Jonathan Richman announces new album ‘Only Frozen Sky Anyway’ and US tour
Jonathan Richman has announced the release of a new album and an upcoming tour.
The album, Only Frozen Sky Anyway, will be released on July 16th, 2025, and was produced by Richman’s longtime collaborator and Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison. Harrison had also produced Richman’s previous work, Want to Visit My Inner House?, as well as playing in Richman’s band, The Modern Lovers.
The album includes 11 original Jonathan Richman songs, and a cover of the Bee Gees’ ‘Night Fever’. Richman has released two songs from the upcoming record, ‘I Was Just A Piece Of Frozen Sky Anyway’ and ‘O Guitar’.
The album precedes a North American tour that has kicked off this summer, before taking a brief break and returning for a much bigger leg during the autumn. The 19-leg tour kicks off in Idaho on October 3rd, before finishing at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Canada’s Dartmouth on November 1st.
See the tracklisting for Only Frozen Sky Anyway below.
Jonathan Richman – Only Frozen Sky Anyway tracklisting:
- ‘I Was Just A Piece Of Frozen Sky Anyway’
- ‘But We Might Try Weird Stuff’
- ‘Night Fever’
- ‘You Need Me Too’
- ‘The Dog Star’
- ‘Se Va Pa’volver’
- ‘That Older Girl’
- ‘Little Black Bat’
- ‘O Guitar’
- ‘David & Goliath’
- ‘The Wavelet’
- ‘I Am The Sky’
Jonathan Richman tour dates:
- October 3rd, 2025: Shrine Social Club (Shrine Ballroom) Boise, ID
- October 4th, 2025: Zootown Arts Community Center, Missoula, MT
- October 7th, 2025: Royal Canadian Legion No.1 Calgary, AB
- October 8th, 2025: Myer Horowitz Theatre, Edmonton, AB
- October 9th, 2025: Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK
- October 11th, 2025: West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, MB
- October 15th, 2025: West Theatre, Duluth, MN
- October 16th, 2025: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
- October 17th, 2025: Englert Theatre, Iowa City, IA
- October 18th, 2025: Delmar Hall, St. Louis, MO
- October 19th, 2025: The Whirling Tiger, Louisville, KY
- October 21st, 2025: Manny’s State College, PA
- October 23rd, 2025: Lark Hall, Albany, NY
- October 24th, 2025: Somerville Theatre Somerville, MA
- October 25th, 2025: Somerville Theatre Somerville, MA
- October 26th, 2025: Somerville Theatre Somerville, MA
- October 28th, 2025: SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
- October 29th, 2025: SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
- November 1st, 2025: Alderney Landing Theatre, Dartmouth, NS
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