1) Tell our rock fans about the band‘s latest release where did the band record with and who?
DD: our latest release is actually our first release. The song is one that I wrote long ago with our mixing engineer Glenn Burgos. When Decibel Dogs got together we wanted to become familiar with each other so we worked on songs that we had all previously written. The remake of this one came out so intense we had to record it. We recorded it with Michael Rende at Zen Studios in Tampa, Florida . He just finished working on the new Cheap Trick record, and had also worked on the Corrosion of Conformity album.
2) How long was the writing process? What inspired you on this new release?
DD: As mentioned before DAY ZERO was written long ago, but as we worked on it, getting our chops together, ,we realized that this had to be played for the world.
3) What changed during the process from previous releases?
DD: Being our first release, we’re getting more used to playing with each other and writing and recording. While our first batch of songs were individually written ,our new songs are more of a group effort and are really showing the diversity of our band.
4)What’s next for the band?
DD: we’re finishing the mixing of our first real release entitled “Unleashed”. We had released some of the songs earlier as demo tapes. Now the official record is coming out over the summer. We will be releasing a new track every few weeks, and then definitely looking to ramp up the live shows in the fall perhaps with a national tour scheduled for 2027.
5) Describe your live show to a fan that has not seen you perform before?
DD: when you come Decibel Dog show, you will definitely see a high energy, old school hard rock experience. Loud, rude and aggressive, yet very entertaining!
6)What is your favorite song to play live?
DD: It’s hard to say of course we love to play all OUR songs. We don’t do many cover songs as we like to think of ourselves as a fully original band, but we do blend in a couple of covers old school Aerosmith “Adams Apple” Motorhead “Ace of spade” Ozzy “Believer “ deep cuts stuff like that.
7) If you could collaborate on a song or tour with a band, who would you choose and why?
DD: Ha ..unfortunately mostly anybody we would want to collaborate with are dead or no longer together.
8) What drives you as a musician?
DD: Music allows you to express yourself. It’s also a great way to get out your anger and aggression… instead of going out and punching someone in the face you just take it out on your guitar
10)What band member gets the most attention ?
DD: We are a new band so we are just starting to get some press and some feedback.. no one in particular gets more “attention”However , Joe “Fucking” Diaz is our bulldozer. When Joe plays his guitar, everyone in the room listens.
11) What is the single greatest music memory so far while being in the band.?
DD: We’ve only been together for a year but definitely playing the Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset strip in Hollywood. It was definitely one of the great highlights ..always wanted to play there. None of us had ever. We played two shows last June with Angel and Pretty Boy Floyd ..we filmed out video for “Everywhere You Look” while we were out there.
12)If the band were thrown into a wrestling battle royal which member would win? DD: That’s easy ..it would be no contest .Our drummer Donnie Tipple was a state wrestling champion. 13)What can fans expect next from the band?
DD: we will be releasing our new record “Unleashed”, and then try to play as many cities in America and the world as possible
Bath-based progressive-metal three-piece Redshift return with their long-awaited third studio album ‘Down The Wire’, released on May 29th 2026 via Pale Wizard Records. Formed in 2017, influenced by the likes of Dream Theater, Rush and Opeth, Redshift balances aggressive technical passages with inviting hooks. Their songs deliver an ever-changing flurry of notes and genres, toeing the line to full-blown insanity, with nuggets of self-aware comedy and healthy irony sprinkled throughout. Founded by Jack Camp, Liam Fear and Joshua Boniface, the group started in the wake of melodeath metal band Chronos, but Jack’s virtuosic ability coupled with Liam’s multi-instrumental tom-foolery soon veered off into a more far-reaching sound.
With the release of their second album ‘Laws of Entropy’, the group parted ways with guitarist Joshua Boniface, and completed the lineup with Tiago Martins, challenging them to reach even greater technical heights. The band have released two concept albums to date, ‘Cataclysm’ (2019); a story of alien invasion and struggle for survival, and ‘Laws of Entropy’ (2023); an exploration of coming of age in modern days and finding purpose in the chaotic tides, both receiving rave reviews from the likes of Distorted Sound, Power Play Magazine, Prog Magazine and Metal Injection.
