Louisville's My Morning Jacket to play 3 shows in town this spring. How to get tickets
In celebration of the new collection, MMJ is headed out on a wide-ranging run including three April shows in Louisville.
For more than 25 years, My Morning Jacket vocalist/guitarist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, guitarist Carl Broemel, drummer Patrick Hallahan and keyboardist Bo Koster have remained a band committed to a belief that music is a conduit for revelation of all kinds.
The new album arrives as My Morning Jacket celebrates the 20th anniversary of its 2005 landmark album "Z," a collection named by Rolling Stone among 'The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.'
'One of the cool things about being around this long is that we're not afraid to scrap something if we don't absolutely love it,' James said. "It feels really great to have a collection of songs we all love this much, and to know that we worked as hard as we possibly could on them. Hopefully, those songs will be helpful to people and give them some kind of peace as they try to deal with the insanity of the world — because that's what music does for me, and doing the same for others is always my greatest dream come true.'
"Is" makes My Morning Jacket's 10th studio album and first full-length new collection in more than three years. Produced by three time Grammy Award winner Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam), the album is heralded by the lead single, 'Time Waited,' available now. The new album will be available starting March 21 with pre-orders available including limited edition vinyl, CD, and digital download.
'Up until now, I've never been able to let go and allow someone else to steer the ship,' James said. 'It almost felt like an out-of-body experience to step back and give control over to someone who's far more accomplished and made so many more records than us, but in the end, I was able to enjoy the process maybe more than I ever have before.'
My Morning Jacket's "is" tour gets underway April 1 at Chattanooga, Tennessee's Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium and continues into early May. Highlights include a special three-night homecoming run at the Louisville Palace on April 25-27.
Here's what to know about MMJ's tour and release of the new album "is."
April 25: MMJ with Lacey Guthrie
April 26: MMJ with Future Killer
April 27: MMJ with The Jesse Lee's
The three concerts will take place at the historic Louisville Palace Theater, 625 S. Fourth St.
There are several ways to purchase tickets to My Morning Jacket's Louisville shows:
A ticket request period is underway for members of My Morning Jacket's One Big Family 'Family Pass' program and will continue through Monday, Feb. 10 at 10 a.m.
Standard and VIP ticket requests will be processed for 'Family Pass' holders on Monday, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Presales will then be available to all remaining members of One Big Family beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. To sign up for One Big Family or to learn more about 'Family Pass,' visit onebigfamily.mymorningjacket.com
Local presales start Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 10 a.m.
Spotify presales begin on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 10 a.m.
All remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, Feb. 14 at 10 a.m.
For complete details, visit mymorningjacket.com/tour
An official music video, directed by famed photographer/filmmaker Danny Clinch and featuring new performance footage interspersed with archival photos from throughout the band's history, is streaming now on YouTube.
If you missed it, the band recently performed 'Time Waited' on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
My Morning Jacket continues a long-time partnership with environmental nonprofit REVERB to expand the tour's sustainability program and support REVERB's Music Decarbonization Project to accelerate climate solutions within the music industry.
Reach features reporter Kirby Adams at kadams@courier-journal.com.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: My Morning Jacket 2025 'is' tour shows in Louisville: date, tickets
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