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Phillip Phillip fans were in for a pleasant surprise this past week when Phillip released the third single for his upcoming studio album just a week after the release of his latest music video. On March 7, Phillip announced that his new song “Love Come Back to Me” will come out that Friday, and it was definitely a strong choice to follow up his last hit with.
Phillip Phillips’ new video for “Dancing With Your Shadows” dropped yesterday, March 1. “Dancing With Your Shadows” was released on February 10. It’s a moody, darker entry to Phillip’s usually more colourful video catalog.
Since his debut in 2012, Phillip Phillip has experimented freely with his songwriting, most clearly in his second album Behind the Light (2014), where he explored the many ways in which a song can be shaped. Collateral (2018), while still a rich, multi-genre album, pointed in the direction his music has been taking in more recent years, which is leaning into more to-the-point songs that deliver their message efficiently. Continue Reading →
Phillip Phillips closed his “Where We Came From” tour last Saturday, November 19 at the historic Toad’s Place, in New Haven, CT. The tour extended over 5 weeks and saw Phillip and band play across 15 cities, mostly in the South and the East Coast.
In January 2020, Phillip Phillips embarked on a month-long acoustic tour with long-time collaborator, Errol Cooney. Little did we know that the world was about to change forever and that for two long years the promise of live music seemed shattered forever.
Last Tuesday, August 23rd, Phillip Phillips gave fans the news they have been waiting for for over two years: he’s finally going on tour!
The “Where We Came From” tour will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of his first album, The World From The Side of The Moon, which came out on November 12, 2012. The tour’s name makes reference to the song “Where We Came From” from the same album.
Phillip announced the tour via Instagram and Twitter, and said he will be accompanied by American Authors as “special guests.”
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The 15-date tour will start in Fort Worth, TX on October 20 and close exactly a month later on November 19 in New Haven, CT with stops in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia, among others, along the way. No West Coast dates were announced.
Phillip’s last official tour was in January 2020. That tour, a month-long set of dates Phillip did with long-time collaborator Errol Cooney, ended in February 2020, just before the world and all our lives were changed forever by the pandemic. This means this outing is the first time fans will be able to follow Phillip for several dates in a row since the dark days of the pandemic.
In addition to playing songs from “The World From The Side of The Moon,” Phillip promised on his tour announcement to be “sneaking in a few new songs” as well.
Phillip has hinted numerous times he has been writing new music for the last two years. His last album, Collateral came out over four years ago on January 2018. He has also worked on a couple of collaborations (“Bring It On Home” with American Authors and Maddie Poppe and “Hold on to Your Love” with Walk Off the Earth) in the meantime and released his brand-new single “Love Like That.” The tour, therefore, may mean we will be finally getting a real preview of what is to come in 2023 in terms of new music. Exciting news indeed!
Tickets for the tour are now on sale. Please visit Phillip Phillips’official site to get your tickets.
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Last Saturday, June 18, Phillip Phillips played a show in San Antonio, TX, as part of SeaWorld’s Electric Ocean Concert Series. It was, according to Phillip his “first full-band show since 2018.” This is certainly a cause for celebration!
Phillip took to Instagram to say how excited he was for the occasion and to ask fans to send him questions about touring life or really about anything. He said he will be answering the questions in future videos.
Take a look at his Instagram post and the setlist and some photos from the show below. Setlist and pictures all generously shared with us by Danielle Dee Fernandez.
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Setlist
Unpack Your Heart
Raging Fire
Home
Man on the Moon
Gone Gone Gone
Where We Came From
Magnetic
Love Like That
My Name
Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees cover)
For all news about upcoming shows, make sure to visit Phillip Phillips’ official site.