‘Down The Wire’, their third studio album was recorded and mixed at Axe and Trap Studios in Wells by Ben Turner (Hey Colossus, Part Chimp), mastered by Jamie King (Between The Buried and Me, The Contortionist, Scale the Summit) and contains additional instrumentation from John Hare and Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper). The album serves as six chapters, each of which conceptualise a world surviving without independent thought, where human-made art became outlawed, and A.I generated art propagandises obedience. Intended to be listened to continuously, ‘Down The Wire’ sees the band’s signature blend of frenetic, shapeshifting drums, intricate prog riffs and eccentric vocals, with some jazz-metal infusions thrown in for good measure, all the while following its protagonist, who starts a resistance movement against A.I’s regime.
Reflecting on what led to the creation of the album, drummer Jack Camp explains, “It was at the beginning of 2023 and right before the release of the band’s second album ‘Laws of Entropy’, that we had to regrettably part ways with our guitarist Joshua Boniface. The album came out to glowing reviews and so much love from our listeners, but internally, the band wasn’t complete or ready to capitalise on the moment with live shows. This led to a period of real uncertainty. Jack and Liam knew the band had to live on, but finding a decent prog metal guitarist is no easy task. Luckily we found Tiago Martins.
“Stumbling upon Tiago was serendipitous, he was raised on the same insane prog music as we were, and could play it too! It only took one audition to know that this was our guy, and the technical skill and knowledge he’s brought to the table have allowed us to breach new ground in complex melodic/harmonic compositions, as well as filling the new songs with some pretty tasty shredding. As soon as the new lineup was formed, we knew we wanted to write a new album. This was going to be Tiago’s debut with us, and we’d take the chance to show the world a reinvigorated Redshift.”
Discussing the lyrical and conceptual inspirations behind the album, vocalist Liam Fear adds, “Musically, we’ve thrown everything but the kitchen sink at this album. Neo-classical punk? It’s in there! Blast beats over trumpets? Yep, got that too. It’s our most daring album to date. All Redshift albums are concept albums, and this one is no different. The thread that connects this whole beautiful mess together is a story about Artificial Intelligence. We present to you a world where everything from original thought to silly content for entertainment is generated by machines (surprisingly not as close to reality in 2023 as it is nowadays), and one man ready to defy it.
“Down The Wire tells the story of an artist struggling to survive in a future where creativity has been replaced by machines. In this world, human-made music and art are outlawed, and the only approved expression is generated by A.I which is designed to shape behaviour, suppress individuality and keep society obedient and undisturbed. Refusing to accept this manufactured existence, the story’s protagonist rises up and uses the very technology that erased his purpose to rally others in resistance. But as his movement grows, the power of influence begins to consume him. What starts as rebellion transforms into ego, and his crusade against control slowly mutates into a quest for followers and validation. In the end, he confronts what he’s become and realises that true freedom doesn’t come from new systems or louder voices, but from stepping away altogether. His final message is a call to disconnect, unfollow and reclaim autonomy by cutting the signal…down the wire. Will he lead the world to a new age of enlightenment, or will he become just another cog in the machine? Come and find out! We sincerely hope you have a blast listening to this album, we certainly had a lot of fun making it.”
On June 10th 2026, the band will release the music video for single ‘The Clown’, a song that, through the album’s conceptual story, explores the protagonist growing increasingly frustrated at society’s compliance to technological control.
On the track, lyricist Liam Fear says: “While he grows increasingly disturbed, society carries on unquestioningly, entertained, distracted, and algorithmically sedated. People perform their lives rather than live them, guided invisibly by recommendation feeds, engagement metrics, and behavioral nudges. Individuality becomes performance, and performance becomes compliance. ‘The Clown’ reflects his frustration and isolation, watching humanity laugh, scroll, and dance on command, never realizing the strings are digital.“
On the creation of the music video, guitarist Tiago Martin recounts, “As soon as we finished writing The Clown, we knew it was going to be the one with a music video. Liam immediately pictured us all clowning around on a stage, a full audience of clowns, and a pointed social critique about how attention-optimised social media platforms make fools out of us by stealing all our precious time for little to no gain in return. We made sure all these ideas made it into the final product. It’s actually really hard work to fill a room with people dressed up as clowns… especially on a self-funded budget, and with only a couple of days to shoot the entire thing… but we sure had a lot of fun doing it! We have to voice our biggest thanks to David, who almost single-handedly (with a little help from our ignorant selves) worked the jobs of an entire film crew for 2 days.”
