Miley Cyrus, Now Performing as 'Miley,' Sets Tenth Album and First Hollywood Bowl Headline Shows

Miley Cyrus announced on Tuesday that she will release her tenth studio album, "Bass Persuades," on September 18 through Atlantic Records, and will mark the release with two concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles — the first time she has headlined the historic amphitheater. The announcement, posted to her social media accounts, came one day after the singer quietly began performing and promoting herself under a single name, "Miley," dropping "Cyrus" from her public branding.

The shows, on October 16 and 18, were confirmed on the venue's own listing on the Hollywood Bowl's official events calendar, which lists the band Model/Actriz as the supporting act for both nights. Cyrus made the announcement herself in a post from her account, now rebranded simply as "MILEY" on the social platform X, writing: "It's been a while. The Hollywood Bowl is my favorite place to experience music and see my favorite artists. I've sat in those seats many times, but I've never taken the stage."

The numbers

"Bass Persuades" is a ten-track record, according to its pre-order listing on Apple Music, which credits the release to "MCEO, Inc., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation." The tracklist, corroborated by multiple outlets covering the announcement, includes the title track, "Different Religion" featuring the band Model/Actriz, "Let's Get Married," "Orbit," "Aftermath," "REDLIGHTS," "Neon Signs" featuring Andrew Wyatt of Miike Snow, "Innocent Ways," "Snow" and a closing remix of the title track.

The Hollywood Bowl, the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, seats roughly 17,500 to 18,000 people per show, meaning the two-night stand could draw well over 30,000 ticket buyers. Tickets go on sale to the general public on September 10 at 10 a.m. Pacific through Ticketmaster, according to Pollstar's reporting on the on-sale schedule. An American Express cardholder presale opens September 8 at 10 a.m. Pacific, with an artist presale — accessible to fans who register at Cyrus's newly rebranded website — following on September 9.

How the rebrand and label change came about

Cyrus's decision to drop her surname was first noticed on August 31, when her website address shifted from mileycyrus.com to mileyofficial.com and her social handles were updated to read simply "Miley." Neither Cyrus nor her representatives have offered a formal explanation for the change, though the timing — a day ahead of a major album and touring announcement — points to a rebrand tied to this album cycle rather than a permanent legal name change.

"Bass Persuades" is also Cyrus's first release for Atlantic Records. Her previous album, "Something Beautiful," came out in May 2025 on Columbia Records, which had been her label home since her earliest recordings; Cyrus signed with Atlantic in mid-2026, according to the album's own release history. A label jump for an artist of Cyrus's stature is a significant piece of music-industry business in its own right, and it sets up "Bass Persuades" as a test of what a new label regime can do for an artist who has already delivered two Grammy Awards — for record of the year and best pop solo performance — with 2023's single "Flowers."

The Hollywood Bowl dates also represent a return to full-scale live performance that Cyrus has largely avoided for more than a decade. Her last dedicated concert tour, the Bangerz Tour, wrapped in 2014; since then, as Variety noted in its report on the announcement, she has largely limited her live appearances to festival sets, awards-show performances and New Year's Eve broadcasts rather than headline tours.

Who is affected

The announcement lands as a win for Atlantic Records, which inherits an artist with an established fan base and a fresh commercial narrative to promote, and for the Hollywood Bowl and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which will host a pop headliner outside its usual classical and legacy-act programming — a booking Deadline described as a rare venue-exclusive engagement for an artist of Cyrus's profile. Model/Actriz, the experimental rock act tapped as both a credited collaborator on "Bass Persuades" and the opening act for both shows, stands to gain significant exposure from a pairing with one of pop's most consistently visible stars. Ticketmaster and the concert-promotion apparatus around the shows will also see a surge in demand typical of a high-profile, venue-exclusive engagement, with presale windows structured to spread that demand across a full week.

"Music takes hold of us. We feel it, sing it, sometimes dance to it, let it out and carry on. It is powerful, vulnerable, sweet and strong. Heart full, heartache, every part of life in between. That's what the title means to me."

That description of the album's title, posted by Cyrus alongside the announcement, frames "Bass Persuades" as a continuation of the introspective, relationship-focused songwriting that has defined her recent work — a tone distinct from the party-anthem sound of the Bangerz era that made her a fixture of pop radio a decade ago.

What happens next

The album's arrival on September 18 will be the first concrete test of how Cyrus's new label and rebranded identity land with both critics and listeners. Ticket sales for the Hollywood Bowl shows will offer an early, measurable signal of demand: presales begin September 8, with general on-sale set for September 10, roughly a week before fans can hear the finished record. If the two October dates sell strongly, industry observers are likely to read it as validation of Atlantic's bet on the singer and as evidence that a decade-plus break from full touring has done little to diminish her draw. A wider tour beyond the two Hollywood Bowl dates has not been announced.