Switchfoot Release New Single, ‘I Need You (To Be Wrong)’

In addition to the new single, Switchfoot will be hitting the road in the fall of 2021.

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May 8, 2021

Photo: Erik Frost

Grammy Award-winning band Switchfoot have shared “i need you (to be wrong),” the first new, original music from the rock band since 2019’s acclaimed studio album, Native Tongue.

Produced by Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Andrew Bird), “i need you (to be wrong)” questions what it means to be right and the importance of acknowledging one’s own blind spots.

Says the group’s frontman, Jon Foreman: “I began writing this song more than a decade ago, during a season of personal friction. Insecurity. Doubt. Fear. Inspired by the tale of Mr. Hyde, asking: Who can I trust? Who am I? Years later, the song remained as unfinished as the questions themselves, but it began speaking to us in ways that it never had before. And so we began the process of finishing it. And while we began to unpack the song, the song was unpacking us. Maybe our enemy is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.”

Switchfoot - i need you (to be wrong) [Official Audio]

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Additionally, Switchfoot recently announced that they will join long-time friends NEEDTOBREATHE on their Fall 2021 It’s A Mystery headlining, U.S. tour along with rising indie-pop group, The New Respects. The 37-city run kicks off on September 7 in St. Louis, MO and will hit major markets across the U.S. including Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, CO, The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, and Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN.

This tour marks the first time all three bands have been back on the road since live shows were shut down in March of 2020 due to COVID-19. Tickets will go on sale May 14, 2021 at 12 PM local time. For more information visit www.switchfoot.com.

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Switchfoot Fall 2021 Tour Dates:

September 07 St. Louis, MO @ Saint Louis Music Park

September 08 Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre

September 10 Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre

September 11 Salt Lake City, UT @ Sandy City Amphitheater

September 13 Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Federal Theatre

September 14 San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

September 16 Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre

September 18 Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheater

September 19 Seattle, WA @ Marymoor Amphitheater