by Tame Impala are continuing their huge return: they’ve announced details of a UK and European tour, along with a new single, ‘Dracula’.
Kevin Parker’s project will release Deadbeat on October 17th, which marks the follow-up to 2020’s The Slow Rush. ‘Dracula’ adds to two prior singles, ‘End of Summer’ and ‘Loser’.
The new tune adds to the picture Parker has previously painted of the full-length, when he shared that Deadbeat is inspired by bush doof culture. These are electronic music festivals often held in remote bushlands, as popularised in the Western Australia rave scene. This new influence is a means of “recasting Tame Impala as a kind of future primitive rave act in the process.”
Tame Impala previously announced eight US tour dates beginning on Halloween at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and ending in Oakland on November 14th. Now, the project has added four new shows on the US leg. The tour will now enjoy two extra nights at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on October 27th and 28th, and will add two more nights at the end of the run, finishing in Los Angeles on November 17th.
If this wasn’t news enough, Tampe Impala will also play plenty of gigs across Europe and the UK next year, beginning in Porto on April 4th, and winding through stops such as The O2 in London on May 7th, followed by shows in Manchester, Birmingham, and Glasgow.
Far Out have covered the comeback singles closely, writing, “‘End of Summer’ was another left-turn in Parker’s sound, where he fully embraced acid house and EDM influences over the course of a warping seven-minute beast. His latest single, ‘Loser’, plods along with its hands in its pockets, too afraid to take a similar risk and dazzle fans with something that feels like it’s pushing boundaries. It’s by no means a bad song, but the squelching synth-funk unfortunately doesn’t have quite the same impact.”
Tame Impala 2026 UK and European tour dates:
April
4th – Super Bock Arena – Pavilhão Rosa Mota – Porto, Portugal
5th – MEO Arena – Lisbon, Portugal
7th – Movistar Arena – Madrid, Spain
8th – Palau Sant Jordi – Barcelona, Spain
10th – LDLC Arena – Lyon, France
12th – Inalpi Arena – Turin, Italy
13th – Unipol Arena – Bologna, Italy
14th – Hallenstadion – Zurich, Switzerland
16th – Olympiahalle – Munich, Germany
18th – PreZero Arena – Gliwice, Poland
20th – O2 Arena – Prague, Czechia
23rd – Barclays Arena – Hamburg, Germany
25th – Royal Arena – Copenhagen, Denmark
26th – Avicii Arena – Stockholm, Sweden
27th – Unity Arena – Oslo, Norway
29th – Uber Arena – Berlin, Germany
30th – Festhalle – Frankfurt, Germany
May
1st – PSD Bank Dome – Dusseldorf, Germany
3rd – Accor Arena – Paris, France
4th – Ziggo Dome – Amsterdam, Netherlands
5th – AFAS Dome – Antwerp, Belgium
7th – The O2 – London, United Kingdom
8th – Co-op Live Arena – Manchester, United Kingdom
9th – Utilita Arena Birmingham – Birmingham, United Kingdom
11th – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, United Kingdom
13th – 3Arena – Dublin, Ireland
