Orville Peck Debuts at the Hollywood Bowl on the Day Mule Arrived

Orville Peck headlined the Hollywood Bowl for the first time on the release day of Mule, with Noah Cyrus on "Atchafalaya" and Dolly Parton in the encore.

Orville Peck played his first Hollywood Bowl headlining show on Friday, September 18, 2026, the same day Warner Records released Mule, his fourth studio album. The record, produced by Jay Joyce, tells in sequence the story of his overdose, rehab and sobriety, and the show was built around it.

Before he walked on, the house played Charley Crockett's "$10 Cowboy" and then "Prologue (Eulogy of a Man Turned Mule)," the album's opening track, which features Emmylou Harris, Noah Cyrus and Allison Russell. Peck opened live with "Big Ol' House" and ran a 21-song main set from 9:20 p.m.

Noah Cyrus came out for "Atchafalaya," the duet the two share. Peck also sang Ned Sublette's "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other," and moved through new material including "The Fall" and "Too Little, Too Late," one of the album's first singles, alongside older songs such as "Turn to Hate," "Dead of Night" and "Hexie Mountains." "Bronco" closed the main set.

The encore was two songs: Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You," then "Daytona Sand." The set ended at 10:45 p.m.

Deloyd Elze opened at 8:00 p.m., followed by Lucius at 8:30. Mule follows Stampede, the 2024 duets album, and the 2025 EP Appaloosa.