REDSHIFT ARE: Liam Fear – Vocals, Keyboard, Bass Tiago Martins – Guitar Jack Camp – Drums
John Hare – Trumpet and Flugelhorn (Album only) Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Michael Shenker) – Keyboard on ‘The Rouge’ (Album only) ONLINE:
15th Anniversary Of Florida’s Largest Rock, Metal & Punk Festival
May 7-10, 2026 At Daytona International Speedway
The 4-Day Destination Event Offered 160+ Bands On 5 Stages
Headlining Performances From
Guns N’ Roses (Thursday), Foo Fighters (Friday),
Bring Me The Horizon (Saturday) & My Chemical Romance (Sunday)
More Memorable Moments Included:
A Day To Remember’s Surprise Pop-Up Set,
Breaking Benjamin Debuting “Something Wicked” Live,
DragonForce With New Co-Vocalist Alissa White-Gluz For The First Time,
Ice Nine Kills Performing “Twisting The Knife” with Special Guest MAPHRA,
Plus More Anniversaries, Unannounced Guest Collaborations & Live Debuts
2027 Dates Will Be Announced Soon
(May 13, 2026): Welcome To Rockville celebrated its 15th anniversary with a bang, marking one of the biggest events in the festival’s history, with 210,000 music fans from all 50 states and 30 countries taking in more than 160 bands on 5 stages at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The World Center of Rockfeatured a wide range of rock and metal performances from headliners including Foo Fighters, My Chemical Romance, Guns N’ Roses and Bring Me The Horizon, plus TURNSTILE, Five Finger Death Punch, The Offspring, Breaking Benjamin, A Day To Remember, Godsmack, Staind, Parkway Drive, Lamb of God, Yellowcard and many more.
Florida’s Largest Rock, Metal & Punk Festival also offered an incredible number of additional special performances and exclusive moments, including:
● Guns N’ Roses paid tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne by reviving their cover of Black Sabbath’s “Never Say Die” for the first time this year
● Bring Me The Horizon staged their only Florida show of 2026
● A Day To Remember held a surprise pop-up set at the Kona Big Wave Halfpipe area, featuring songs from 2007’s breakthrough For Those Who Have Heart
● Breaking Benjamin debuted “Something Wicked” live and introduced new drummer Brian Medeiros. They were also joined onstage by Lacey Sturm (Flyleaf) for “Dear Agony”
● Parkway Drive brought an exclusive 2026 U.S. performance
● Godsmack debuted new drummer Wade Murff, plus DWP Founder Danny Wimmer joined Sully Erna on stage to spotlight the partnership between Sully’s nonprofit, the Scars Foundation, and The DWP Foundation, and to raise awareness for the Wellness Lounge, providing mental health support onsite.
● Ice Nine Kills performed “Twisting The Knife” from Scream 7 for the very first time and were joined by special guest/internet sensation MAPHRA and the Volusia Community Orchestra for a theatrical performance
● Dragonforce performed with new co-vocalist Alissa White-Gluz (ex-Arch Enemy) for the first time
● Waka Flocka Flame made his major rock festival debut and his debut at a DWP event with one of the most attended sets at his stage
● Sepultura marked their final Florida show
● Flyleaf performed “So I Thought” for the first time in 14 years with Breaking Benjamin’s Ben Burnley
● Sullivan King hit the Garage Stage at 1am for the latest set in Welcome To Rockville history
In addition to the music, Welcome To Rockville also kicked things off Wednesday, May 6 with the inaugural Blood4Blood bare knuckle fighting event at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, co-produced by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Danny Wimmer Presents, and 5B Artist Management, in which Slaughter to Prevail frontman Alex Terrible fought middleweight and PBR star Cameron “The Bull” Delano. Blood4Blood also featured performances from Slaughter To Prevail, Black Label Society, Crowbar and Malevolence at this one-of-a-kind event, merging combat sports and hard rock.
