MAREN MORRIS’ “THE MIDDLE” WITH ZEDD GOES SIX TIMES PLATINUM

U.S. HEADLINE TOUR ON SALE NOW
photo credit: Harper Smith
May 23, 2022—Grammy-winning superstar Maren Morris’ hit track “The Middle” with Zedd from 2018 is officially six times Platinum-certified—watch Maren and Zedd perform the track, which has accumulated more than one billion audio and video on-demand streams, at Hangout Fest this past weekend here.
Additionally, tickets are on sale for Maren’s U.S. headlineHumble Quest Tour, which kicks off in June with stops at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater and more—see full routing below and visit marenmorris.com/tour for more information.
Maren’s new album Humble Quest, released in March via Sony Music Nashville’s Columbia Nashville imprint, debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and broke the record for most first day and first week streams globally on Amazon Music for a country album by a female artist—get it here. Maren recently spoke to Anthony Mason on “CBS Sunday Morning” and performed on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Additionally watch her Tiny Desk (Home) Concert for NPR Music here.
Humble Quest continues to receive widespread critical acclaim…
“Pocket-size but with alpha presence, like a country music Mighty Mouse.”
“There’s an undeniable presence of punchy guitar throughout, as well as a breezy, laidback feel to many of the songs…there’s a mood of grappling with impermanence, of reaching for comfort in togetherness and companionship, that keeps the project from drifting into everything-is- fucked territory.”
“Maren Morris is the country artist most gracefully poised at the spot where future thinking meets time-honored ways.”
“It feels matter-of-factly masterful…she already seems like one of the most influential stylists in modern country.”
“A harmonious step back more into her country-leaning origins, Humble Quest completely reorients Morris’ place in the musical landscape…some of Morris’ most inspired work yet.”
Humble Quest…reflects Morris’ personal growth after two popular albums and multi-platinum hits that centered her as an outspoken and genre-fluid star in a rapidly changing
country music landscape.”
Maren began writing the songs on Humble Quest in the beginning of the pandemic as a series of major life changes unfolded—new motherhood, an upended career, the death of beloved friend and collaborator Michael Busbee and more, further compounded by lockdown. She felt control over life quickly slipping until she had an epiphany—she was never in control in the first place. This inspired her to reckon with the concept of humility as she thought about how the goal of appearing humble puts artists, especially women, in a box with unrealistic demands. Humble Quest documents Maren’s journey to redefining humility on her own terms as a grounded state of understanding one’s own truth rather than the capacity to appear authentic to others.
Produced by frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin (Adele, Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters) and written alongside her husband Ryan HurdJulia MichaelsJimmy RobbinsNatalie HembyLaura Veltz and Jon Green on Busbee’s piano, Humble Quest is Maren’s most genuine collection of songs, tracing her journey to embrace the imperfections in her life through snapshots of her rises and falls, overshares, lullabies, wine-soaked conversations with one old friend and a final goodbye to another one.
MAREN MORRIS LIVE
June 9                                                  Red Hat Amphitheater                                      Raleigh, NC*
June 10                                                      Rabbit Rabbit                                          Asheville, NC*
June 11                                          Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion                          Portsmouth, VA*
June 16                              Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre                  Charlotte, NC*
June 17                                          Riverfront Park Amphitheater                         Wilmington, NC*
June 18                                            Ameris Bank Amphitheatre                                  Atlanta, GA*
June 23                                                            CMAC                                         Canandaigua, NY*
June 24                                              KEMBA Live! Outdoor                                Columbus, OH*
June 25                                  The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park                    Cincinnati, OH*
July 7                                        Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater                        Bridgeport, CT*
July 8                                                   Leader Bank Pavilion                                       Boston, MA*
July 9                                         Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion                             Gilford, NH*
July 14                                              TD Pavilion at the Mann                             Philadelphia, PA*
July 15                                                   Stage AE Outdoors                                     Pittsburgh, PA*
July 16                                                     Budweiser Stage                                          Toronto, ON*
July 21                                                     Starlight Theatre                                  Kansas City, MO*
July 29                                                Radio City Music Hall                                 New York, NY†
August 4                                         Merriweather Post Pavilion                              Columbia, MD‡
August 5                                          Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica                               Cleveland, OH‡
August 6                                      Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre                                Detroit, MI‡
August 10                         Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island                    Chicago, IL§
August 11                                          Saint Louis Music Park                                 St. Louis, MO§
August 12                         TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park             Indianapolis, IN§
August 13                                            BMO Harris Pavilion                                  Milwaukee, WI§
August 16                                      Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater                                    Vail, CO**
August 18                                               Red Butte Garden                             Salt Lake City, UT**
August 19                          Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden                        Boise, ID**
August 20                            Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater                  Missoula, MT**
August 23                                      Wine Country Amphitheater                      Walla Walla, WA**
August 26                                     Hayden Homes Amphitheater                                  Bend, OR††
August 27                                    King County’s Marymoor Park                             Seattle, WA††
August 28                                          McMenamins Edgefield                                  Portland, OR**
September 15                                        Santa Barbara Bowl                            Santa Barbara, CA**
September 16                       Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre                San Diego, CA**
September 17                                         The Greek Theatre                                     Berkeley, CA**
September 23                                    Arizona Federal Theater                                  Phoenix, AZ**
October 13                                              Hollywood Bowl                                  Los Angeles, CA†
October 19                                        Red Rocks Amphitheatre                               Morrison, CO**
October 21                                                  The Armory                                    Minneapolis, MN**
October 28                                           Irving Music Factory                                         Dallas, TX†
December 2                                            Bridgestone Arena                                   Nashville, TN‡ ‡
* with Brent Cobb
† with Ruston Kelly
‡ with Joy Oladokun
§ with Natalie Hemby
** with Lone Bellow
†† with Brittney Spencer
‡ ‡ with Brittney Spencer and Ruston Kelly
MAREN MORRIS—HUMBLE QUEST
1. Circles Around This Town
2. The Furthest Thing
3. I Can’t Love You Anymore
4. Humble Quest
5. Background Music
6. Nervous
7. Tall Guys
8. Detour
9. Hummingbird
10. Good Friends
11. What Would This World Do

 

 

 

 

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