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American Football have announced a 2026 world tour
American Football’s four-month-long tour will hit North America, the UK and Europe, with more dates still to come…
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American Football have announced details of a 2026 world tour.
The Midwest emo heroes are set to play headline dates in North America, the UK and Europe between May and August, with tickets going on sale this Friday, February 6 from 10am ($1/£1/€1 from each will go to Safe Passage International and The Illinois Coalition for Immigration & Refugee Rights).
We last caught AF headlining Outbreak Fest in 2024, noting in our review that “the boys from Urbana, Illinois manage to scale things up for the huge outdoor space, translating the magic of the melodies into motion and emotion, sending these worn-out masses off into the midnight hum with arrhythmic beats in brains and hearts. Bolstering the setlist with slow-build opener Five Silent Miles actually throws the other tracks into relief, emphasising their underlying courage and complexity. And shifting the record’s instantly-recognisable opening track Never Meant to the end of the set is a masterstroke, inspiring a wild stage invasion that would have seemed improbable beforehand, but which makes so much sense in the spellbinding moment…”
If that sounds like your kind of thing, catch them live at the following:
American Football 2026 tour dates
May
15 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
17 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
18 Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
19 Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater
20 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
22 San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
23 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
24 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
June
19 Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz
20 Stuttgart, Germany @ Im Wizeman
21 Cologne, Germany @ Die Kantine
23 Brussels, Belgium @ La Madeleine
24 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
26 Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy
27 London, UK @ O2 Kentish Forum
July
8 Boston, MA @ Royale
9 New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
14 Richmond, VA @ The National
15 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
16 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
August
7 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
8 Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
9 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
10 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
12 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
13 Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe at Old National Centre
14 Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
15 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
16 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