Fans also enjoyed additional onsite experiences and festival enhancements, including The Pit Stop, a brand-new zone that featured intimate performances from Atreyu, Paleface Swiss, We The Kings, Kreator, Dead Poet Society, Wolves At The Gate, and 200 Stab Wounds as Kerrang! brought its flagship live series The K! Pit across the pond. Fans could also watch live artist interviews with Breaking Benjamin, Five Finger Death Punch, Ice Nine Kills, Hollywood Undead, Black Veil Brides, Lorna Shore, The Warning and more during the SiriusXM OctaneHeadbangers Happy Hour with hosts Caity Babs, Shannon Gunz and Jose “Metal Ambassador” Mangin, and more. During the festival, fans around the world could also tune in live to hear interviews and live performances from various Welcome To Rockville artists on SiriusXM’s Rockville Radio takeover on Octane (Ch. 37). The best of Rockville highlights on Rockville Radioalso can be streamed on the SiriusXM app and web player now through May 22.
For the first time ever, the festival’s Garage Stage wasfully tented, offering up to 15,000 square feet of coverage. This new stage atmosphere provided more shade, better production and bigger sound. Onsite at Welcome To Rockville there were also opportunities to enjoy a series of carnival rides including the Rockvillian Wheel, refresh and enjoy non-stop karaoke at the iHeart Radio Dive Bar, check out the festival’s vintage merch pop-up, and spend time at the Salty Skeeters tiki bar.
Here’s what the media had to say about Welcome To Rockville 2026:
“The 2026 Welcome to Rockville festival is in the books, leaving music lovers with plenty of memorable moments. Over the four-day music weekend, we saw song debuts, first-time performances, tributes to legends, new band member debuts, old band member reunions and quite a bit more.” — Loudwire
“A four-night music festival that rivals the biggest rock-metal events in North America … the heavy metal heaven is finally here.” — Daytona Beach News-Journal
The 2027 festival dates for Welcome to Rockville will be announced soon.
Welcome To Rockville is produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, one of the largest independent producers of destination music festivals in America. DWP was proud to partner with an incredible lineup of partners for Welcome To Rockville 2026, including Beatbox Beverages, Bud Light, Jack Daniel’s, KONA, Milagro, NÜTRL and Red Bull. As well, The DWP Foundationsupported multiple nonprofit activations throughout the weekend, including the Scars Foundation / DWP Foundation Wellness Lounge, Music Saves Lives, HeartSupport, and Recovery Alliance.
Originally launched in Jacksonville, Florida in 2011, Welcome To Rockville found its permanent home at Daytona International Speedway in 2021. Since then, the festival has established itself as The World Center of Rock, welcoming record-breaking crowds and cementing itself as a flagship event on the global festival calendar. Each year, Rockville generates over $80 million in economic impact through tourism, hospitality, and local business engagement—making it not only a cultural powerhouse but also a major driver of regional growth.
For more information on Welcome To Rockville, please visit:
Welcome To Rockville’s massive 2026 crowd, by Sam Shapiro
Guns N’ Roses, courtesy of Guns N’ Roses
Foo Fighters by Steve Thrasher
Bring Me The Horizon by Austin Cooper
My Chemical Romance by Steve Thrasher
A Day To Remember by Justin Agoncillo
Breaking Benjamin by Justin Agoncillo
Ice Nine Kills with MAPHRA by Austin Cooper
DragonForce with Alissa White-Gluz by Dan Virchow
Godsmack’s Sully Erna with Danny Wimmer by Jake Miller
Welcome To Rockville fans by Austin Cooper
Welcome To Rockville fans by Preston Saunders
Carnival rides at Welcome to Rockville by Austin Cooper
About Danny Wimmer Presents: Since 1995, music industry veteran Danny Wimmer has been producing concerts and festivals, both large and small. In 2011, he founded Danny Wimmer Presents, a live entertainment company that produces the largest rock, metal, and alternative music festivals in the U.S. DWP creates unforgettable and all-encompassing festival experiences, leaving both attendees and partners with lasting and meaningful impressions. Since 2020, DWP has been an innovator in the digital content space with over two dozen international livestreams, acclaimed social series Offstage with DWP, DWPresents Channel on Twitch, which has garnered over 25 million worldwide views since its launch in mid-2021, and The Power Hour, a weekly show dedicated to the world of rock that aired on AXS TV. DWP’s paranormal investigative video series Paranormal Prison (2023-2025) documented some of the supernatural experiences at Ohio State Reformatory during Inkcarceration with the help of bands performing at the festival. Episodes are available atwww.youtube.com/@DannyWimmerPresents. The 2026 DWP festival lineup includes Aftershock, Bourbon & Beyond, Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, Louder Than Life, Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival and Welcome To Rockville.
