GAYLE
Acacia Evans*Rising star GAYLE is adding dates to her debut headlining tour. Less than three weeks after announcing her first three headlining shows, Gayle is expanding her tour by 10 new dates.
GAYLE will now play second shows in Nashville and New York on March 10 and 21, respectively. In April, the “abcdefu” singer will also perform in Toronto, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. Following her North American dates, GAYLE will hop over to London for a May 30 gig at Omeara.
The new dates come after the initial run sold out immediately earlier this month for the 17-year-old who had a stellar 2021. Her debut single “abcdefu” is in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, so far peaking at No. 8, and the singer topped Billboard’s Emerging Artists list. Her hit continues as the biggest song in the world, as it logged a third week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Jan. 29).
Between her headlining dates, GAYLE will also serve as support for Tate McRae’s 2022 North American tour. GAYLE will hit six stops with McRae in Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Washington, D.C.
Beyond those dates, GAYLE will also tour the U.S. with AJR for their Ok Orchestra tour from late April until May 20.
GAYLE also recently shared her eagerly anticipated new single “ur just horny.” Check out the official music video for the new single below. The single is part of an upcoming EP expected out this spring.
Tickets for GAYLE’s headlining dates go on sale to the general public on Friday. Head here for more information. See the full list of headlining dates below.
NEWS
There’s a high probability that Jorja Smith has new music coming this summer. The British singer revealed plans for her What Are the Odds LP on Thursday (July 2), with the album set to arrive on Aug. 21 via FAMM.
Smith reunites with producer P2J — who served as a primary collaborator on her 2023 album Falling or Flying — for the entirety of the project. J Money and P2J will continue to build on the inventive U.K. garage sound Smith has been exploring, alongside a mix of grime and house.
“This album came together really naturally. There was never a big plan; it was just me making music that felt right in the moment,” Smith tells Billboard. “Working with P2J, we started experimenting with different sounds, pulling from U.K. garage, grime and house (funky house, Afro house) and it all grew from there.”
She continues: “The music feels uplifting, but the lyrics can be a bit sad at times. They’re about growing up, love, loss, friendships and figuring things out as I go. I trusted my instincts with this one, and I think you can hear that throughout the record.”
Smith kicked off the album’s rollout in May with the self-assuring “What’s Done Is Done,” and it continues on Thursday (July 2) with a second single, “Alive,” which finds the R&B singer joining forces with Afrobeats pioneer WizKid. The duo basks in the love-drunk euphoria of the honeymoon phase of a bubbling relationship and heads to Paris for the visual.
“Making this with P2J and WizKid felt really easy,” Smith adds of the collab. “We wrote and recorded it together in London. I think we captured that feeling when you’re at the beginning of something with someone and everything feels exciting. I’ve always loved WizKid’s music and the way he’s opened so many doors for Afrobeats around the world, so it feels really special and a big honor to have a song with him.”
What Are the Odds serves as Jorja Smith’s third studio album and contains 12 tracks. Outside of WizKid, the only other feature comes from grime artist Devlin.
When the project lands on Aug. 21, Smith will hit the stage later that night at London’s All Points East, as she’ll be co-headlining the Victoria Park show with Tems. 2026 has already been a busy year for J Money, who served as a musical guest on the debut season of Saturday Night Live UK in April.
The 29-year-old also collaborated with Mobb Deep’s Havoc for a remix of her “Blue Lights” classic and lent “Price of It All” to Amazon MGM Studios’ Bait soundtrack.
Find the What Are the Odds cover art and tracklist below.
What Are the Odds tracklist:
