Brandi Carlile’s "Be Human: A Concert For Minneapolis" Raises $600K
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- Published on Thursday, 26 February 2026 10:42
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11x Grammy Award-winner Brandi Carlile's sold-out "Be Human: A Concert for Minneapolis" raised over $600,000 for The Advocates for Human Rights. The sold out concert featured a livestream that generated significant funds to support families affected by ICE operations.
Through Carlile's Looking Out Foundation, $2 from every concert ticket was donated to The Advocates for Human Rights as well as all proceeds from VEEPS livestream tickets. There is a limited edition commemorative t-shirt available for purchase HERE – with proceeds going to The Advocates for Human Rights.
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Carlile shares, "I couldn't bring myself to get onstage in Minneapolis in front of over 12,000 people without recognizing what Minnesotans are going through. I wanted to take this opportunity to harness the power of music and raise funds for The Advocates for Human Rights, who need our funding to heal generations of trauma at the hands of ICE. Now, more than ever, it is vital that we continue to hold each other and take action to stop the hate that is spreading through our country. What affects one of us, affects all of us and we need to continue to look out for each other."
"Music has had the power to connect, soothe, empower, and meet the moment," says Lindsay Kimball, program director at The Current. "Brandi's music means so much to The Current and our community, and to be able to share it with everyone – live on air – connects and supports all of us during this time."
Carlile kicked off her extensive "The Human Tour" last week with sold out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden (two nights), Philadelphia's Xfinity Mobile Arena and Boston's TD Garden, of which The Boston Herald praised: "Brandi's unmistakable vocal delivery with a towering band, her strange and perfect songs done with all the drama they deserve, her infectious enthusiasm for performing, all combined to prove she belongs in this big place. Even if she can make it feel so small." She will continue to tour through this fall including stops at Inglewood's Kia Forum, London's The O2, Dublin's 3Arena, and Paris' La Seine Musicale among many others.
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Carlile will also return to The Gorge Amphitheatre this spring with her "Echoes Through the Canyon" weekend on May 29, 30 and 31. The Highwomen will headline night 3 — recently added due to overwhelming demand. Additional special guests across The Gorge weekend include Sheryl Crow, Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd, I'm With Her, Brittney Spencer and Sara Bareilles. See below for complete tour itinerary.
The upcoming performances celebrate Carlile's acclaimed new album, Returning To Myself, which was produced by Carlile, Andrew Watt, Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon and debuted at #7 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart this past fall. Stream/purchase HERE. (Interscope Records/Lost Highway). Following the release, Carlile recently unveiled a new live version of her song, "Human," featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra. Listen to/share "Human (live with the BBC Concert Orchestra)" HERE and watch the performance HERE.
In the midst of yet another monumental year, Carlile performed a "gorgeous" (Billboard) rendition of "America The Beautiful" at Super Bowl LX (watch HERE) and recently returned to NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert series and NBC's Saturday Night Live as musical guest for the fourth time, was featured on The Howard Stern Show, NPR's Wild Card with Rachel Martin and The Drew Barrymore Show, and spoke with The New York Times for an in-depth profile.
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Critical acclaim for Returning To Myself:
"Carlile is a bona fide superstar whose compositions feel like instant classics"—NPR Music
"It has the luster and confidence of an artist realizing her prime, finding memory and maturity in the lyrics."—The New York Times
"One of her finest efforts and one of the best albums of the year"—Variety
"Lush crooning"—The New Yorker
"It's a record about navigating the second half of life with fortitude and not fear; and how the best way to do that is to remember where we came from, and who we got there with."
—Rolling Stone
"Remarkable…a mid-life crisis has never sounded quite this poetic"—Billboard
"For an artist already established as one of her generation's brightest songwriters, this represents another significant evolution"—Rolling Stone U.K.
"Carlile's eighth album does the difficult work of cracking open the soul to let flow her vulnerability. The songs succeed in their tasks: bringing her into a fresh creative moment where she flourishes"—Paste
"Stunning, introspective…feels like reuniting with an old friend"—A.V. Club
"A pearl from the new queen of Laurel Canyon…it never sounds less than gorgeous"
—MOJO
"It's a record of reinvention and rediscovery, filled with songs unlike any Carlile has made before, often leaning into her singer-songwriter side but painting with a different sonic palette"—The Seattle Times
"An album full of warmth and humanity"—The London Standard
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Carlile is an Oscar-nominated and 11x Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, performer and producer, 2x EMMY-winning composer, lyricist and writer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and activist, who is known as one of music's most respected voices. Throughout her acclaimed career, Carlile has released eight studio albums including Who Believes in Angels?—the universally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated collaborative album with her childhood hero, Elton John—which debuted at #1 in the U.K. and top 10 in the U.S.
Additionally, Carlile is a renowned producer with recent Grammy-winning projects from Joni Mitchell and Brandy Clark. She also produced and recorded a rendition of Indigo Girls' "Closer To Fine" with her wife, Catherine, which was included on Barbie The Album as well as a version of "Home," which was featured in the final season of Ted Lasso. She received her first Oscar nomination in the Original Song category in January 2025 for "Never Too Late," a Grammy-nominated track written alongside Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt for the Disney+ documentary of the same name.
Beloved by her peers, Carlile has collaborated with artists such as The Highwomen, Soundgarden, Sam Smith, Alicia Keys, Hozier, Noah Kahan, Jacob Collier, P!nk and Dolly Parton. Carlile was named OUT Magazine's 2023 "Icon of the Year," awarded Billboard's Women In Music "Trailblazer Award," CMT's Next Women of Country "Impact Award" and NMPA's 2023 Songwriter Icon Award and received multiple recognitions from the Americana Music Association.
On top of being a musician and writer, Carlile is a founder of the Looking Out Foundation, which has raised over $9 million for grassroots causes to date. Carlile lives in rural Washington state with her wife and two daughters, Evangeline and Elijah.
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RETURNING TO MYSELF TRACKLIST
1. Returning To Myself
2. Human
3. A Woman Oversees
4. A War With Time
5. Anniversary
6. Church & State
7. Joni
8. You Without Me
9. No One Knows Us
10. A Long Goodbye
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BRANDI CARLILE'S "THE HUMAN TOUR"
February 18—Toronto, Ontario—Scotiabank Arena*
February 20—Rosemont, IL—Allstate Arena* (SOLD OUT)
February 21—Minneapolis, MN—Target Center* (SOLD OUT)
February 24—Salt Lake City, UT—Delta Center*
February 27—Inglewood, CA—Kia Forum*
March 4—Portland, OR—Moda Center* (SOLD OUT)
March 6—San Francisco, CA—Chase Center* (SOLD OUT)
May 29—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre+
May 30—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre# (SOLD OUT)
May 31—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre^
June 7—Charleston, SC—College of Charleston Cistern Yard (SOLD OUT)
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October 15—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena
October 18—Manchester, U.K.—Co-op Live
October 19—Glasgow, U.K.—OVO Hydro
October 21—London, U.K.—The O2
October 23—Paris, France—La Seine Musicale
October 24—Zurich, Switzerland—The Hall
October 26—Dusseldorf, Germany—Mitsubishi Electric Halle
October 27—Amsterdam, Netherlands—AFAS Live
October 29—Oslo, Norway—Spektrum
October 30—Stockholm, Sweden—Annexet
November 1—Lisbon, Portugal—Sagres Campo Pequeno
*with special guest The Head & The Heart
+with special guests Indigo Girls and I'm With Her
#with special guests Bonnie Raitt and Sara Bareilles
^with The Highwomen, Sheryl Crow, Wynonna Judd and Brittney Spencer