Daytona International Speedway is a state-of-the-art motorsports facility and was awarded the SportsBusiness Journal’s prestigious Sports Business Award for Sports Facility of the Year in 2016. Daytona International Speedway is the home of The Great American Race – the DAYTONA 500. Though the season-opening NASCAR Cup Series event garners most of the attention – as well as the largest audience in motorsports – the approximately 500-acre motorsports complex, also known as the World Center of Racing, boasts the most diverse schedule of racing on the globe. Some of the exciting racing events include January’s Rolex 24 At DAYTONA and Roar Before The Rolex 24, February’s DAYTONA 500 and Speedweeks Presented by AdventHealth, March’s Bike Week At DAYTONA Presented By GEICO, featuring DAYTONA Supercross and the DAYTONA 200, the August Coke Zero Sugar 400 weekend, and much more. The Speedway grounds are also used extensively for other events that include concerts (Welcome To Rockville, Heroes Honor Festival, etc.), sporting events (DAYTONA Soccer Fest, CLASH DAYTONA, etc.) civic and social gatherings, car shows, photo shoots, production vehicle testing and police motorcycle training.
Tell our Rock Fans about the band’s latest release? Where did the band record with and who? The latest single from our upcoming second album is a heavy roller called “Won’t Save Us Again.” We recorded it as we always do, in our secret studio HQ, with guitarist and co-founder Mike Keller at the helm.
How long was the writing process and what inspired you on this new release? We wrote it and continued working at it over a period of around 3 months. We’re not exactly a political band, but the state of the world right now, and the notion that there’s no saviour that’s going to magically appear to get us out of this mess are at the heart of the lyrics. It’s basically saying there’s power in people, and in all of us individually, to effect change if we truly dig in and go after it.
What changed during this process from previous releases? Releasing an album one single at a time every 6-8 weeks in order to hotwire algorithmic activity has been an interesting experiment for us. Even though 90% of each song has been written before we embarked on this little caper, every song has presented unique challenges once we move from the rehearsal floor to the recording studio. We then might realize, “Oh, we need to add something here to keep things interesting.” or suddenly we notice a vocal piece is clashing with something on guitar. It’s always different. Each song is a bit of a puzzle and this one was no different.
What’s next for the band? Any Tours or festivals Lined up? We have a few shows lined up in our homeland of Canada for the rest of the year, and two more singles to release before the whole second album, tentatively titled OMENS II: Burn It Down, comes out in October.
Describe your live show to a fan that has not seen you perform before? I think people are surprised at how much of a wallop we deliver. But there’s no trickery or backing tracks. It’s just the energy of four guys committed to their instruments, each other, and the power of the sound we make when we get together. We’ve purposely tried to show a certain amount of restraint with our studio recordings so everything you hear is represented live as well. Mike’s guitar sound really is that huge. I’m a seasoned singer who can belt this stuff out. And Don and Mo are an absolutely rock-solid rhythm section anchoring it all down. When you come to an OMENS show, you’re seeing what these days might be a little bit of a throwback to bands who can just—quite simply—throw down.
What is your favorite song to play live? Always a tough question to answer. Oof. Yeah, that IS a tough one. Most recently, “Any Means” is a song that I feel we’ve really gotten on top of. It’s a big, unrelenting battle cry of a song that I think took us a couple shows before we started owning it instead of the other way around. lol
If you could collaborate on a song or tour, what band would you choose and why? Each band member probably has their own answers for this one, but for me it’d be working on a duet with either Glenn Danzig or Chelsea Wolfe. And we’d gladly tour with just about anybody who’d have us, but opening for Metallica, Megadeth, Queens of the Stone Age, or Nine Inch Nails would be nothing short of dreamy.
What drives you as a musician? Definitely songwriting, being in a band, and the enjoyment that comes from conceiving and putting new music into the world. It’s always felt a bit like being in a gang to me, and when you stumble onto a new idea or have a new song you’re working on, it’s like you’re walking around with this really cool secret nobody else knows yet.
What band member gets the most *Attention* from the fans? I think Mike and I both get a lot of attention, if only by virtue of the fact that some people remember us from our old band, Jet Set Satellite, which got quite a bit of play on MuchMusic and MTV in the early 2000s.
Who is the laziest band member when it comes to load in and load out each night? We always joke that it’s me because….well, singers. But I actually go out of my way to make SURE I’m humping the most gear just so I’m not living up to the cliché!
