Noah Kahan Reflects on Massive Year of ‘Change and Adaptation’ in Jan. 1 Message: ‘I Hope 29 Teaches Me Even Half As Much’
The singer, who was born on Jan. 1, 1997, got married in his home state of Vermont in August to his longtime girlfriend.
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The singer, who was born on Jan. 1, 1997, got married in his home state of Vermont in August to his longtime girlfriend.
Noah Kahan performs on the Great Oak stage during BST Hyde Park at Hyde Park on July 04, 2025 in London, England. Gus Stewart/Redferns
Noah Kahan had a lot to celebrate when the calendar flipped to 2026 this week. In addition to performing for a massive crowd at the Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. and filming a documentary about his rocket ride to international stardom, the singer also married his longtime girlfriend in an intimate ceremony in his native Vermont in August.
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The “No Complaints” singer counted his good fortune and blessings in an Instagram post on Thursday (Jan. 1) in which he raised a glass to toast the past and the future. “28 was change and adaptation and understanding and growing and trying to go backwards and forwards at once and coming to terms with and accepting and being filled with gratitude and wondering why this happened to me and feeling left out of something important and trying to find the bottom of a never ending landfill,” he wrote in the run-on sentence message.
He continued, “and making the little guy proud and taking it all in and never turning my head away from the windshield even when I was terrified of the road in front of me and god I hope 29 teaches me even half as much.” Kahan celebrated his 29th birthday on New Year’s Day.
At press time the singer only has a handful of live dates on tap for 2026 so far, including a slot at the Out of the Blue Festival in Cancun, Mexico (Jan. 8-11) and this summer’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN on June 14.
Kahan launched a TikTok account in December where he’s been sharing snippets of new music and, on New Year’s Day, wrote a heartfelt letter to fans wishing them a happy new year and promising that “it feels like I’m coming out of hibernation” this year, appearing to tease a possible follow-up to his breakthrough third studio album, 2022’s .
