Alter Bridge unveil new single Playing Aces: “It’s a last-ditch effort to come out on top”

Alter Bridge have unveiled another huge new single and video, Playing Aces.

“The term Playing Aces ties in with the gambling analogy of risking everything regardless of how many times you’ve failed in life,” explains frontman Myles Kennedy. “It’s a last-ditch effort to come out on top.”

The track follows recent singles Silent Divide and What Lies Within, all three of which are taken from Alter Bridge’s new self-titled eighth album, which is due out on January 9 via Napalm.

Speaking to Ola Englund recently about the decision to simply name the LP Alter Bridge, Myles joked that it was because they were “fucking lazy”, but then said that, “There was really no rhyme or reason. There was no, ‘Oh, this is a statement.’ We keep using the word reset. I don’t know what that actually means (laughs). It sounds good! I don’t know if it was needed, but I feel like this definitely sums up the consistent thread throughout all these records, which is that we’re a riff-based band with melody. That’s just kind of it is what it is.”

Watch the video for Playing Aces below:

Catch the band on their European What Lies Within Tour:

Alter Bridge 2026 live dates with Daughtry and Sevendust

January

15 Hamburg Sporthalle
17 Oslo Sentrum Scene
18 Oslo Sentrum Scene
20 Stockholm Annexet
22 Helsinki Ice Hall Black Box
24 Copenhagen KB Hallen
25 Berlin Columbiahalle
27 Gliwice PreZero Arena
28 Budapest Barba Negra
30 Vienna Gasometer
31 Zagreb Bocarski Dom

February

2 Rome Atlantico
3 Bergamo ChorusLive Arena
5 Zurich The Hall
6 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
8 Barcelona Razzmatazz 1
10 Lisbon Sagres Campo Pequeno
12 Madrid Palacio Vistalegre
13 Bordeaux Arkea Arena
15 Luxembourg Rockhal
17 Oberhausen Turbinenhalle
18 Paris Zenith
20 Munich Zenith
22 Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
23 Brussels Ancienne Belgique
25 Newcastle Utilita Arena
26 Manchester AO Arena
28 Dublin 3Arena

March

2 Glasgow OVO Hydro
4 London The O2
5 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena

After that, see Alter Bridge at their inaugural Blackbird Festival at Cardiff Castle on Saturday, June 27.

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