“The Late Show” by Evan Honer

"The Late Show" by Evan Honer is Northern Transmissions Song of the Day. The Singer/songwriter's track is now available via DSPs
Evan Honer photo credit Harrison Hargrave

Evan Honer’s latest single “The Late Show,” co-written with Jesse Woods and Beau Bedford, and co-produced with Garrett Hall and Shane Travis. The track follows his recently released EP 4 songs recorded with producer and songwriter Steve Rusch, and featuring “pull me out,” written with Medium Build. The pair debuted the song onstage at Newport Folk Festival this summer. Honer has also released two full albums: ‘Everything I Wanted (& more),’ a deluxe edition of his album, and Halfway, a 10-track collection available only on vinyl. He toured extensively, including support for Tyler Childers, Mt. Joy, his Red Rocks debut alongside The Head and The Heart, and several festival headlines.

Honer also found time in 2026 to launch The Cloverdale Project, an initiative in partnership with Plus1 to direct tour and label revenue to funding for worthwhile causes; he donated more than $20,000 in ticket sales from his last tour to The Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance.

Evan Honer 2026 Tour Dates

October 17 | Wilmington, NC at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater
October 18 | Saxapahaw, NC at Haw River Ballroom
October 21 | Norwalk, CT at District Music Hall
October 23 | Providence, RI at Fete Music Hall
October 24 | Portland, ME at State Theatre
October 25 | South Burlington, VT at Higher Ground Ballroom
October 27 | Grand Rapids, MI at Elevation
October 28 | Louisville, KY at Headliners Music Hall
October 30 | Indianapolis, IN at HI-FI Annex
October 31 | Madison, WI at Majestic Theatre
November 2 | St. Louis, MO at The Sovereign
November 6 | Cheyenne, WY at The Lincoln Cheyenne
November 7 | Missoula, MT at The Wilma
November 9 | Spokane, WA at Knitting Factory – Spokane
November 10 | Bend, OR at Midtown Ballroom
November 11 | Sacramento, CA at Ace of Spades
November 13 | San Luis Obispo, CA at Fremont Theater
November 14 | Riverside, CA at Farm House Collective
November 17 | San Antonio, TX at Stable Hall
November 18 | Austin, TX at Emo’s Austin
November 20 | Pensacola, FL at Vinyl Music Hall
November 20-22 | St. Petersburg, FL at St. Pete Country Fest 2026

LYRICS

If I get my act together
I could finally have a good day
There’s some ties need to sever, and some friends I want to tether till I’m lying in the grave

If I bought better mirror
I’d see me as a real man
My face would become clearer
I could grow a better beard
And I wouldn’t ever feel sad

If I let go
of my ego
I’d be just like all my hero’s

Write a good song
Play the late show
Jimmy laughs at my jokes

Then I’ll die young
In a mansion
And I’d it all alone

Now that i pieced it altogether
Things are looking upside down
I think I misremembered just a lil off center close to falling out

Been staring at the Sun
Been doing it for weeks
The answers right here but I’m too f*cking dumb to see it’s right in front of me

If I let go
Of my ego
I’d be just like all my hero’s

Write a good song
Play the late show
Jimmy laughs at my jokes

Then I’ll die young
In a mansion
And I’d it all alone

So I’ll buy more shit it makes me happier
If I push it all down well that would have to work
And if you loved me more I wouldn’t still be in love with her

So I let go
Of my ego
Became just like all my hero’s

Wrote a good song
Played the late show
Went exactly how I planned it to go

When I let go
‘Cause I let go
I just let go
So I let go

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