Orville Peck brings "Mule" to The Truth on Sunday, Nov. 15

The masked country singer's Man Turned Mule Tour reaches Nashville with Abbie Callahan opening, two months after his most personal album.

Orville Peck has spent a career behind a fringed mask. His new album is the least hidden he has ever been. *Mule* tells the story of addiction, sobriety and a life rebuilt, in order from start to finish, and on Sunday, Nov. 15, Nashville hears it live.

Orville Peck plays The Truth at 8 p.m., with Nashville singer-songwriter Abbie Callahan opening. Tickets are $35–$223.60 through Ticketmaster. The Truth holds 4,400.

*Mule* came out Sept. 18 on Warner Records. It's his fourth studio album, and his label's announcement called it "a candid, chronological account of addiction, sobriety and a life rebuilt." It opens with "Prologue (Eulogy of a Man Turned Mule)," which features Emmylou Harris, Noah Cyrus and Allison Russell. Peck also shared the single "Too Little Too Late" ahead of the release. MusicRow framed the album as Peck reckoning with the past while looking to the future. That's heavier material than the cowboy camp some casual listeners expect from him.

The Man Turned Mule Tour, announced in July, is a fall theater run. It opened Oct. 28 in Sacramento and has since gone through Orange County, Phoenix, Denver, Minneapolis–St. Paul and Madison. From there it heads to two nights at Brooklyn Paramount on Nov. 9 and 10 and a Canadian swing before Nashville. The run closes Nov. 22 in Huntington, New York, so Nashville falls in the last week, when a band has had a few weeks to get these songs tight.

Nashville hears it live.

There's a reason the Nashville date stands out. Peck has spent years pulling at country music's edges from the outside, and *Mule* brings Harris, one of the genre's most respected voices, onto its opening track. Playing a record like that for a Nashville crowd carries some extra weight. So does having a local opener: Callahan has been on the whole tour, per Isthmus, and Sunday is a homecoming for her.

There's also a cause attached. According to Isthmus, $1 from each North American ticket goes to The Trevor Project.

Practical notes: it's a Sunday night, so plan your ride and your Monday. The price range is wide, from $35 to $223.60, so it's worth comparing sections before you buy. Get there early enough to catch Callahan's set.

Bring the boots if you've got them. You'll be in good company.

Sources: Orville Peck announces new album Mule (Warner Music Australia) (warner-music-australia.prezly.com); Orville Peck Announces 'Man Turned Mule Tour' (Pollstar) (news.pollstar.com); Orville Peck announces new album Mule for September 2026 release, tour dates (mxdwn) (music.mxdwn.com); Orville Peck reckons with the past, looks to the future on new LP Mule (MusicRow) (musicrow.com); Orville Peck at Brooklyn Paramount on November 9th and 10th (mxdwn) (music.mxdwn.com); Orville Peck, Abbie Callahan (Isthmus) (isthmus.com); Orville Peck announces 4th studio album 'Mule' (Melodic Magazine) (melodicmag.com); Ticketmaster – Orville Peck at The Truth (ticketmaster.evyy.net)