In 2026, for the 20th anniversary of their most successful album Foiled , Blue October plan to release it on vinyl for the first time, and stage a tour in which they will play all the songs from the album from start to finish.
Later in 2026 they plan to release their long-awaited thirteenth studio album.
On March 31, 2025, Blue October’s latest single, “Hot Stuff”, was released.
They plan to record their next album in 2025, as well as staging some special events to coincide with the band’s 30th anniversary, and re-release of their back catalog.
In the summer of 2025 Blue October played a tour to celebrate their 30th anniversary as a band
and released their first four albums on vinyl for the first time as a box set entitled “The Collected Series”.
For their Fall 2025 “We Didn’t Die Young” tour, the set featured songs with a theme of perseverance through loss and other obstacles, and the band was joined by guitarist Will Knaak.
The album, which contains remixes from the band’s previous five albums as well as two previously unreleased songs, was released to streaming services on Justin Furstenfeld’s 49th birthday, December 14, 2024.
In March 2024, Blue October released a new single, “Everything We Lost in the Fire” (with lyrics by Justin Furstenfeld and music by Matt Noveskey and Paco Estrada ).
During the summer of 2024, Blue October embarked on a nationwide triple headliner tour with Switchfoot and Matt Nathanson , playing mostly outdoor venues and rotating the lineup order each night.