THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Death From Above 1979 just dropped a 28-date North American tour that doesn't kick off until October 2026 — a year and a half out *. They're teasing a new song called "Private Lives" that sounds exactly like what you'd expect: overdriven bass and punishing rhythm *. Three years since their last full-length and no album announcement yet, just a tour named after what might be a single *.
THE DETAILS
- Tour runs October 1st in Sacramento through December 6th in Pittsburgh, hitting Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Brooklyn along the way *
- Artist pre-sale starts May 20th at 1:00 p.m. Eastern using codes 1979PRIVATELIVES or PRIVATELIVESTOUR on Spotify *
- Live Nation All Access pre-sale follows May 21st at 1:00 p.m. Eastern *
- General on-sale hits Friday May 22nd at 10:00 a.m. local time through Ticketmaster *
- Last studio album *Is For Lovers* dropped in 2021 *
- Spent 2024 releasing reimagined versions of three tracks from their 2004 debut *You're a Woman, I'm a Machine* *
WHY IT MATTERS
SKIP IT — announcing a fall 2026 tour in May 2025 with no album confirmation is a cash grab disguised as hype-building *. The Instagram teaser sounds fine, but selling tickets 17 months in advance for what might just be a greatest-hits run with one new song is asking fans to commit before the band has committed to anything real.