Hurray For The Riff Raff Announce New Live Album 'Live Forever' And Summer US Shows
Monday, 02 March 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Alexa Viscius
Hurray for the Riff Raff have announced a new live record.
Recorded during two summer 2025 shows at Old Town School of Folk Music in bandleader Alynda Segarra's new home of Chicago, Illinois, 'Live Forever' will arrive digitally on March 20, and physically on May 8 via Nonesuch Records.
Announced on the second anniversary of Hurray for the Riff Raff's latest album and eighth overall, 'The Past Is Still Alive', the 14-track live record features that album performed in full, as well as a selection of fan favourites, including Precious Cargo and Pa’lante. Segarra said:
"I moved to Chicago in September 2024, the year I released 'The Past Is Still Alive' and hit the road with a new band – a group of musicians recommended by my front of house/production manager, Johnny Wilson. Everyone had ties to the city, and had been playing together in the DIY scene for over a decade.
"Since then we’ve traveled the world together, becoming family, playing the best shows of my life. Chicago has become home for me, and I feel grateful for the welcome I’ve gotten into the best music scene in the country.
"I wanted to capture this time and this brilliant band, a moment that won’t last forever. This record is a love letter to the working class musicians out there, we who slug it out on the road against all odds. We deserve so much more from an industry built to exploit us. It’s a thank you to all the fans supporting live music, you who believe songs made by human beings are a vital life force."
As a preview, Segarra has shared a video of herself and her band's current touring line-up, Parker Grogan (guitar, vocals), Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (bass, backing vocals), Marcus Drake (drums) and Sen Morimoto (saxophone, keyboards), performing a folk-rock rendition of Rhododendron at the Chicago venue.
Alongside the announcement, Hurray for the Riff Raff have announced a series of shows around the East Coast for June, which will see them call in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Head here for details. Tickets are on sale now.
Last year, the band released the single Pyramid Scheme and Segarra collaborated with The Head and The Heart for a new version of their track Cop Car.
'Live Forever' tracklist:
1. Alibi [Live]
2. Hawkmoon [Live]
3. Rhododendron [Live]
4. Dynamo [Live]
5. Buffalo [Live]
6. Colossus of Roads [Live]
7. Snake Plant [The Past Is Still Alive] [Live]
8. Precious Cargo [Live]
9. Pyramid Scheme [Live]
10. Vetiver [Live]
11. The World Is Dangerous [Live]
12. Hourglass [Live]
13. Ogallala [Live]
14 Pa'lante [Live]
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