The Maine Complete 'Joy Next Door' With Surprise Final Track

Official Announcement | Published: May 17, 2026 4:21 PM EDT

(Muses) They may have recently released their standout tenth studio LP, Joy Next Door, but The Maine - John O'Callaghan, Kennedy Brock, Jared Monaco, Garrett Nickelsen, and Pat Kirch - proudly put the finishing touches on the already-beloved project.

"Parking Garage Song #5," the bright, acoustic-anchored new song officially out with an accompanying music video, is not a "bonus song" for a "deluxe" edition, the band says, but rather the last, highly necessary puzzle piece that completes Joy Next Door.

"The recording of Joy Next Door felt like a marathon as we spent months on end "perfecting" every song to create an album we are extremely proud of. During that process there was a tune we kept circling back to, that for whatever reason wouldn't quite fully materialize even though we all felt it's magic. The song spoke to what those obscure and ever-evolving four numbers in 8123 have meant to all of us for well over 20 years now. We were certain we couldn't release it into the world until it was exactly how we heard it in our heads, so over the past few weeks on tour we finally realized and finished, "Parking Garage Song #5." This is not "deluxe" or "bonus;" this is what we intended to create and share with the 8123 family. So without any further ado, THIS IS OUR TENTH STUDIO ALBUM, JOY NEXT DOOR." -The Maine

The Maine recently wrapped their first Stateside headline tour in nearly two years - the biggest on sale of their career to date -and are preparing to cross the pond later this year for an 8-city European headline tour kicking off this September, the beloved five-piece's biggest European outing to date. Today a new slate of fall US headline tour dates are officially on sale. Kicking off on August 20 in Tucson, Arizona, the 11-show trek finds the Maine criss-crossing the country, touching down on stages everywhere from Anaheim to Chicago, Baltimore and Worcester. See the full list of fall headline tour dates below.

Arriving at the height of the band's career, Joy Next Door is arguably the band's most essential album yet. Unsurprisingly for a band that's always valued the artistry and craft of an album, the new LP was written and recorded in sequential order to emphasize the storytelling approach to the LP. Furthermore, following the band's longstanding tradition of each era relating to a specific color, the Joy Next Door era is green.

A vibrant and ever-evolving rock band with over one Billion global streams to date and more than 1 million followers across social media, The Maine have cultivated a dedicated fanbase over their nearly two decade career that's included nine studio albums (2008-2023), five of which charted on the Billboard 200. They've continued to chart their own course since their inception with their 2008 debut album, Can't Stop Won't Stop, including the Top Five Alternative Radio hit in 2022 with "Loved You A Little." Over the course of their acclaimed career, the band has toured and performed at festivals worldwide, including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, as well as headlining their own sold-out 8123 Fest in their hometown of Tempe, Arizona.

THE MAINE US TOUR DATES
August 20, 2026 La Rosa - Tucson, AZ
August 21, 2026 House of Blues Anaheim - Anaheim, CA
August 22, 2026 - Channel 24 - Sacramento, CA
November 05, 2026 - MegaCorp Pavilion - Newport, KY
November 06, 2026 - Egyptian Room at Old National Centre - Indianapolis, IN
November 07, 2026 - The Rave/Eagles Club- Milwaukee, WI
November 09, 2026 - The Queen - Wilmington, DE
November 10, 2026 - Nevermore Hall - Baltimore, MD
November 11, 2026 - Archer Music Hall - Allentown, PA
November 13, 2026 - The Wellmont Theater - Montclair, NJ
November 14, 2026 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA

THE MAINE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
September 17, 2026 - Stadthalle - Cologne, Germany
September 18, 2026 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, Netherlands
September 19, 2026 - Kesselhaus - Berlin, Germany
September 20, 2026 - den Atelier - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
September 23, 2026 - SWG3 TV Studio - Glasgow, UK
September 24, 2026 - O2 Institute - Birmingham, UK
September 25, 2026 - Roundhouse -London, UK
September 26, 2026 - Academy- Manchester, UK