Barns Courtney has never been one to sand down the edges, and his latest release makes that abundantly clear. The British rock firebrand just dropped the official live music video for “Hands,” the newest cut from his forthcoming live album Live and Wired, arriving June 26 via Avenue A/Virgin Records. If you’ve ever wondered what a controlled demolition set to music sounds like, this is your answer.

Filmed during Courtney’s recent show in Paris, the “Hands” video doesn’t just document a performance, it drops you straight into the middle of the storm. Sweat, swagger, combustion, and that full-body release that turns his gigs into something closer to a shared exorcism than a concert. The Paris crowd fires every word back at him, and Courtney sounds completely untamed, tearing through the track with the kind of feral intensity that studio recordings can only gesture at.

Watch the official live video for “Hands” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njLve3RgisM

“Hands” follows earlier 2026 releases “Green Door”, which soundtracked the trailer for the Netflix miniseries Wayward, and the previously issued live album cut “Kids.” Recorded in Paris and built from blown-out amps, crowd noise, and bruised knuckles, Live and Wired trades studio polish for pure impact. It preserves the crackle of the room, the roar of the crowd, and the feeling of an artist hurling everything he’s got into the moment. This is Barns Courtney exactly where he belongs: on stage, unfiltered, unpredictable, and dangerously close to the edge.

The video also lands in the middle of Courtney’s Unplugged Solo Acoustic Sessions Tour, which follows a North American run and rolls into European dates across Hungary, Germany, and Poland. The stripped-back shows reveal a different flavor of danger, one that can pull a room into dead silence with nothing but a guitar and a voice, then rattle the walls minutes later. It’s a reminder that whether he’s plugged in or unplugged, Courtney remains one of modern rock’s most magnetic live performers.

For anyone new to the story: Courtney is an artist who has outlasted more industry upheaval than most careers survive. Signed at 19, he weathered label collapses, disappearing A&Rs, catalogs sold out from under him, and years trapped in stalled contracts. He spent stretches sofa-surfing and grinding through odd jobs, refusing to disappear. His track “Fire” caught the ear of Bradley Cooper, who handpicked it for a film soundtrack, while his DIY single “Glitter & Gold,” recorded in an abandoned care home using filing cabinets for drums, quietly went platinum in the U.S. with no press or radio push. Multiple Top 10 alternative radio hits, Gold and Platinum certifications on both sides of the Atlantic, and a reputation for gloriously combustible live shows have followed.

Now newly independent with Avenue A, Courtney isn’t packaging a comeback narrative. He’s doing what he’s always done: turning real-life volatility into songs that refuse to go quietly. Live and Wired is proof the chaos didn’t kill him. It just made him louder.

Live and Wired is out June 26. Pre-order it, crank “Hands” until the neighbors complain, and if he’s rolling through your city on the acoustic run, do yourself a favor and grab a ticket.