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Brandi Carlile’s “Be Human: A Concert for Minneapolis” raises over $600,000 for The Advocates for Human Rights

CARLILE RETURNS TO NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL THIS SUMMER

SOLD OUT SHOW AT MINNEAPOLIS’ TARGET CENTER AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON VEEPS UNTIL 11:59PM PT

February 23, 2026 – 11x Grammy-winner Brandi Carlile raised over $600,000 for Minnesota’s The Advocates for Human Rights this past weekend with “Be Human: A Concert for Minneapolis.” 

Originally broadcast live from Carlile’s sold out show at Minneapolis’ Target Center via Minnesota Public Radio’s The Current/TheCurrent.org and VEEPS, “Be Human: A Concert for Minneapolis” is available to stream on VEEPS through 11:59pm PT, with all proceeds benefitting The Advocates for Human Rights. Purchase a ticket for the full performance HERE – the only opportunity to see Carlile’s “The Human Tour” from home. 

“A monumental gig” (Rolling Stone), the show included a special performance of “It’s Okay to Change Your Mind” with Minneapolis’ Singing Resistance and continues to receive widespread critical attention with The Minnesota Star Tribune declaring “Carlile’s performance felt like one giant embrace…it’s clear that the time has come to call Brandi Carlile a true rock star, with Olympian talents, a generational voice and an embracing humanness,” while The Pioneer Presspraises, “Brandi Carlile is a national treasure…magical, spirited and joyous performance.” 

There is a limited edition commemorative t-shirt still available for purchase HERE – with proceeds going to The Advocates for Human Rights. 

An electric live performer, Carlile kicked off her extensive “The Human Tour” earlier this month with sold out shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden (two nights), Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Arena and Boston’s TD Garden and will continue with stops at Salt Lake City’s Delta Center, Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, Portland’s Moda Center and San Francisco’s Chase Center. The tour returns this fall in the U.K and Europe with stops at London’s The O2, Dublin’s 3Arena and Paris’ La Seine Musicale among many others. 

Carlile will also make her anticipated return to Newport Folk Festival on Sunday, July 26 following her “Echoes Through the Canyon” weekend at The Gorge Amphitheatre on May 29, 30 and 31. The Highwomen will headline night three—recently added due to overwhelming demand. Additional special guests across The Gorge weekend include Sheryl Crow, Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd, I’m With Her, Brittney Spencer and Sara Bareilles. See below for complete tour itinerary. 

The upcoming performances celebrate Carlile’s acclaimed new album, Returning To Myself, which was produced by Carlile, Andrew Watt, Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon and debuted at #7 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart this past fall. Stream/purchase HERE. (Interscope Records/Lost Highway). Following the release, Carlile recently unveiled a new live version of her song, “Human,” featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra. Listen to/share “Human (live with the BBC Concert Orchestra)” HERE and watch the performance HERE. 

In the midst of yet another monumental year, Carlile performed a “gorgeous” (Billboard) rendition of “America The Beautiful” at Super Bowl LX (watch HERE) and recently returned to NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series and NBC’s Saturday Night Live as musical guest for the fourth time, was featured on The Howard Stern Show, NPR’s Wild Card with Rachel Martin and The Drew Barrymore Show, and spoke with The New York Times for an in-depth profile.

Critical acclaim for Returning To Myself:
“Carlile is a bona fide superstar whose compositions feel like instant classics” —NPR Music
 “It has the luster and confidence of an artist realizing her prime, finding memory and maturity in the lyrics.” —The New York Times
“One of her finest efforts and one of the best albums of the year” —Variety
“Lush crooning” —The New Yorker
“It’s a record about navigating the second half of life with fortitude and not fear; and how the best way to do that is to remember where we came from, and who we got there with.”
—Rolling Stone
“Remarkable…a mid-life crisis has never sounded quite this poetic”—Billboard
“For an artist already established as one of her generation’s brightest songwriters, this represents another significant evolution”—Rolling Stone U.K.
“Carlile’s eighth album does the difficult work of cracking open the soul to let flow her vulnerability. The songs succeed in their tasks: bringing her into a fresh creative moment where she flourishes”
—Paste
“Stunning, introspective…feels like reuniting with an old friend” —A.V. Club
“A pearl from the new queen of Laurel Canyon…it never sounds less than gorgeous” —MOJO
“It’s a record of reinvention and rediscovery, filled with songs unlike any Carlile has made before, often leaning into her singer-songwriter side but painting with a different sonic palette”
—The Seattle Times
“An album full of warmth and humanity” —The London Standard

