James Taylor announced his 2026 tour dates on Tuesday, January 13, including 29 shows across the US. The tour will play in New York on June 18th in Bethel, June 23rd in Wantagh, and June 29th in Saratoga Springs. Taylor will play at the beautiful Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, MA, on July 3rd and July 4th. Tickets for the 2026 summer tour go on sale on Friday, January 16, at 10 AM ET.
Over the course of his celebrated songwriting and performing career, Taylor has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards since the release of his self-titled debut album in 1968. In 2015, Taylor released Before This World, the first-ever #1 album of his career.
Taylor has won multiple GRAMMY Awards, has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame. In February 2006, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences selected him as its MUSICARES Person of the Year. Taylor was also awarded the distinguished Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government and the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama in 2012.
In November of 2015, James Taylor was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In December of 2016, he received the Kennedy Center Honors, which are presented annually to individuals who have enriched American culture by distinguished achievement in the performing arts…