Morrissey announces new album “Make-Up Is A Lie”: listen to the title track

Morrissey has announced the release of his fourteenth solo album, “Make-Up Is A Lie”, due out on March 6th. The record will be released by Sire/Warner Records and marks the English artist's return to the label after more than five years away. The title track, “Make-Up Is a Lie”, is out now. The single previews a twelve-track album, whose full tracklist has also been released. You can listen to it below.

The opening single was co-written with Camila Grey and is built on a rhythmic structure reminiscent of trip-hop, with deep drums, a prominent bassline and a suspended atmosphere, before opening up into a dream-pop-tinged chorus. The lyrics tell of a female figure insisting on delivering a message even beyond death:

Ten years passed in boredom I made my way to Paris

to stand before her gravestone I read the words in granite

One. two.

Three. Four. Five.

Make-up is a lie! All make-up, make-up is a lie!

The release comes amid the ongoing world tour, which has already taken in the United States, Canada, the UK and Europe. The new run of dates will resume in January and will include an Italian date on March 9th at the Fabrique in Milan.

“Make-Up Is A Lie” was recorded at Studio La Fabrique in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, in the south of France, produced by Joe Chiccarelli. The album features poetic, provocative lyrics, spare but varied arrangements, and a title that evokes an idea of direct, unmediated exposure.

On the record, Morrissey is joined by regular musicians from his entourage, including Jesse Tobias, Camila Grey, Carmen Vandenberg, Juan Galeano, Alain Whyte, Gustavo Manzur and Brendan Buckley. The tracklist includes songs the artist has referenced in the past, brand-new material, and a cover of Amazona by Roxy Music, taken from their 1973 album.

Editions and tracklist

“Make-Up Is A Lie” will be available on digital and physical formats. The vinyl will come out in three variants: blue, red, and Zoetrope picture disc. Here is the tracklist and the album cover:

1. You’re Right, It’s Time
2. Make-Up Is a Lie
3. Notre-Dame
4. Amazona (Roxy Music cover)
5. Headache
6. Boulevard
7. Zoom Zoom the Little Boy
8. The Night Pop Dropped
9. Kerching Kerching
10. Lester Bangs
11. Many Icebergs Ago
12. The Monsters of Pig Alley

2026 tour dates

U.S.

January 10 San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port

13 gennaio Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion

15 gennaio St. Louis, MO – The Factory

17 gennaio Atlanta, GA – The Fox Theatre

20 gennaio St. Petersburg, FL – Duke Energy Center for the Arts / Mahaffey Theater

January 22 Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live

Dominican Republic:

January 25 La Romana – Altos de Chavón

Europe / U.K.:

February 13 Aarhus – Scandinavian Congress Center

February 15 Hamburg – Sporthalle Hamburg

February 17 Frankfurt – Jahrhunderthalle

February 20 Esch-Sur-Alzette – Rockhal

February 24 Rotterdam – De Doelen

28 febbraio Londra – The O2

March 4 Lille – Zenith de Lille

7 marzo Zurigo – The Hall

March 9 Milan – Fabrique

March 12 Valencia – Palau de les Arts

March 14 Zaragoza – Auditorio de Zaragoza

March 16 Seville – Cartuja Center

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