LIST
RETURNING TO MYSELF TRACKLIST
1. Returning To Myself
2. Human
3. A Woman Oversees
4. A War With Time
5. Anniversary
6. Church & State
7. Joni
8. You Without Me
9. No One Knows Us
10. A Long Goodbye
BRANDI CARLILE’S “THE HUMAN TOUR”
February 24—Salt Lake City, UT—Delta Center*
February 27—Inglewood, CA—Kia Forum*
March 4—Portland, OR—Moda Center* (SOLD OUT)
March 6—San Francisco, CA—Chase Center* (SOLD OUT)
May 29—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre+
May 30—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre# (SOLD OUT)
May 31—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre^
June 7—Charleston, SC—College of Charleston Cistern Yard (SOLD OUT)
July 26—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival
October 15—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena
October 18—Manchester, U.K.—Co-op Live
October 19—Glasgow, U.K.—OVO Hydro
October 21—London, U.K.—The O2
October 23—Paris, France—La Seine Musicale
October 24—Zurich, Switzerland—The Hall
October 26—Dusseldorf, Germany—Mitsubishi Electric Halle
October 27—Amsterdam, Netherlands—AFAS Live
October 29—Oslo, Norway—Spektrum
October 30—Stockholm, Sweden—Annexet
November 1—Lisbon, Portugal—Sagres Campo Pequeno
*with special guest The Head & The Heart
+with special guests Indigo Girls and I’m With Her
#with special guests Bonnie Raitt and Sara Bareilles
^with The Highwomen, Sheryl Crow, Wynonna Judd and Brittney Spencer
WHO
Carlile is an Oscar-nominated and 11x Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, performer and producer, 2x EMMY-winning composer, lyricist and writer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and activist, who is known as one of music’s most respected voices. Throughout her acclaimed career, Carlile has released eight studio albums including Who Believes in Angels?—the universally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated collaborative album with her childhood hero, Elton John—which debuted at #1 in the U.K. and top 10 in the U.S.
RETURNING TO MYSELF TRACKLIST
1. Returning To Myself
2. Human
3. A Woman Oversees
4. A War With Time
5. Anniversary
6. Church & State
7. Joni
8. You Without Me
9. No One Knows Us
10. A Long Goodbye
Additionally, Carlile is a renowned producer with recent Grammy-winning projects from Joni Mitchell and Brandy Clark. She also produced and recorded a rendition of Indigo Girls’ “Closer To Fine” with her wife, Catherine, which was included on Barbie The Album as well as a version of “Home,” which was featured in the final season of Ted Lasso. She received her first Oscar nomination in the Original Song category in January 2025 for “Never Too Late,” a Grammy-nominated track written alongside Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt for the Disney+ documentary of the same name.
Beloved by her peers, Carlile has collaborated with artists such as The Highwomen, Soundgarden, Sam Smith, Alicia Keys, Hozier, Noah Kahan, Jacob Collier, P!nk and Dolly Parton. Carlile was named OUT Magazine’s 2023 “Icon of the Year,” awarded Billboard’s Women In Music “Trailblazer Award,” CMT’s Next Women of Country “Impact Award” and NMPA’s 2023 Songwriter Icon Award and received multiple recognitions from the Americana Music Association.
On top of being a musician and writer, Carlile is a founder of the Looking Out Foundation, which has raised over $9 million for grassroots causes to date. Carlile lives in rural Washington state with her wife and two daughters, Evangeline and Elijah.
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