Orville Peck, Abbie Callahan

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Gordon Nicholas

Orville Peck on the ropes.

Orville Peck

media release: Trailblazing country artist Orville Peck makes a grand return, announcing his most intimate, raw and ambitious work yet. Mule, poised to become a career-defining album, arrives September 18 on Warner Records. To ring in the news, he’s releasing a pair of songs from the set: the previously teased “Prologue (Eulogy Of A Man Turned Mule),”which features Emmylou Harris, Noah Cyrus, and Allison Russell; and the ecstatic lead single “Too Little, Too Late,” a raucous, dirt-kicking country-pop banger that feels like pure clap-along freedom.

Peck also shared the next single from Mule, a candid, chronological account of the trailblazing country artist’s journey through addiction and recovery. Out now, “Already Gone” is one of the most rowdy songs on the project, but the feel-good mood masks some dark feelings, capturing the moment Peck enters rehab.

Hot on the heels of his Grand Ole Opry debut, Peck is announcing the Man Turned Mule Tour. Following his headlining performance at the iconic Hollywood Bowl — the North American run, promoted by Live Nation, will make a stop at The Sylvee in Madison, WI, on November 4, 2026. Joining Peck on the North American run beginning October 28 is Nashville singer-songwriter Abbie Callahan. Additionally, $1 from every ticket sold on the North American Man Turned Mule Tour will be donated to The Trevor Project, supporting its mission to provide crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ young people

“Prologue (Eulogy Of A Man Turned Mule)” is the scene-setting first track on Mule, finding three generations of female country icons harmonizing lyrics written and arranged by Peck. In the video, they don black veils and — in an eerie alternate space — nurse uniforms as they sing his would-be eulogy. It’s a beautifully bleak ending that represents a beginning, as it turns out.

Peck’s fourth LP unfolds as a chronological timeline of the year that reshaped his life, tracing the collapse of addiction, the difficult pursuit of sobriety, and the slow, often uncertain process of rebuilding. Told with unflinching honesty, humor, and compassion, Mule finds Peck confronting love, loss, and identity through songs that move fluidly between classic country storytelling, bluegrass, and expansive Americana.

“Too Little, Too Late” hails from the redemptive back half of the set, and finds Peck dancing toward the finish line. Produced by Jay Joyce (Patty Griffin, Eric Church) and written by Peck with Dan Wilson (The Chicks, Laufey) and Steve Rusch (Beyoncé, Jessie Murph), the song embodies what it feels like to be finally secure with who you are. It’s also about having moved on when your ex comes crawling back: “Ooh they say, good things come to those who wait…”Peck croons over a rip-roaring score, before finishing the sentence: “...too little, too late.”

This new music follows November’s acclaimed Appaloosa EP which included the soaring single “Drift Away” and capped off an incredibly momentous year for Peck in which he threw his stacked 7th Annual Rodeo in Pioneertown, CA; wrapped filming for the highly anticipated Street Fighter movie, in which he plays the masked assassin Vega (trailer HERE); and made his Broadway debut in a five-month, 128-show run in Cabaret.

Before that, Peck dropped his eclectic and acclaimed 2024 duets album Stampede, featuring collaborations with Kylie Minogue and Diplo on “Midnight Ride,” Beck on “Death Valley High,” and Willie Nelson for a cover of “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other.” The project pushes the boundaries of country by creating a unique, genre-blurring blend of styles with each artist on the guest list, which also included Cyrus, Russell, Elton John, Teddy Swims, Nathaniel Rateliff, Midland, Margo Price, and many, many more.

Now, with Mule on the horizon, Peck turns his gaze inward, reckoning not only with his deeply personal past, but with the divide between the larger-than-life persona of Orville Peck and the man behind the mask. Saddle up for a ride into resilience, redemption, and self-discovery.