The Story is the fourteenth and final studio album by the Scottish rock band Runrig, released on 29 January 2016 on Ridge Records.

[1][2] The album was released on 29 January 2016 via Ridge Records in the United Kingdom, and via Sony Music Entertainment in Germany and REO in Denmark.

To promote the release of the album, a sizeable UK and Europe-wide tour was announced including a trademark Edinburgh Castle summer concert[6] along with headlining the 21st HebCelt Festival on the Isle of Lewis.

They later stated that it "was not the end" for the band, later announcing a "farewell" tour, concluding in Stirling entitled The Last Dance in 2018.

[8] The final track, "Somewhere", includes a tribute to astronaut Laurel Clark, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.