{"id":35698,"date":"2025-07-31T11:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/35698\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:53:08","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-to-embark-on-poems-prayers-book-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/35698\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey to Embark on POEMS &#038; PRAYERS Book Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OHthumb-91-300x150-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32826 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OHthumb-91-300x150-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>Academy Award-winning actor, bestselling author, and cultural storyteller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/authors\/2211522\/matthew-mcconaughey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew McConaughey<\/a> will hit the road in September for a five-city tour to celebrate the publication of his deeply personal new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/720700\/poems-and-prayers-by-matthew-mcconaughey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">POEMS &amp; PRAYERS<\/a> (Crown) \u2014 the long-awaited follow-up to his memoir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/635407\/greenlights-by-matthew-mcconaughey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GREENLIGHTS <\/a>(Crown), a global phenomenon. Read more about POEMS &amp; PRAYERS <a href=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.penguinrandomhouse.com\/news-events\/matthew-mcconaughey-academy-award-winning-actor-and-author-of-greenlights-to-publish-new-book-with-crown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Poems &amp; Prayers Revival Tour will blend heartfelt dialogue with spoken word performances, music, and unexpected moments of connection. At each stop \u2014 from New York City to Nashville, Tulsa to Los Angeles, and culminating in his hometown of Austin, Texas \u2014 McConaughey will be joined by a special guest for intimate, spontaneous and honest conversation designed to \u201cput a mirror to our souls to see if we recognize each other again.\u201d The aim of sharing this time together? Nothing less than everyone leaving with more hope and belief than they came with.<\/p>\n<p>Filled with faith-driven reflections, raw honesty, and moments of humor that explore what it means to live, love, and believe, \u201cPOEMS &amp; PRAYERS is more than a book,\u201d says McConaughey. \u201cIt\u2019s a memory \u2014 a place where we can rediscover what we\u2019ve lost, celebrate what remains, and maybe even leave behind what no longer serves us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Poems &amp; Prayers Revival Tour promises to be a soulful experience that\u2019s sure to linger. The road doesn\u2019t ask where you\u2019re going, it just asks if you\u2019re ready to walk it. Are you?<\/p>\n<p>Poems &amp; Prayers Revival Tour<\/p>\n<p>\u2013in partnership with local independent bookstores\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-278727 alignright\" style=\"color: #373737; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" src=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.penguinrandomhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MM-3_4-Instagram-Americana-Book-Tour-Revival-Poster-640x853.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"467\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased at <a href=\"http:\/\/PoemsPrayers.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PoemsPrayers.com<\/a>. Each ticket includes a copy of POEMS &amp; PRAYERS.<\/p>\n<p>September 16: Brooklyn, NY \u2013 Kings Theatre (with Greenlight Bookstore)<\/p>\n<p>September 18: Nashville, TN \u2013 Tennessee Performing Arts Center (with Parnassus Books)<\/p>\n<p>September 19: Tulsa, OK \u2013 Tulsa Performing Arts Center (with Magic City Books)<\/p>\n<p>September 20: Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Saban Theatre (with Book Soup)<\/p>\n<p>September 21: Austin, TX \u2013 Bass Concert Hall (with BookPeople)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Matthew McConaughey announced the news on his social media channels:<\/p>\n<p>\n                Posted: July 31, 2025            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Academy Award-winning actor, bestselling author, and cultural storyteller Matthew McConaughey will hit the road in September for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[457,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-35698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}