Michael Monroe Releases New Album, Premieres New Single, Video; Tour With Buckcherry To Launch Tuesday

By: Philip Sayblack / Phil's Picks

​Independent rocker Michael Monroe released his new album, single and video this week.
Monroe released his new album, Outerstellar Friday. Ahead of its release, Monroe released the album’s third single, ‘Shinola‘ Wednesday. The song’s musical arrangement is an upbeat garage rock/punk style composition that lends itself to comparison to works from Social Distortion front man Mike Ness.
The song’s lyrical theme centers on a toxic figure who basically gets his in the end. Monroe briefly addressed the song’s theme in a prepared statement.
“‘Shinola’ was obviously originally written about a certain jerk but unfortunately most of us can relate as we know a lot of them,” said Monroe. “There’s a lot of negative, ignorant idiots in the world and sometimes it’s good to vent frustrations by singing about it. And Karma always gets us in the end anyway!”
Outerstellar has produced two other singles ahead of this latest single’s release in the form of ‘Rockin’ Horse,’ and ‘Disconnected.’ Both singles are streaming here.
In other news, Michael Monroe will promote his new album on tour across Europe and the United Kingdom beginning Tuesday as he provides support to Buckcherry for its current headlining tour. The full schedule for that tour is noted below:
2026:
24 Feb The 1865, Southampton (UK)
25 Feb O2 Ritz, Manchester (UK)
27 Feb KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton (UK)
28 Feb Northumbria Institute, Newcastle (UK)
1 Mar SWG3, Glagsgow (UK)
3 Mar Tramshed, Cardiff (UK)
4 Mar The Foundry, Torquay (UK)
6 Mar Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
7 Mar O2 Forum, London (UK)
8 Mar Chalk, Brighton (UK)
3-7 Apr Underground Garage Cruise, Miami (US) to Cozumel (MX)
17 Apr Tavastia Club, Helsinki (FI)
18 Apr Logomo Teatro, Turku (FI)
25 Apr Viking Grace, Turku (FI)
30 Apr Ikaalinen Spa & Resort, Ikaalinen (FI)
1 May House Of Rock Bar, Kouvola (FI)
2 May Finlandia-Klubi, Lahti (FI)
7 May Hyvinkääsali, Hyvinkää (FI)
8 May Espoo Cultural Centre, Espoo (FI)
9 May Mikaeli, Mikkeli (FI)
15 May Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FI)
3-6 June Sweden Rock Festival, Sölvesborg (SE)
3 Jul Kipinä Festival, Helsinki (FI)
10 Jul Hiidenkirnu Festival, Nummela (FI)
17 Jul Vauhtiajot, Seinäjoki (FI)
1 Aug Loisto Festarit, Pudasjärvi (FI)
19 Sep Rock The Sun Festival, Barcelona (ES)
More information on Michael Monroe’s new album, single, and video is available along with all of his latest news at:


Website: https://michaelmonroe.com/web


Facebook: https://facebook.com/michaelmonroeofficial


Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelmonroe