Barns Courtney Releases Official Music Video for "Hands"
BARNS COURTNEY RELEASES OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “HANDS” FROM
LIVE AND WIRED ALBUM OUT JUNE 26TH
LIVE AND WIRED CAPTURES THE CHAOS, CONNECTION & CATHARSIS OF COURTNEY’S RENOWNED LIVE SHOWS
Watch the official music video for “HANDS” HERE
Pre-Order Live and Wired HERE
Today, Barns Courtney turns up the voltage with the official live music video for his song “Hands,” the latest release from his forthcoming live album Live and Wired, out June 26 via Avenue A/Virgin Records. Shot during Courtney’s show in Paris - the video throws fans into the middle of the storm, capturing the sweat, swagger, combustion, and full-body release that have made his shows feel less like concerts and more like controlled demolition.
The live version of “Hands” follows previously released 2026 tracks “Green Door” (which was used in the trailer for the Netflix miniseries Wayward), and live album track “Kids” from the upcoming Live and Wired album. The new album is built from blown-out amps, crowd noise, bruised knuckles, and the kind of chaos that can only happen in a packed room. On “Hands,” Courtney sounds completely untamed, tearing through the song with a feral intensity as the Paris crowd fires every word back at him.
Watch “Hands” HERE & Stream the Song HERE
Pre-Order Live and Wired HERE
Recorded in Paris, Live and Wired captures Barns Courtney exactly where he belongs: on stage, unfiltered, unpredictable, and dangerously close to the edge. The album trades polish for impact, preserving the crackle of the room, the roar of the crowd, and the feeling of an artist hurling everything he has into the moment.
The video arrives as Courtney continues his Unplugged Solo Acoustic Sessions Tour, following a North American run and leading into dates across Europe. The intimate tour reveals a different kind of danger: stripped-back, exposed, and no less electric. Whether he’s rattling the walls of a club or pulling the room into dead silence with nothing but a guitar and a voice, Courtney remains one of modern rock’s most magnetic live performers.
Photo Credit: Savanah K Christian | High res download here
Barns Courtney is an artist who has lived through more industry upheaval than most could survive. Signed at 19, Courtney endured label collapses, disappearing A&Rs, catalogs sold out from under him, and years trapped in stalled contracts, but the songs kept cutting through. He spent years sofa-surfing and scraping by on odd jobs, refusing to disappear. His track “Fire” caught the attention of Bradley Cooper, who handpicked it for a film soundtrack, while his DIY single “Glitter & Gold,” recorded in an abandoned care home with filing cabinets for drums, quietly went platinum in the U.S. with no press or radio.
Since then, multiple Top 10 alternative radio hits, Gold and Platinum certifications across the U.S. and U.K., and a reputation for chaotic live shows that teeter gloriously on the brink of collapse have made him one of rock’s most unpredictable figures.
Now, newly independent with Avenue A, Courtney isn’t staging a comeback. He’s simply doing what he’s always done: turning real-life volatility into songs that refuse to go away. Live and Wired is proof that the chaos did not kill him. It made him louder.
Barns Courtney Unplugged Solo Acoustic Sessions Tour:
Sun, June 7 – Turbina Kulturális Központ – Budapest, Hungary
Tue, June 9 – Kranhalle – Munich, Germany
Wed, June 10 – Mikropol – Berlin, Germany
Fri, June 12 – Klub Mechanik – Warsaw, Poland
* Unplugged Solo Acoustic Sessions Tour
