The Marcus King Band has become a favorite with new music on “Honky Tonk Hell,” out now, with more music to come!

The Marcus King Band is back with another taste of new music. Their latest single, “Carolina Honey,” is out now via American Records/Republic Records — give it a listen and share it [HERE].

The new track follows “Honky Tonk Hell,” which dropped recently and gave fans a first look at what’s coming next. You can check that one out [HERE], and don’t miss the lyric video for “Carolina Honey” [HERE].

“‘Carolina Honey’ is all about how I met my wife and what a significant impact that chance meeting had on my life that one night after a show in Raleigh, NC,” says King. “I woke up still hurting from the night before – still feeling I didn’t have much to live for. I’d given up on any thought that I could ever be ‘happy.’ All that changed when Little Bird walked into my life. After my set, Briley came backstage to say hello – she started playing Linda Ronstadt and singing and for the first time I saw something or someone in front me that gave me ‘hope.’ Someone I wanted to be my BEST self for – Someone I wanted to grow old with, someone that made me want to grow old ‘at all.’ ‘Carolina Honey’ takes the listener through my mentality that day, my change of heart that night and my burning desire for her to feel the same way too.”

Marcus King is staying busy this year, hitting the road with heavy hitters like Chris Stapleton, Cody Johnson, Eric Church, and Dwight Yoakam (full list of dates below).

Lately, he’s been popping up all over — he played CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium with Brooks & Dunn right after their take on “Rock My World (Little Country Girl)” dropped on Reboot II. He also swung by Spotify House and linked up with Jordan Davis for a live version of their unreleased collab, “Louisiana Stick.”

Fans even got a surprise pop-up set from Marcus at Chief’s for SiriusXM, and he jumped in on Lukas Nelson’s set there, too. Safe to say, he’s everywhere right now.

Marcus King, born in Greenville, South Carolina, and now based in Nashville, has been playing music since he was a kid — he started performing with his blues guitarist dad when he was just eight. He made his solo debut in 2020 with El Dorado, produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. The album earned rave reviews — the Associated Press called it “a definite high point of 2020” — and it scored Marcus his first Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.

After the success of El Dorado, Marcus followed it up with Young Blood in 2022 — once again teaming up with Dan Auerbach. The album made a big splash, debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums Chart, with critics calling it “a staggeringly confident work.”

Last year, he switched things up with Mood Swings, his third album, produced by the legendary Rick Rubin. Rolling Stone praised it, saying Marcus “goes for something much more daring, vulnerable, and openhearted.”

TOUR DATES
June 12—Manchester, TN—Bonnaroo
June 13—La Grange, KY—Ashbourne Farms
June 26—Stockholm, SE—Fållan*
June 27—Oslo, NO—Sentrum Scene*
June 28—Odense, DK—Tinderbox Festival
June 30—Warsaw, PL—Klub Stodola*
July 1—Prague, CZ—Lucerna Music Bar*
July 3—Munich, DE—Muffathalle*
July 4—Pistoia, IT—Pistoia Blues Festival*
July 5—Gardone Riviera, IT—Festival Del Vittoriale Tener-A-Mente*
July 7—Bern, CH—Bierhübeli*
July 8—Frankfurt, DE—Batschkapp*
July 10—Brussels, BE—Ancienne Belgique*
July 11—Dortmund, DE—FZW*
July 12—Differdange, LU—Blues Express
July 13—Weert, NL—Bospop Festival

July 16—San Sebastian, ES—Victoria Eugenia Antzokia*
July 17—Madrid, ES—Noches Del Botánico
July 18—Vila Nova De Gaia, PT—Meo Mares Vivas
July 20—Santa Domingo De La Calzada, ES—Rockland Art Festival
July 27—Boise, ID—Knitting Factory
July 29—Monterey, CA—Golden State Theatre
July 30—Santa Rosa, CA—Luther Burbank Theater
August 1—Mammoth Lakes, CA—Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza
August 2—Sacramento, CA—Channel 24
August 14—Park City, UT—Park City Song Summit
August 15—West Valley City, UT—Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre†
August 16—West Valley City, UT—Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre†
August 17—Jackson, WY—Snow King Mountain
August 23—Charleston, SC—Marcus King Band Family Reunion Festival
August 24—Charleston, SC—Marcus King Band Family Reunion Festival
August 31—Aspen, CO—Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival
September 5—Madison, IN—Unbroken Circle Festival At Bicentennial Park
September 12—Lincoln, NE—Pinnacle Bank Arena‡
September 15-21—Seattle, WA—Keeping The Blues Alive at Sea Alaska
September 25—Green Bay, WI—Resch Center§
September 26—Milwaukee, WI—Fiserv Forum§
September 27—Des Moines, IA—Wells Fargo Arena§
September 28—St. Louis, MO—Evolution Festival
October 2—Detroit, MI—Little Caesars Arena§
October 3—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena§
October 9—Indianapolis, IN—Gainbridge Fieldhouse§
October 10—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena§
October 11—Cleveland, OH—Rocket Arena§
October 16—Sugar Land, TX—Smart Financial Centre At Sugar Land**
October 18—Austin, TX—Moody Center**
October 25—Birmingham, AL—Legacy Arena at The BJCC‡
November 1—Gonzales, LA—Boots On The Bayou

*with Fiend Without A Face
†with Chris Stapleton
‡with Cody Johnson
§with Eric Church
**with Dwight Yoakam