Shawn Mendes unveils new song ‘When You’re Gone’

On March 19, the Toronto-born singer-songwriter took to the stage of the Moody Amphitheater in Austin, Texas for Billboard and Samsung’s The Stage, where he introduced his new song “When You’re Gone”, reports Billboard.

With a special performance at the Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park in Austin, Mendes was able to demonstrate both his unyielding passion for playing live shows and ambition for pushing his creative limits. At long last, Mendes will be able to support his 2020 album Wonder on the road later this year after pandemic-caused delays, and he used a hyper-spirited SXSW performance to preview blown-out, rafter-rattling treatments of the album tracks, as well as a few new songs ready to be flaunted from city to city. If authenticity is Mendes’ ultimate goal, Saturday night’s show — every handclap, howl, croon and charismatic grin emitted from the stage — was a satisfying start to the singer-songwriter showing his full self to his fans during this period of personal growth.

Back in January, Mendes postponed the UK and European leg of his ‘Wonder’ world tour to 2023, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Mendes saved the new song for late in his set, reported Billboard, performing the new track as his second-last in the set, which also featured his first-ever live performance of new single “It’ll Be Okay”.

Describing “When You’re Gone” as “a rollicking pop-rock track that sounds ready for radio play,” Billboard‘s review declared that song and “It’ll Be Okay” “possess a weight and polish that could make them staples of Mendes’ set for years to come.”