Grab your gardening gloves, because Lucy Dacus is back with her first new single of 2026. The upbeat ‘Planting Tomatoes’ is a track about living life to its fullest. Listen to the song below.
Queen of the existential bop, ‘Planting Tomatoes’ encourages us all to stay present and appreciate the little things in life – because one day we’re all going to die. Though hopefully, not yet! It’s the first new music we’ve heard from Dacus since 2025’s ‘Forever Is A Feeling’: a series of unabashed love songs about finding her person. Read our interview with Lucy around the release.
‘Planting Tomatoes’ is a standalone release, originally pressed as a 7″ for Record Store Day on April 18th and now released on streaming platforms. The lyric video was recorded in a Tokyo stationery store, which reminds us of the time we found this doodle on a notepad in a stationery shop in LA. LOL at Julien being the size of an ant.
Dacus will head out on a North American tour later this year. For the run of shows, she’s partnered with the Ally Coalition to donate one dollar from every ticket sold to organisations supporting young queer and trans people.
Full Upcoming Dates:
May 10: Bellingham, WA @ Mount Baker Theatre # SOLD OUT
May 12: Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre # SOLD OUT
May 13: Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre # SOLD OUT
May 14: Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24 #
May 16: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
May 18: San Francisco, CA @ The Castro Theatre * SOLD OUT
May 19: San Francisco, CA @ The Castro Theatre * SOLD OUT
July 10: Oakbank, MB @ Winnipeg Folk Festival
July 12: Madison, WI @ The Sylvee ^
July 13: Grand Rapids, MI @ Meijer Gardens ^
July 15: Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre ^
July 16: Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest
July 18: Saint Paul, MN @ Minnesota Yacht Club
July 19: Chicago, IL @ Millennium Park with the Chicago Philharmonic ~
July 20: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre ^
July 22: Kingston, NY @ Ulster Performing Arts Center ^ SOLD OUT
July 23: North Adams, MA @ Mass MoCA ^
July 25: Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summer Stage ^~
Aug 8: San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music Festival
Sep 13: Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra & Cat Power performing The Greatest
