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Lauren Alaina shared new details about her upcoming studio album, Stages, on Thursday (May 28).
Alaina unveiled the track list of her 17-track project, separated into three stages. The record will include “Those Kind Of Women,” “Raining Whiskey,” “All My Exes” with Chase Matthew, “Heaven Sent” and other previously-released songs. The new Stages details also show an upcoming collaboration with brother Tyler Suddeth, and seemingly hints at another duet with an artists’s name blurred. Alaina set the TikTok to “Better Off,” and teased in her caption, “do y’all want a little sneak peek tonight?”
Stage 1
1. Babies Raising Babies, featuring Tyler Suddeth
2. Those Kind Of Women
3. Household
4. Paints the Picket
5. The Ringer
Stage 2
6. Rings On The Table
7. If You Ain’t Gonna Love Me
8. Walking On Broadway
9. Better Off
10. Raining Whiskey
11. All My Exes, featuring Chase Matthew
Stage 3
12. Daddy Shoots Straight
13. Spin
14. Never Been In Love
15. Boots On The Ground
16. Little Things
17. Heaven Sent
“I'm fifteen years into a ten-year town and 31 years into a lifelong dream,” Alaina said in a statement when she announced the album, produced by Joey Moi and Ben Johnson. “Stages represents every version of me along the way: the dreaming, the breaking, and, ultimately, the becoming. There's something on this album for everyone, no matter what stage of life they're in. Stages is letting everyone see behind the curtain of the girl in the spotlight. It's a reflection of the moments that shaped me and the dream that carried me through. It's always been the same dream, different stages.”
Stages follows Wildflower (2011), Road Less Traveled (2017), and Sitting Pretty on Top of the World (2021). Alaina will kick off her fall headlining tour in October with Shane Profitt, Ashley Kutcher and Hannah Harper, who was crowned the first female country artist to win American Idol since Carrie Underwood won the show’s fourth season in 2005. See the dates below.
“This tour feels like my most personal yet,” Alaina said in a statement. “Stages is all about the different chapters I've lived through: the highs, the heartbreaks, the growth, and finding joy in who I am today. Every stage of my life has shaped this music, and now I finally get to bring all of these songs to stages around the country and share them with the fans who've been with me through it all. I hope people leave these shows feeling seen, healed, and maybe even a little more hopeful.” Alaina added in a caption on Instagram that her headlining run, “feels like a full circle moment for me. These songs hold so many chapters of my life, and I’m so excited to finally bring them to the stage and share them with y’all each night.”
Stages will arrive on August 28.
Oct 1 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater *
Oct 2 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place *
Oct 3 – Clear Lake, IA – Surf Ballroom *
Oct 8 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa ^
Oct 9 – Charlotte, NC – Coyote Joe's ^
Oct 10 – Jacksonville, FL – FIVE ^
Oct 15 – Springfield, MO – Gillioz Theatre >
Oct 16 – Little Rock, AR – The Hall >
Oct 17 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note >
Oct 22 – Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall >
Oct 23 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland >
Nov 5 – McKees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre *
Nov 6 – Troy, OH – Arbogast Performing Arts Center *
Nov 7 – Jackson, MI – Potter Center *
Nov 12 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium >
* with Shane Profitt
^ with Ashley Kutcher
> with Hannah Harper