Morrissey Announces New Album 'Make-Up Is A Lie', Shares Title Track
Friday, 09 January 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Morrissey has announced a new album.
After confirming last month that he had signed with Warner Music Group's Sire Records, closing a turbulent chapter with Capitol Records, the former Smiths frontman has revealed that 'Make-Up Is A Lie' will be released on March 6.
The upcoming album will mark the renowned Manchester artist's first body of work in six years, following 2020's 'I Am Not a Dog on a Chain'.
Alongside the news, the 66-year-old has shared the record's title track, an atmospheric offering that blends his distinctive poetic vocals with dream‑like, melodic instrumentation. It'll appear on the record alongside 11 other songs, including a cover of Roxy Music's 1973 song Amazona. In a statement accompanying the new track, Morrissey shared on his website:
"The wait has sometimes felt like a tragedy, but the release today of Make-up is a Lie is like a reunion of lovers. And after several plays it seems to have existed always. We can now place our faith in what is visible.
"Please sit in your favorite chair in your dark cabin with the lights out – or, get off your head and enjoy some impulsive self-humiliation – as I often do.
"I hope you consider Make-up is a Lie to be worth the attention that you give it. Many of us, here, and in France, Turkey, Poland, The Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, America, England … we have waited because our belief is unchallengeable: let the squawkers squawk.
"What survives beyond their grasp is love. I insist on being myself in spite of much discouragement, and this new music is a valid portrait of much more to come in 2026. Born, then born, and born again. I am your lover-to-be, MORRISSEY."
Morrissey is currently performing in the US and will play a show in San Antonio tomorrow night (January 10). He'll tour Europe beginning next month, including a sole UK performance at The O2 Arena in London on February 28. Tickets are on sale now.
'Make-Up Is A Lie' tracklist:
1. You’re Right, It’s Time
2. Make-Up Is a Lie
3. Notre-Dame
4. Amazona
5. Headache
6. Boulevard
7. Zoom Zoom the Little Boy
8. The Night Pop Dropped
9. Kerching Kerching
10. Lester Bangs
11. Many Icebergs Ago
12. The Monsters of Pig Alley
Morrissey Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sat January 10 2026 - SAN ANTONIO Texas - Boeing Center at Tech Port (USA)
Tue January 13 2026 - OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma - Criterion Theater - Oklahoma City (USA)
Thu January 15 2026 - ST LOUIS Missouri - Factory (USA)
Sat January 17 2026 - ATLANTA Georgia - Fox Theatre - Atlanta (USA)
Tue January 20 2026 - ST PETERSBURG Florida - Duke Energy Center for the Arts - Mahaffey Theater (USA)
Thu January 22 2026 - HOLLYWOOD Florida - Hard Rock Live (USA)
Fri February 13 2026 - AARHUS Scandinavian Congress Center (Denmark)
Sun February 15 2026 - HAMBURG Sporthalle (Germany)
Tue February 17 2026 - FRANKFURT Jahrhunderthalle (Germany)
Fri February 20 2026 - ESCH SUR ALZETTE ROCKHAL (Luxembourg)
Tue February 24 2026 - ROTTERDAM De Doelen (Netherlands)
Sat February 28 2026 - LONDON O2 Arena
Wed March 04 2026 - LILLE ZENITH DE LILLE (France)
Sat March 07 2026 - ZURICH Hall (Switzerland)
Mon March 09 2026 - MILAN Fabrique (Italy)
Thu March 12 2026 - VALENCIA Palau de les Arts (Spain)
Sat March 14 2026 - ZARAGOZA Auditorio de Zaragoza (Spain)
Mon March 16 2026 - SEVILLE Cartuja Center (Spain)
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