Since announcing new album ‘The Wow! Signal’ in dramatic fashion, experimental rock juggernauts Muse have posted 2026 arena tour dates to support it, announcing them ahead of the album’s release at the end of June.
‘The Wow! Signal’ will be the Devon trio’s tenth album, taking their ever-changing alternative rock sound into new pastures of metal, synth-rock and more, wrapped in sci-fi concepts of extraterrestrial encounters and space-faring. The LP was announced in March with a cryptic social media campaign and the release of adventurous lead single ‘Be With You’, accompanied by a cinematic music video of a celestial phenomenon which set the tone for the album’s lore.
Further singles have dropped since, starting with ‘Cryogen’ and ‘Hexagons’, both of which returned to the classic Muse sound from albums like 2001’s ‘Origin of Symmetry’ and 2006’s ‘Black Holes and Revelations’. The latest single ‘Nightshift Superstar’ released on the 7th of June – the track has a disco pulse, driven forwards by slick basslines and frontman Matt Bellamy’s breathy falsetto vocals. Continuing the neon red aesthetic of the previous media, the trippy music video depicts an alien phenomenon at an American diner in the desert, where the attendants are drawn to a UFO by a tornado.
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With impending plans to visit North America in July and August, Muse announced the new tour dates on the 12th of June, scheduling a large arena run across the UK and Europe in November and December this year. It opens with two nights apiece at Manchester’s Co-op Live and The O2 in London, before nights in Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The full tour dates are here:
November:
• 12 – Manchester, Co-op Live
• 13 – Manchester, Co-op Live
• 15 – London, The O2
• 16 – London, The O2
• 18 – Berlin, Uber Arena
• 20 – Milan, Unipol Dome
• 21 – Milan, Unipol Dome
• 24 – Dusseldorf, PSD Bank Dome
• 25 – Dusseldorf, PSD Bank Dome
• 27 – Paris, La Defense Arena
• 29 – Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome
• 30 – Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome
December:
• 03 – Montpellier, Sud de France Arena
• 04 – Montpellier, Sud de France Arena
• 07 – Zurich, AG Hallenstadion
• 08 – Zurich, AG Hallenstadion
The pre-sale begins at 10am on Wednesday the 17th of June and is accessible with a pre-order for ‘The Wow! Signal’ before 3pm on Tuesday the 16th, and general sale opens at 10am on Friday the 19th. ‘The Wow! Signal’ releases on the 26th of June through Muse’s label Helium 3 and Warner Media Group. Check the full track list below:
1. The Dark Forest
2. Nightshift Superstar
3. Shimmering Scars
4. Cryogen
5. Be With You
6. Hexagons
7. The Sickness In You & I
8. Unravelling
9. Hush
10. Space Debris
