The Maine have announced their new era in the most The Maine way possible, showing off the title and release date of their new record via drone show.
The fact that something was afoot started when the band changed their social media profile photos to a new colour. This one, to be exact.
Then, on January 20, the band sent out a flyer pointing people towards the city of Tempe, Arizona. Right next to the Tempe Sports Complex, to be exact, with the instructions to “LOOK UP IN THE SKY TO THE WEST”.
This is when it turned out to be a drone show. And the drones showed that the band’s new album will be called ‘Joy Next Door’ and will be released on April 10. It is very much all happening. You can check out the footage thanks to the brilliant @themaineontewer.
The reveal comes shortly after the one-year anniversary of the band’s last release, ‘Dyed (2008-2023), which dropped on January 15 2025.
Here is ‘don’t light the march (dyed black 2010) from that very record.
The Maine are also very much on tour very soon. The ‘I love you, but I chose the Maine’ tour will be making its way across the US from March, and the dates look like this.
MARCH
24 – LAS VEGAS Brooklyn Bowl
25 – PHOENIX The Van Buren
27 – SAN DIEGO The Observatory North Park
28 – LOS ANGELES The Novo
29. -SAN FRANCISCO Regency Ballroom
31 – SEATTLE The Showbox
APRIL
01 – PORTLAND Roseland Theater
03 – DENVER Ogden Theatre
09 – MINNEAPOLIS First Avenue
10 – CHICAGO The Salt Shed – The Shed
11 – DETROIT The Masonic – Jack White Theatre
12 – COLUMBUS Kemba Live!
14 – PITTSBURGH Stage AE
15 – TORONTO History
17 – PHILADELPHIA Franklin Music Hall
18 – BOSTON House of Blues Boston – Music Hall
19 – WASHINGTON 9:30 Club
21 – BROOKLYN Brooklyn Paramount
23 – CHARLOTTE The Fillmore Charlotte
24 – NASHVILLE Marathon Music Works
25 – ATLANTA The Masquerade – Heaven
26 – LAKE BUENA VISTA House of Blues
28 – ST. PETERSBURG Jannus Live
30 – HOUSTON House of Blues Houston – Music Hall
MAY
01 – AUSTIN Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
02 – DALLAS The Bomb Factory
