Dwight Yoakam, who has been on the road lately with The Mavericks, confirms his first album of new music in nine years.

Brighter Days is set for release November 15 through Via Records/Thirty Tigers. Pre-order/pre-save Brighter Days HERE.

The first single is “I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)” with Post Malone. Listen to the song, penned specifically by Yoakam for a collaboration with Post Malone, HERE - a video is coming soon.

Written and recorded over the last three years, Brighter Days features 12 new songs written/co-written by Yoakam, as well as two covers: “Keeping On The Sunny Side” by the Carter Family and “Bound Away” by Cake. 

Yoakam self-produced Brighter Days; Chris Lord-Alge served as engineer.

The artists starts another round of North American tour dates on September 13 in Arkansas.

Track Listing:

1. Wide Open Heart

2. I’ll Pay The Price

3. Bound Away (Cake cover)

4. California Sky

5. Can’t Be Wrong

6. I Spell Love

7. A Dream That Never Ends

8. Brighter Days

9. I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom) with Post Malone

10. If Only

11. Hand Me Down Heart

12. Time Between

13. Keep On The Sunny Side (The Carter Family cover)

14. Every Night

Tour Dates: 

September 13—Simmons Bank Arena—North Little Rock, AR
September 14—Golden Nugget Lake Charles Hotel & Casino – Grand Event Center—Lake Charles, LA
September 15—Born and Raised Music Festival—Pryor, OK
September 26—The Fruit Yard—Modesto, CA*
September 27—Redding Civic Auditorium—Redding, CA*
September 28—Hayden Homes Amphitheater—Bend, OR
October 3—The Masonic Temple Theatre—Detroit, MI*
October 4—Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center—Charleston, WV*
October 5—Country Calling Festival—Ocean City, MD
October 11—Red Rock Resort—Las Vegas, NV
October 12—Pepsi Amphitheater—Flagstaff, AZ
October 14—The Big Fresno Fair—Fresno, CA
October 17—F&M Bank Arena—Clarksville, TN*
October 18—Mercedes-Benz Amphitheatre—Tuscaloosa, AL*
October 19—Brandon Amphitheater—Brandon, MS*
November 13—St. Augustine Amphitheatre—St. Augustine, FL*
November 14—The Baycare Sound at Coachman Park—Clearwater, FL*
November 15—Pompano Beach Amphitheater—Pompano Beach, FL*
November 21—Texas Trust CU Theatre—Grand Prairie, TX
November 22—Ford Park Pavilion—Beaumont, TX
November 23—American Bank Center Arena—Corpus Christi, TX

*with The Mavericks

Photo by Emily Joyce