Madi Diaz

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Madi Diaz

The Fatal Optimist European Tour 2026

Admission: 19:00
Start: 20:00

Madi Diaz went to the renowned Berklee College of Music after high school to develop as a songwriter. There she met Kyle Ryan, in whom she found an important collaborator. After the release of her debut album "Skin and Bone" in 2007, she finished her studies and wrote songs together with Ryan in New York City, where Madi was signed by Cherry Lane Music. Tours in support of The Civil Wars and Landon Pigg followed, as well as an appearance at SXSW 2009, while the center of her life gradually shifted to Nashville, Tennessee. In 2012, her second album "Plastic Moon" landed in the top 20 of the Billboard Heatseekers Charts. Madi Diaz released her third album "We Threw Our Hearts in the Fire" in October of that year and followed it up with her 2014 album "Phantom". After a long period of radio silence, the singer returned in 2018 with the release of the EP "It's Okay to be Alone". She signed with ANTI-Records in 2021. The album "History of a Feeling" followed in the same year, which opened an album trilogy with songs such as "Resentment" and "New Person, Old Place" and heralded the singer's breakthrough. In 2022, she played an NPR Tiny Desk Session, released another EP, "Same History, New Feelings", and toured as guitarist and backup singer on Harry Styles' European tour in 2023.

Madi Diaz made her international breakthrough in 2024 with her sixth album "Weird Faith". The work was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards, while the song "Don't Do Me Good" received a nomination for Best Americana Performance. She has won over not only critics, but also her audience and other artists she has collaborated with, with her lovingly crafted songs and a captivating storyline. On her last three albums, Madi Diaz has followed a stringent narrative: a trilogy about heartbreak. At the beginning of the story was "History of a Feeling", which dealt with a difficult break-up and an intense period of mourning - followed by a cautious sense of reinvention, at which point "Weird Faith" gave the confidence to overcome fears and insecurities. "Fatal Optimist", the seventh album of her career, can be seen as the final chapter of the trilogy and was named Album of the Week by Der Spiegel upon its release on October 10, 2025. The record represents her rawest and most honest work to date and begs her audience to get closer to her and listen to what she has to say this time. Two opportunities to do so will be found in the two intimate club concerts that Madi Diaz will play on her The Fatal Optimist European Tour 2026 in February 2026 at Berlin's Mikropol and Cologne's Blue Shell.