Alfie Boe Confirms Release Date For New Album 'Face Myself', Shares First Single Meanwhile Gardens
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Ray Burmiston
Alfie Boe has confirmed the release date for his new album.
The Tony Award-winning, UK chart-topping tenor will release 'Face Myself', his first album of mostly self-penned material, on April 10.
Produced by MyRiot — known for his work with London Grammar and Primal Scream — the album draws on the vocalist's Northern upbringing, moving beyond his classical and theatrical roots to explore personal moments from his childhood and youth with vulnerability previously unseen in his career. He explained:
"I thought, ‘what is it about me that I have to face?’ For me, it was a number of moments in the past - my childhood, my teenage years. What got me to where I am today, my personal life. And that reflects in other songs on the album. It's been a really important lesson for me to face myself and realise who I am as an artist now and connect with that. I'm just writing from the heart and believing in what I'm saying and telling my story. Hopefully it can connect with other people and their memories and they can reflect on themselves too."
Alongside the announcement, Boe has released the album's opening track, Meanwhile Gardens, a heartfelt song that blends reflective lyrics about resilience and the pursuit of a more simple, grounded existence with gentle acoustic instrumentation. He shared: "Ultimately, the song is about trusting someone close to you and asking them to believe in you. It’s about saying: ‘Let’s live our dreams together, let’s plant them, and let's travel down that road hand-in-hand.'"
Expanding on the song's title, he continued: "It’s a small garden near where we were recording in West London. We wanted a connection to that sense of simplicity. To ‘plant our dreams’ there means to sit on a bench, take a moment to think and dream. You can do that in any garden or park, just by taking a moment for yourself."
Boe will support the album with the previously announced Facing Myself Tour across the UK this spring. He also has four Australian shows scheduled for June and a performance at The Courtyard at Herefordshire's Centre for the Arts in August. Tickets are on sale.
'Face Myself' follows Boe's last solo LP, 2023's 'Open Arms - The Symphonic Songbook', and his 2024 joint album with Michael Ball, 'Together At Home'. Last October, he collaborated with rising singer-songwriter Jessica Sweetman for the single Broken Perfect Love.
'Face Myself' tracklist:
1. Meanwhile Gardens
2. Face Myself
3. Trying To Find A World That’s Been And Gone Pt. 1
4. I’ve Never Known
5. Ten Thousand Miles
6. Stop Light
7. Guiding Light
8. Have A Little Faith In Me
9. White Lily Fields
10. Avignon
11. Falling Slowly
12. The Night Will Always Win
Alfie Boe Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Tue April 14 2026 - DUNDEE Caird Hall
Wed April 15 2026 - ABERDEEN Music Hall
Fri April 17 2026 - GLASGOW Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Sat April 18 2026 - EDINBURGH Usher Hall
Mon April 20 2026 - MANCHESTER Bridgewater Hall
Tue April 21 2026 - NOTTINGHAM Royal Concert Hall
Thu April 23 2026 - GATESHEAD Glasshouse International Centre for Music - Sage 1
Fri April 24 2026 - HULL Hull City Hall
Sat April 25 2026 - BLACKPOOL Opera House
Mon April 27 2026 - LIVERPOOL Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Tue April 28 2026 - YORK York Barbican
Wed April 29 2026 - HARROGATE Harrogate Royal Hall
Fri May 01 2026 - SHEFFIELD City Hall
Sat May 02 2026 - LEICESTER De Montfort Hall
Mon May 04 2026 - MILTON KEYNES Milton Keynes Theatre
Tue May 05 2026 - BATH Bath Forum
Thu May 07 2026 - COVENTRY Warwick Arts Centre
Fri May 08 2026 - BIRMINGHAM Symphony Hall
Sat May 09 2026 - IPSWICH Regent Theatre
Mon May 11 2026 - KINGS LYNN Corn Exchange
Tue May 12 2026 - SKEGNESS Embassy Theatre
Wed May 13 2026 - CAMBRIDGE Corn exchange
Fri May 15 2026 - OXFORD New Theatre
Sat May 16 2026 - TORQUAY Princess Theatre
Sun May 17 2026 - TRURO Hall For Cornwall
Tue May 19 2026 - LLANDUDNO Venue Cymru Theatre
Wed May 20 2026 - AYLESBURY Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Fri May 22 2026 - GUILDFORD G Live
Sat May 23 2026 - SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion
Sun May 24 2026 - FOLKESTONE Leas Cliff Hall
Tue May 26 2026 - LONDON Royal Albert Hall
Wed May 27 2026 - EASTBOURNE Congress Theatre
Fri May 29 2026 - BOURNEMOUTH Pavilion Theatre
Sat May 30 2026 - SWANSEA Swansea Building Society Arena
Sun May 31 2026 - CARDIFF New Theatre
Thu June 04 2026 - SYDNEY Sydney Opera House - Concert Hall
Sat June 06 2026 - MELBOURNE Palais Theatre
Sun June 07 2026 - ADELAIDE Festival Theatre
Tue June 09 2026 - SOUTH BRISBANE QPAC Concert Hall
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