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What Pat Metheny is doing now

A short, curated status report. Every fact links to its source. For tour dates and tickets, the official word is always patmetheny.com.

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Side-Eye III+ is out

Side-Eye III+ was released on February 27, 2026. It is Pat’s first major studio album in six years and the first release on his own imprint, Uniquity Music. The core trio is Pat with Chris Fishman on keyboards and Joe Dyson on drums, joined by Daryl Johns, Brandee Younger, Luis Conte and a vocal ensemble led by Mark Kibble of Take 6. Source: patmetheny.com

In On It (visualizer), from Side-Eye III+ — open on YouTube

A new home for the catalog: Uniquity Music

On October 20, 2025, Primary Wave Music announced a partnership with Pat covering his publishing and recordings, and the launch of Uniquity Music with Green Hill Music. Source: Primary Wave Premier Guitar reported that Uniquity plans to re-release his records from Song X onward. Source: Premier Guitar

Since August 2026, Pat’s official YouTube channels have been posting visualizers for the Song X sessions with Ornette Coleman. Watch them here. Source: official YouTube

On the road in 2026

The Side-Eye III+ world tour played the US in March and April and Europe in June and July, including two nights at London’s Barbican on July 18–19. Source: BroadwayWorld Canadian dates ran October 5–9, 2026: Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto’s Massey Hall. Source: Exclaim!

On tour, the trio grows to a quintet with bassist Jermaine Paul and percussionist and vocalist Leonard Patton. Source: Premier Guitar

What’s next

In a September 30, 2026 interview with GBH, Pat said he has played about 300 trio concerts with Fishman and Dyson, and that he plans to record a new album with the five-piece band after the tour. Source: GBH

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