On Sunday, Big Thief debuted their next album at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Titled Horsepower, it’s a triple LP that features Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, and Iris DeMent, all of whom joined the trio onstage. Photo and video was prohibited at the show, but you can check out a setlist from the evening below.
Introducing the record, Adrianne Lenker joked, “If you had some hopes of hearing some of the songs you might know—those can be discarded.” Although the band didn’t perform Horsepower in sequence, they did play the 29-song project in full. They were also joined by the wider band who they made it with: Russ Pahl and Greg Leisz on pedal steel and guitar, and Hannah Read, Richard Bowden, and Zosha Warpeha on fiddle.
Many of the new tracks have been kicking around the group or Lenker’s live sets for years. The band debuted two of the songs—“Carry,” and “Space and Time”— back in May during a session in a field for Belgium’s Radio 1.
Big Thief released their most recent album (and first as a trio), Double Infinity, in 2025. Next month, they’ll kick off another leg of touring behind the record, which will take them around North America before a final show at Denver’s Red Rocks on October 6.
Big Thief at the Ryman Auditorium Set List 2026:
Horsepower
Baby Honey Sweetheart Darlin’
Wait a While
Space and Time
21
Casual Touch
Muscle Memory
Highway
Stay
Carry
Sadness as a Gift
True Love
Where Will We Go
Beautiful World
Faker
Loneliest Boy
Happiness
Oldest
Bright Future
Beautiful Powerful
Avalanche, Hurricane
Snail
Spatchcock Chickenshit Bingo
Trade Tomorrow
6-7-8-9 She’s Fine
These Are the Days
No Matter What
Born For Loving You
Gift Pleasure Joy
