Turnpike Troubadours Tease New Album “The Price of Admission”
This story has been updated.
All indications are that the Turnpike Troubadours will be releasing a new album on April 11th called The Price of Admission. This is according to a billboard outside of Stillwater, Oklahoma that was recently populated with an ad saying as much. Though we don’t have any further details on the album, Saving Country Music has been able to confirm that the Billboard and the news is indeed authentic, meaning it’s no mirage or belated April Fool’s joke.
As we’ve seen over the years, Turnpike Troubadours secrets tend to be some of the worst kept in the music industry. From leaked tracks on TouchTunes, to half cocked preemptive reveals on their own website, the big surprise gets spoiled as Rolling Stone and their planned “exclusive” reveals get scuttled. In fact, some folks were able to find a new song called “Be Here” via TouchTunes again Friday night (4-5).
Perhaps this revelation was more planned, or maybe not. But both Turnpike frontman Evan Felker’s wife Staci Felker, and ‘Hammerin’ Hank Early have shared images of the Billboard via Instagram, so there is no attempt to hide or refute it. Bassist RC “Rooster” Edwards said, “Damn TouchTunes at it again with the early release.” Meanwhile, the band’s official website says something is “coming soon.” (Spoiler alert: it’s info on the new album).
Whether this most recent revelation was a carefully-placed Easter egg to get us all buzzing like we are or another timing mishap, it appears we’re getting a new Turnpike Troubadours album sooner than later.
April 11th will be the second day the band performs at the massive Boys of Oklahoma extravaganza set to transpire in Stillwater April 10th to 13th, with the centerpiece being the official reunification of Cross Canadian Ragweed at at T Boone Pickens Stadium. The Turnpike Troubadours are also performing on all days along with The Great Divide, Jason Boland and the Stragglers, Stoney LaRue, and The Mike McClure Band on a couple of days.
More info on the new Turnpike Troubadours album soon.
April 5, 2025 @ 4:24 am
Fingers crossed that this is a full album of new songs over a live album.
April 5, 2025 @ 5:44 am
I will take a live album, especially if it contains a version of Bossier City with horns.
I heard that version in Philly, and it struck with me ever since.
April 5, 2025 @ 7:58 am
I can confirm it is a studio album, not a live album.
April 5, 2025 @ 8:19 am
Did Shooter Jennings produce this one too? The last album lacked punch to my ears.
April 5, 2025 @ 8:24 am
Back in August they released a single on Amazon Music. Wes Sharon was credited as producer for that, so I would assume they’re working with him again.
April 5, 2025 @ 8:25 am
I am excited to hear that. Can it be purchased from Amazon? Or is it streaming only?
April 5, 2025 @ 9:10 am
Not 100% sure about producer yet. I can confirm it’s 11 songs.
April 5, 2025 @ 9:16 am
they were in LA in Jan working at Sunset Sound so it’s Shooter.
April 5, 2025 @ 11:18 am
Shooter again?
Ugh. Hopefully, he learned his lesson about burying the fiddle.
April 5, 2025 @ 10:24 am
This is good news to my ears and a full 11 tracks to boot! Live albums are fine but they don’t pack the same punch anymore when so many live sets end up on YouTube and elsewhere.
April 5, 2025 @ 4:44 am
Can’t wait! Still my favorite band and they’ve given us five albums of nothing but gold so no reason to think the next one won’t be great.
April 5, 2025 @ 10:21 am
I was like warm on A Cat in the Rain at first but it’s been by far my most listened to album since its release.
April 6, 2025 @ 7:45 am
Same here!
April 5, 2025 @ 5:46 am
Trigger,
The TT Reddit page has a snapshot of TouchTunes with a new song called “Be Here.”
April 5, 2025 @ 8:34 am
Twitter has gone nuts over it, everyone who’s heard it says it’s great
April 5, 2025 @ 7:53 am
I’m going to the Boys show on the 12th. This will be perfect!
April 5, 2025 @ 8:08 am
Perfect album for my drive from Houston to Oklahoma for the show. I typically don’t like to listen to the artists I’m going to see right before so I’m not burnt out on their songs, but with this being a new album it’ll definitely get several listens on the drive.
April 5, 2025 @ 8:03 am
I heard it at a dive bar on touchtunes last night. It was loud and a shitty sound system but the song sounded great. Sounded like a lot of harmonizing vocals akin th “Brought Me”.
April 5, 2025 @ 8:42 am
I think this was all planned this time. I think the TouchTunes release was a nod to the mistake that happened last time. Artists have been doing well with unexpected sudden releases, and they always seem to botch the rollout, so I think they just decided to build quick buzz and then release it. Also, there are going to be 160K people over 4 days at this festival that they can play the new songs for and get talking about the album. I think this makes a lot of sense.
April 5, 2025 @ 9:09 am
That very well could be the case. People don’t do “surprise” releases anymore that were the rage a few years ago, and with no rollout a week out, there had to be some plan. If dropping Easter Eggs was the plan, I’m not entirely against it. It’s a good way to stir a buzz.
April 5, 2025 @ 11:26 am
So dope Be Here sounds like it’s about rehab and it got leaked in bars. So dope.
April 6, 2025 @ 8:17 am
Love this. Wish they were playing more independent shows over festivals. It’d be great to see them do 2+ hr shows playing more of their catalog.
April 6, 2025 @ 8:19 am
I just hope it’s not as disappointing as the last album. “Chipping Mill” was really the only good song. A return to the classic turnpike sound for a full album would be nice
April 6, 2025 @ 9:18 am
I love Mean Old Sun, The Rut, Lucille.
April 6, 2025 @ 10:58 am
Where is the billboard? I live in Stillwater and have never seen it.
April 6, 2025 @ 10:49 pm
All good, but the headline definitely should have been “The Price of Admission has just gone up”
P.s. looking forward to it and also enjoyed the last one except the mention of cats. Horrible things.
April 7, 2025 @ 9:07 am
Hopefully those of us who have kids and jobs and can’t get to the bar can listen to Be Here soon!
April 8, 2025 @ 6:47 am
Instagram feed has first verse of what I imagine is the title track. It sounds even better to me than Be Here
April 8, 2025 @ 9:41 am
Many of you probably got the email that I did today that let’s you Pre-save the new album on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon music, TIDAL, DEEZER, SoundCloud and to pre-order it in the iTunes Store for $9.99. So it’s definitely for real and the release date is this Friday!!!
April 8, 2025 @ 3:13 pm
I got a text from the official Turnpike Fanclub. Also their Instagram has the track list and credits. Indeed, Shooter produced the album. 11 tracks as Trigger mentioned. Most written or co-written by Evan but not all. Another RC/Lance Roark, a John Fullbright co-write and some others in the mix. Hopefully they’ll play a couple on Thursday.