Miranda Lambert releases ‘Actin Up’

Song is latest from forthcoming Palomino

Reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year Miranda Lambert reveals even more music off her forthcoming eighth studio album with the release of “Actin’ Up.” The cheeky mid-tempo anthem serves as the opening track on Palomino, set for release April 29th via Vanner Records/RCA Records Nashville.

Lambert performed the track during an impromptu appearance at her Casa Rosa bar on Nashville’s Lower Broadway on Sunday (Apr 3rd). Backup singer Gwen Sebastian was performing when Lambert popped in to appear and sing a few of her own songs.

With the progressive 15-song album, her first solo project since 2019’s GRAMMY-winning Wildcard (despite a busy interim that included releasing the GRAMMY-nominated collaborative project The Marfa Tapes as well as the Pistol Annies’ celebratory Hell of a Holiday), Lambert has crafted a record that explores the world and the people in it, seeking beauty and adventure all around. Yet even with primarily fictional characters leading the way, the Texan’s own identity emerges lyrically in the second verse of the lead track, out now: I got my own kind of country / Kind of funky.

That signature style will be on full display later this year, when Lambert heads to Las Vegas for her Velvet Rodeo residency. Tickets to the 24-date Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino residency beginning this September go on sale to the general public April 7th at 10 am PT via Ticketmaster.

In addition to her Las Vegas residency, fans can also hear the new music live when Lambert joins forces with Little Big Town to co-headline this spring’s The Bandwagon Tour, a joint outing produced by Live Nation, featuring The Cadillac Three as support on all dates and visiting 15 cities beginning Friday, May 6th in Houston.

“Actin’ Up” follows the release of her GRAMMY-nominated Elle King collaboration “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” hits Top 3 at country radio and “If I Was A Cowboy” continues to climb the Top 20.

Buddy Iahn
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