Globally acclaimed, Platinum-certified singer-songwriter and storyteller Michael Marcagi has released his highly-anticipated new Midwest Kid EP today via Warner Records. The 5-song EP opens with standout track “Wish I Never Met You” featuring Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers. Piano, tambourine, and sunny whistling brighten up the soundscape as Marcagi and Schultz lock into a magnetically melodic back-and-forth. It culminates on a chantable chorus, “It’s better to love you as I lose you. I don’t miss you. I wish I never met you at all.” Among other highlights, “Stick Around” swells from soft acoustic guitar-laden verses into a seismic refrain, “Cause I won’t go if you just stick around, and all my friends are leaving this town.”
Ultimately, the project not only places Marcagi’s vivid and vibrant songcraft front-and-center, but it also affirms his status as one of the most talked-about artists to watch over the past year. Across these tracks, he shows listeners where he came from and where he’s headed as one of the brightest and fastest-rising young songwriters of his generation.
“My new EP, ‘Midwest Kid’ includes 5 songs with a very similar theme,” Marcagi explains. ”It’s about the place I was born, raised, and still call home. It’s about starting this crazy new chapter of my life while navigating and maintaining the relationships I have with friends and family in my hometown. I’m very proud of where I’m from and I hope to carry that with me forever.”
Marcagi announced his arrival as a solo artist in 2024 with his Warner Records debut EP American Romance followed with his late night TV performance debut on Late Night With Seth Meyers.
Its Platinum-certified lead single, “Scared to Start,” reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, amassing more than 4 billion TikTok views and over 800 million global streams in the process. Outside the U.S., Marcagi has also earned Platinum and multi-Platinum certifications in Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa and Gold in Belgium and Brazil.
Marcagi is about to hit the road, supporting The Lumineers on their EU/UK arena tour. He will then return to the US to join Rainbow Kitten Surprise across the Southeast in June. Click HERE for tour and ticket details.
Michael Marcagi 2025 Tour Dates
*with The Lumineers
^with Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Apr 23 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle*
Apr 24 Prague, Czech Republic O2 Arena*
Apr 26 Munich, Germany Olympiahalle*
Apr 27 Milan, Italy Unipol Forum*
Apr 30 Bilbao, Spain Bilbao Arena*
May 02 Lisbon, Portugal MEO Arena*
May 03 Madrid, Spain WiZink*
May 06 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Rockhal*
May 08 Berlin, Germany Velodrom*
May 09 Copenhagen, Denmark Royal Arena*
May 11 Oslo, Norway Oslo Spektrum*
May 14 Hamburg, Germany Barclays Arena*
May 15 Cologne, Germany LANXESS Arena*
May 17 Amsterdam, Netherlands AFAS Live*
May 19 Brussels, Belgium Forest National*
May 20 Paris, France Adidas Arena*
May 22 Cardiff, UK Utilita Arena*
May 24 London, UK The O2*
May 25 Manchester, UK AO Arena*
May 28 Birmingham, UK Utilita Arena*
May 29 Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro*
May 31 Dublin, Ireland St. Anne’s Park*
Jun 14 Birmingham, AL Avondale Brewing Company^
Jun 17 Ft. Lauderdale, FL FTL War Memorial^
Jun 18 Clearwater, FL The Sound at Coachman Park^
Jun 20 Wilmington, NC Live Oak Bank Pavilion^
Jun 21 Simpsonville, SC CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park^
Aug 03 Saint Charles, IA Hinterland Music Festival
Sep 11 Louisville, KY Bourbon & Beyond Festival