{"id":595701,"date":"2026-04-20T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595701\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:51:09","slug":"beth-orton-announces-new-album-and-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595701\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Orton Announces New Album and Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/3178-beth-orton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beth Orton<\/a> is kicking off the week by announcing her first album in four years and a headlining tour. The Ground Above is out June 26 via <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/partisanrecords.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOopZZ0jysQ7eMYq64ZAn8k_dtDf3RlxxlZOaDNg7MN8Fb_d-nSK_\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/partisanrecords.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOopZZ0jysQ7eMYq64ZAn8k_dtDf3RlxxlZOaDNg7MN8Fb_d-nSK_&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/partisanrecords.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOopZZ0jysQ7eMYq64ZAn8k_dtDf3RlxxlZOaDNg7MN8Fb_d-nSK_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Partisan<\/a>, and it includes today\u2019s new single \u201cWaiting,\u201d which she describes as \u201ca celebration of moving out of the holding pattern fear keeps us in.\u201d Give that song a listen below.<\/p>\n<p>The Ground Above is billed as being split into two halves, with the first part tackling more \u201cfragmented\u201d terrain and the second section exploring more \u201cexpansive\u201d melodies. Orton self-produced the album and roped in a number of collaborators, including Nick Hakim, Tom Skinner, Shahzad Ismaily, and Vernon Spring\u2019s Sam Beste, among others.<\/p>\n<p>This is the ninth album of Orton&#8217;s career, following 2022\u2019s standout <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/beth-orton-weather-alive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather Alive<\/a>. \u201cWaiting\u201d is the second single she\u2019s shared from her new album; last month, she rolled out \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/beth-orton-returns-with-the-ground-above\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ground Above<\/a>\u201d along with a detailed statement about the track\u2019s backstory.<\/p>\n<p>As for her headlining tour, Orton will kick things off in Washington, D.C. on September 15 before making her way across the United States and Canada with a dozen shows. From there, she flies back across the pond for a number of gigs in England and Scotland. Find her complete list of tour dates down below.<\/p>\n<p>Read about Weather Alive at No. 23 in <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/best-albums-2022\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 50 Best Albums of 2022<\/a> and revisit her 5-10-15-20 interview <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/5-10-15-20\/beth-orton-on-the-music-that-made-her\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beth Orton on the Music That Made Her<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Ground Above:<br \/>01 The Ground Above<br \/>02 Before I Knew<br \/>03 Cigarette Curls<br \/>04 Waiting<br \/>05 Celestial Light<br \/>06 I\u2019ll Miss You<br \/>07 Love You Right<br \/>08 Otherside<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Beth Orton Fashion Clothing Dress Adult Person Wedding Formal Wear Gown Coat Face and Head\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The%20Ground%20Above%20by%20Beth%20Orton%20album%20artwork.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beth Orton is kicking off the week by announcing her first album in four years and a headlining&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[943,236,88,499,11704],"class_list":{"0":"post-595701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-new-releases","12":"tag-tours"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}