Sara Bareilles won’t have to “Waitress” this year.
The two-time Grammy winner just extended her forthcoming ‘The Good Grief Tour’ in support of her forthcoming record with the same name.
She’ll now play 26 concerts at music halls, theatres, performing arts centers and auditoriums all over North America from early September through late October.
That includes two concerts at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall. Those gigs are slated to take place:
Friday, Sept. 18
8 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19
8 p.m.
“I am truly blown away,” Bareilles, 46, shared via Instagram.
“Thank you all for the overwhelming response to the Good Grief tour, and I want as many of you as possible to join me for these special shows.”
In addition to New York City, Bareilles added second nights in Boston, Toronto, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
“Good Grief,” Bareilles’ seventh studio album and first since 2019’s “Amidst the Chaos” hits shelves on Aug. 28.
Ahead of the record’s release, the “Girls5Eva” star dropped a pair of singles: the reflective “Home” and winsome “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” with Brandi Carlile.
Bareilles called the album “a love letter to the hardest chapter of my life” on social media and noted that “Home” “was inspired by a vulnerable and honest conversation about grief between Anderson Cooper and Stephen Colbert that really resonated with me.”
This upcoming run will be the Eureka native’s first official outing — other than a handful of short stints on the road in 2023, ’24 and ’25 — in seven years.
On that nationwide trek, Bareilles often performed 20-22 songs per show, according to Set List FM.
Notable fan favorites that often made the cut include “Love Song,” “Brave,” “She Used To Be Mine,” “Gravity” and “Saint Honesty.”
“For anyone who believes that music can provide healing, amidst even chaos this formidable, Bareilles may feel like nothing less than a mezzo-sopranic administering angel with healthy, unangelic amounts of comic snark and swearing between songs,” Variety wrote in a rave review of a November 2019 Hollywood Bowl performance.
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Where is Sara Bareilles performing on her 2026 ‘Good Grief Tour’?
Which songs does Sara Bareilles perform at her live shows?
Although she’ll likely mix things up quite a bit on the upcoming ‘Good Grief’ run, here’s what Bareilles performed at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre on Nov. 26, 2019, based on our findings at Set List FM.
01.) “Orpheus”
02.) “Fire”
03.) “Poetry by Dead Men”
04.) “Eyes on You”
05.) “I Choose You”
06.) “Love Song”
07.) “Armor”
08.) “If I Can’t Have You” (with Emily King)
09.) “Miss Simone”
“Waitress” Suite
10.) “Soft Place to Land” (Waitress Suite)
11.) “You Matter to Me” (with Solomon Dorsey)
12.) “Bad Idea” (with Butterfly Boucher)
13.) “She Used to Be Mine”
14.) “Uncharted”
15.) “No Such Thing / Satellite Call”
16.) “Let the Rain”
17.) “King of Anything”
18.) “Brave”
19.) “Orpheus” [Played again]
Encore
20.) “Gravity”
21.) “Saint Honesty”
Sara Bareilles new music
Ahead of the release of “Good Grief,” Bareilles has shared two singles.
“Home” is Bareilles at her rawest, most stripped-down, honest self. The vulnerable song touches on the early passing of a father — Bareilles’ dad is still alive at least as of January 2025 — and paints vivid pictures of what happens in the wake of the death of a loved one. Somehow, even with its heartbreaking message, the music remains hopeful and even optimistic. Grab a hanky for this one.
Bareilles’ “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” duet with Brandi Carlile also deals with heavy subject matter. Lyrics like “Grief is the singer in my band/She’s a passenger van/And a shortcut straight to the truth” cut through the noise and straight into the heart. On a sonic level, the pleasant, plodding instrumentals complement the weightiness quite well; if you’re not listening too closely, one could easily mistake this track for a wispy, breezy good-time tune.
To hear for yourself, you can find both “Good Grief” singles here.
Singer-songwriters on tour in 2026
Many of our favorite vocalists will be out and about this year.
To make sure you’re in the loop, here are just five of our favorites you won’t want to miss live these next few months.
• Jennifer Hudson with Josh Groban
Who else is out and about? Take a look at our list of all the biggest artists on tour in 2026 to find the concert for you.
This article was written by Matt Levy, celebrity.land live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.
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