Three-time GRAMMY® Award winner and global icon Sarah McLachlan announced the 2026 extension of her Better Broken Tour in support of her critically acclaimed tenth studio album of the same name, released September 19, 2025 via Concord Records.
The summer run will travel across the U.S. with a stop in Cincinnati, OH for a performance at PNC Pavilion on Tuesday, July 21. Special guest Allison Russell will join on all upcoming dates.
McLachlan’s tenth studio album and debut release for Concord Records, Better Broken takes its title from its opening track – a soul-searching reflection on the fortitude that comes from weathering life’s constant storms – and furthers her legacy with a selection of songs that speak an uncompromising but radically illuminating truth about the state of the human condition. Listen to the album HERE.
Better Broken marks a bold new chapter for Sarah McLachlan, injecting fresh energy into her signature lush, moody pop-rock sound. Primarily recorded at the legendary Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, the album finds McLachlan expanding her creative circle and collaborating with producers Tony Berg and Will Maclellan, alongside an exceptional group of musicians including Wendy Melvoin, Matt Chamberlain, Benny Bock, and Greg Leisz. The result is a richly textured body of work that feels both expansive and deeply personal.
Over her three-decade career, McLachlan has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and earned three GRAMMY Awards and twelve JUNO Awards. Beyond her music, her cultural impact includes founding Lilith Fair, the groundbreaking all-female festival that helped reshape the live music landscape. That legacy was recently revisited in Lilith Fair: Building A Mystery – The Untold Story, which premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival to critical acclaim before debuting on Hulu. The film is executive produced by Dan Levy and directed by Ally Pankiw and was noted as one of the top documentary films to watch in 2025 by the Los Angeles Times.
McLachlan’s influence also extends deeply into philanthropy. She is the founder of the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, a not-for-profit providing free music education and mentorship to underserved children and youth facing barriers to access. Established in Vancouver in 2002, the school now serves more than 2,000 students annually across three Canadian cities, with McLachlan personally covering administrative costs to ensure all fundraising directly supports its students. $1 from every ticket sold on the tour will be donated to the School.
ABOUT ALLISON RUSSELL
Montreal born & Nashville based, Allison Russell, is a Grammy, Juno, Americana, Socan & Folk Awards winning & Polaris Prize short-listed artist, actor, author, songwriter, producer, human rights advocate, survivor and mother.
She is the co-founder of Once and Future Sounds and Love Rising. Her debut solo album Outside Child was released in 2021, followed by The Returner in 2023 via Concord/Fantasy Records.
Prior to her solo career she co-founded, recorded and toured internationally with the bands Po’Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters. She is a proud member of Joni Mitchell’s Joni Jam band and continues to work with OND.
Russell’s ensemble the Rainbow Coalition opened for Hozier’s Unreal Unearth tour throughout 2024. Their duet “Wildflower & Barley” made The Billboard top 100 in both the US & Canada. Russell’s All Returners headlining tour continued in 2025 in Australia and North America. Hozier and Russell co-wrote the song “Human Mind,” for their hero Mavis Staples.
Allison made her Broadway debut starring as Persephone in Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown from Nov 2024 to Feb 2025. She is deeply honoured to be returning to that life changing role in her favourite musical on Dec 16th, 2025. Russell’s memoir will be published by Little Brown, release date TBA and her 3rd album is coming later this year.
