FANS TURN OUT FOR THE HEAD AND THE HEART COLLABORATION WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY

ARTIST PRESALE SELLS OUT ONE-NIGHT-ONLY PERFORMANCE AT BENAROYA HALL 

Seattle, WA – The Head and The Heart’s one-night-only performance with the Seattle Symphony has officially sold out during the fan presale. Tickets are no longer available for the general onsale which was scheduled for Friday, August 22 at 11 a.m. PT.

This overwhelming fan response demonstrates the fever pitch of anticipation for this upcoming collaboration between indie folk rock sextet The Head and The Heart and the Seattle Symphony. Tickets for the Friday, February 6, 2026, concert sold out in a matter of hours.

For their Benaroya Hall debut, The Head and The Heart will perform their double platinum debut album in its entirety, with the Seattle Symphony providing new orchestration and offering fans a unique live experience. The concert will also include beloved classics like “Let’s Be Still” and “Honeybee” as well as favorite from the band’s new album, Aperture. This show concludes the band’s electrifying three-leg headlining tour across the United States and Canada.

Founded in 2009, the Seattle-born band has performed at Coachella, Red Rocks Amphitheatre an Lollapalooza, appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and has released six full-length albums, including a platinum-selling debut and this year's Aperture on its own Every Shade of Music imprint under Verve Forecast. 

Ticket Information 

For more information on tickets, visit seattlesymphony.org or contact the Seattle Symphony Ticket Office. The Seattle Symphony Ticket Office is located in Benaroya Hall, at Third Avenue and Union Street. The Ticket Office can be reached by phone at 206.215.4747 during the following times: Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.  

THE HEAD AND THE HEART

As The Head and the Heart toured behind their 2022 album, Every Shade of Blue, Jonathan Russell realized something needed to change inside the band he had co-founded a dozen years earlier: the entire songwriting process. Sure, the band had released platinum singles, including “Honeybee” and “All We Ever Knew,” but the tandem of success and encroaching adulthood had forced sometimes-unspoken changes over the years. Russell, for instance, often took on lead songwriting duties, even bringing in outside collaborators to bolster his ideas. That early band energy faded a bit, a slight disconnect forming between the songs and the members, even between one another. 

Aperture — The Head and the Heart’s sixth album and its first since signing to Verve Forecast — is the affirming sound of a restart. After leading so much of the songwriting during the last decade, Russell ceded that role to everyone, shooing away siloed work for a highly collaborative approach where everyone hatched tunes together in a room or passed ideas between coasts. With every song fortified by the sense of beginning again, Aperture is The Head and the Heart’s most vital and poignant album. It is the best work the band has ever done. 

Really, all of Aperture sounds like the work of a band reaching unimagined levels of camaraderie and mutual risk as one, at once. A spirited homage to honesty and love, “Jubilee” is like the sun suddenly bursting from the clouds. It bounces like a piece of pop-punk and arcs like a Springsteen classic. During “Beg Steal Borrow,” The Head and The Heart’s trademark harmonies conjure communal aspirations. And there may be no better summary of this fellow feeling than the mighty “Arrow,” a shout-along song about sometimes needing the space to roam and fail on your own, and sometimes needing to be guided and helped by those around you. The Head and The Heart has finally found a way for its six members to find their own ideas and then build them, together, into something magnificent. 

SEATTLE SYMPHONY

Under the leadership of Music Director Xian Zhang, the Seattle Symphony unleashes the power of music, brings people together and lifts the human spirit. Recognized as one of the “most vital American orchestras” (NPR), the Seattle Symphony is internationally acclaimed for its inventive programming, community-minded initiatives and superb recordings on the Seattle Symphony Media label. With a strong commitment to new music and a legacy of over 150 recordings, the orchestra has won five Grammy Awards, 27 Grammy nominations, two Emmy Awards and was named Gramophone’s 2018 Orchestra of the Year. The Symphony performs in Benaroya Hall in the heart of downtown Seattle from September through July, reaching over 750,000 people annually through live performances and radio broadcasts.

BENAROYA HALL 

Benaroya Hall, the home of the Seattle Symphony, is located in downtown Seattle. Opened in 1998, Benaroya Hall is the most-visited performing arts venue in Seattle. It has received numerous awards, including a 2001 American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Honor Award for outstanding architecture. Benaroya Hall has three versatile performance venues, the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall and Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center, all renowned for their pristine acoustics, luxurious design and prime location. For additional information, including rental information, event listings and public tour schedules, please visit benaroyahall.org.

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KEXP is co-presenting The Head and The Heart with the Seattle Symphony.