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The Live Beat: Maroon 5

With their eighth studio album Love Is Like on the way August 15, Maroon 5 is doubling down on a full-circle moment—not just with new music, but with a coast-to-coast U.S. arena run that feels like both a celebration and a reset. The 23-date tour kicks off October 6 in Phoenix and wraps the night before Thanksgiving, November 25, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, threading through New York’s Madison Square Garden, San Francisco’s Chase Center, and their home turf at L.A.’s Kia Forum along the way.

It's a big swing, even for a band with global pop ubiquity. But frontman Adam Levine is leaning into something that sounds, at least on paper, refreshingly stripped down. “We’ve gone back to what we used to do, which is to not pay attention to where we fit,” Levine says of the upcoming album. “This is kind of how we stuck out in the beginning.” That sense of re-centering is mirrored in the tour announcement, which avoids any overblown production teases or talk of reinvention—just music, the road, and a band that’s survived every permutation of the pop machine.

Helping set the stage each night is rising singer-songwriter Claire Rosinkranz, who joins the band as direct support across the tour. Rosinkranz, who broke through with the Gen Z hit “Backyard Boy,” brings a lo-fi indie-pop sensibility that could be a clever tonal foil for Maroon 5’s arena-polished grooves.

The timing of the tour announcement is no accident. To coincide, the band has also dropped a new single, “All Night,” a sleek, summer-ready slow-burn that will eventually get the visual treatment from director Aerin Moreno—who also helmed the video for “Priceless,” the band’s current single. Expect both tracks to land on Love Is Like, which marks the band’s first album since 2021’s JORDI and their first full-length release since Levine’s brief step back from the spotlight.

Given the size and reach of the tour, demand should be high—and with the new material signaling a turn back toward the organic edge of the band’s early days, it’s likely not just nostalgia fueling interest Maroon 5 may have spent the past few years coasting on hits and collaborations, but Love Is Like could mark a recalibration—not just in sound, but in spirit. If so, this fall tour might feel less like a victory lap and more like a reboot.

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