What is the single greatest musical memory so far while being in the band? In this band, for me, it was the day the double-LP vinyl came back from the production house. That’s when all of our work on the first album and developing the sound of OMENS kind of all crystallized for me in a real moment of pride. In previous bands, playing a free show in our hometown on Canada Day in front of 80,000 people was nothing short of mind boggling.
If the band were thrown into a wrestling battle royal, which member would win? Well, if you watch our video for “Shallow Holes,” which stars a few well-known wrestlers from our area, you can see we get the shit kicked out of us. lol But I think, in a battle royale scenario, I’d have to give it to our guitarist Mike Keller as he’s simply a mountain of a man. Or our drummer Don Jacks. He’s not only a beast behind the kit, he’s actually a Hall of Fame lacrosse player and coach who’s played for both Germany and Canada in international competitions. So, the fitness and stamina is definitely there. Mo and I would probably be tossed over the top rope first and second. lol
What can fans expect next from the band? More music and more videos! We’ve got 3 singles coming out before October, then the second album will officially drop, and then probably a covers EP. We’ve released a few already, including our version of “Unsung” by Helmet and “Planet of Sound” by Pixies, but we’ve got a lot more tricks up our sleeves.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL UNVEILS NEW SINGLE & OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO “NO FEELING” FEATURING TURNSTILE’S BRENDAN YATES NO FEELING WORLD TOUR ON-SALE NOW NEW ALBUM AMERICAN FOOTBALL (LP4) OUT MAY 1 VIA POLYVINYL Press Photo (Alexa Viscius) / download HERE Today, Midwest-rock icons American Football have released their brand new single, “No Feeling,” featuring Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates, via Polyvinyl Record Co. The track serves as the latest single off their highly anticipated fourth studio album American Football (LP4), out May 1.
Produced by Sonny DiPerri (Nine Inch Nails, My Bloody Valentine, Portugal. The Man), “No Feeling” catches the band at a point of no return, teetering on the edge of self-destruction, where feeling itself loses meaning. Beautifully layered with ethereal synths, the band’s trademark interwoven guitars, baritone-accented chimes, sultry, confessional vocals of band frontman Mike Kinsella, with the unmistakable harmonies of Yates, the song is elevated to a point of real catharsis while welcoming listeners into its sobering embrace. Kinsella shares: “Brendan came into the studio to sing along to a ‘gang vocal’ call-and-response part I’d written for the chorus of “No Feeling.” I had imagined his voice would be one of many voices scream-singing it, and was excited for it to be a sort of Easter Egg on the album. But after tracking the original parts, he asked if he could try a higher harmony that he was hearing. As soon as he started singing it, all of our jaws dropped, and we all were looking at each other like “Oh shit! THAT’S the dude from Turnstile!” His voice is so singular, and once he sang the part in *his* range, it was clear that the part now belonged to him and him alone…” The tracks’ music video, directed by Cady Buche & Travis Barron of Unlimited Time Only (Khruangbin & Leon Bridges’ “Chocolate Hills,” Little Dragon’s “Slugs of Love,” Roosevelt’s “Luna”), plays into this morbid, yet entrancing mindset, taking the form of a hallucinogenic animation that depicts ghost-like creatures aboard a sunken ship, dancing and celebrating their last moments before a submarine finds them deep underwater, pulling them above board and effectively sending these creatures into a spiral upon finding fresh air. Buche and Barron share:“Our goal with music videos is to tell a story that captures what we think and feel while listening to the song. When we listened to “No Feeling” for the first time, we thought a lot about mysterious places like outer space and the bottom of the ocean—they’re beautiful and they also kind of freak you out. The music also brought to mind the idea of going down with the ship or a sense of crushing inevitability. Then we thought, what if you flipped that? What if you opened on a sunken ship and that was the beginning? What if this sunken ship were a thriving habitat for ghosts who live there? What if something came along that jeopardized their beautiful afterlife?” With LP4, the band faces some of life’s harshest realities head-on, reflecting on the disorientation, compromise, grief, and hard-won perspective of middle age. Overhauling their writing and recording processes, the band has effectively created their most sonically ambitious album to date, layered, dissonant, occasionally confrontational, and always deeply felt. “Bad Moons,” the album’s lead single, serves as an embodiment of what’s to come with the band’s upcoming new album.
