaign=products&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=udiscovermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Listen to Shawn Mendes\u2019 \u201cRuin (Live From Boston)\u201d here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shawn Mendes has released \u201cRuin (Live From Boston),\u201d a previously-unheard performance of the 2016 track, which turns ten&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,21632,61,60,278,641,232032,232033,119673],"class_list":["post-547483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-homepage-featured","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-pop","tag-ruin","tag-ruin-live-from-boston","tag-shawn-mendes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}