Into The Music
Mitski has confirmed that the Lost in the Dream tour will extend into 2026 with a run of shows across Asia and Oceania, her first extensive touring in those regions since the Be the Cowboy cycle. The announcement comes alongside confirmation that she has been working on new material, though no album release date has been given.
Mitski’s relationship with touring has been complicated and public. She announced an indefinite hiatus from live performance in 2019, then returned with Laurel Hell in 2022 and supported it with a tour that was one of the more discussed live experiences of that year. The current cycle, centered on The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We from 2023, continued that trajectory.
The Asia and Oceania dates represent an expansion that her existing fanbase in those regions has been requesting for some time. Japanese-American by background, Mitski has maintained a significant following in Japan and across East Asia throughout her career, and the touring schedule has historically underserved that audience relative to North America and Europe.
She is one of the more thoughtful artists working about the toll of live performance and the specific pressures on musicians who achieve significant cultural prominence while remaining in the indie ecosystem rather than the major label pop infrastructure. The 2026 dates will test whether she has found a sustainable relationship to the road.
Mitski in Asia and Oceania!! The fact that her fanbase in those regions has been so passionate for so long and she’s only now doing a real extended run there , honestly overdue but SO exciting. And new music in progress?? Be Still My Heart is already in my all-time rotation but I cannot wait to hear what comes next. This woman does not miss.
New music confirmed, that’s the only part I care about. The last record was good but she’s capable of something weirder. Hope she goes stranger.