American Football is set to bring LP4 to their fans across their 2026 world tour. Kicking off this May, the band will return to the road for an expansive four-month run, with dates across the United States, Europe, UK, Asia, and Canada, and more to be announced. The tour marks American Football’s first full run of shows since their sold-out 2024/ 2025 LP1 25th Anniversary Tour, with a variety of dates sold-out or at low ticket capacity, new performances announced at upgraded venues in Philadelphia, Toronto, and Cologne, a second date in London, a run of shows across Asia, and an opening performance for Bleachers at Red Rocks this fall, to meet the massive demand from American Football fans. In response to the deadly violence and intimidation around the country provoked by ICE, American Football will be partnering with PLUS1 to donate $£1/€1 from every ticket sold across the tour to Safe Passage International & The Illinois Coalition for Immigration & Refugee Rights; two essential organizations defending immigrant rights and supporting deportees, migrants and refugees. The full list of tour dates can be found below.
Tour admat // downloadHERE 2026 Tour Dates 05/15 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall ~ [SOLD OUT] 05/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party 05/18 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall ~ 05/19 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater ~ 05/20 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom ~ 05/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom ~ [LOW TICKETS] 05/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern ~ [LOW TICKETS] 05/24 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park ~ [SOLD OUT] 06/19 – Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz + 06/20 – Stuttgart, Germany @ Im Wizeman + [LOW TICKETS] 06/21 – Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall + 06/23 – Brussels, Belgium @ La Madeleine + 06/24 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso + [LOW TICKETS] 06/26 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy + 06/27 – London, UK @ O2 Kentish Forum + [SOLD OUT] 06/28 – London, UK @ O2 Kentish Forum + 07/08 – Boston, MA @ Royale ! [LOW TICKETS] 07/09 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount ! [LOW TICKETS] 07/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall ! 07/11 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ! [LOW TICKETS] 07/14 – Richmond, VA @ The National ! 07/15 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel ! [SOLD OUT] 07/16 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse ! [LOW TICKETS] 07/26 – Niigata, JP @ FujiRock Festival 07/28 – Seoul, South Korea @ YES24 Wanderloch Hall 07/29 – Taipei City, Taiwan @ Legacy Taipei 07/31 – Beijing, China @ FULLOF Livehouse [SOLD OUT] 08/01 – Shanghai, China @ Vas Est [SOLD OUT] 08/07 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues $ 08/08 – Toronto, ON @ History $ [LOW TICKETS] 08/09 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre $ 08/10 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall $ 08/12 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works $ 08/13 – Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe at Old National Centre $ 08/14 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Indoor) $ 08/15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom $ [LOW TICKETS] 08/16 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue $ 09/23 – Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre & ~ w/ Mei Semones + w/ Marconi Union ! w/ IAN SWEET $ w/ Afternoon Bike Ride & w/ Bleachers
ABOUT AMERICAN FOOTBALL: Before attaining global recognition as a defining pillar of the “Midwest Emo” sub-genre, American Football was a humble University of Illinois-based indie rock band led by Mike Kinsella (founding Cap’n Jazz drummer-turned-vocalist-and-guitarist), along with Steve Holmes (guitar) and Steve Lamos (drums/trumpet). Together, American Football would play no more than a dozen sparsely attended shows before going their separate ways – the band’s parting gift would be shared in the form of a self-titled album, released in 1999 via the locally founded Polyvinyl Record Co. What would transpire over the ensuing fifteen years, however, is something made of rock and roll legend – early file-sharing platforms allowed for the lore of an otherwise unknown band to grow into something much larger. In 2014, American Football would reunite to international acclaim. With the addition of bassist/multi-instrumentalist and cousin Nate Kinsella, the quartet has since released two additional (and equally beloved) self-titled records in 2016 and 2019, while steering a natural evolution in their evergreen sound towards post-rock, post-punk, and more experimental influences. Hailed as the “most influential album in the genre” by Pitchfork, American Football spent the last two years honoring its 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut – colloquially known as “LP1,” by embarking on a sold-out world tour and sharing a remastered edition of the landmark record. They’ve put out their first live album and released a companion concert film of its recording, and found an overwhelming embrace among a new generation of fans. As spring approaches in 2026, so does new growth, as the band prepares to share their highly anticipated new project, LP4, with the world on May 1 and kick off their globetrotting 2026 world tour on May 15.
