American Football are heading back out on the road. The Midwest emo touchstones have announced a 2026 world tour, marking their first full run of shows since wrapping up the extensive 25th-anniversary celebrations for their landmark 1999 debut, American Football (LP1). The four-month trek kicks off this May and stretches across the United States, Europe, the U.K., and Canada, with additional dates expected to follow.
Beyond the shows themselves, the band are tying the tour to a broader cause. Partnering with PLUS1, American Football will donate $1/£1/€1 from every ticket sold to Safe Passage International and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, organizations that support migrants, refugees, and deportees amid ongoing ICE-related violence and intimidation across the U.S.
The tour finds Mike Kinsella and company in a reflective but forward-looking moment. After reuniting in 2014 and releasing two more self-titled albums in 2016 and 2019, American Football have steadily expanded their sound beyond the twinkling melancholy that made LP1 a generational touchstone, folding in post-rock, post-punk, and experimental textures — and collaborating with artists like Hayley Williams, Rachel Goswell, and Ethel Cain along the way.
Artist presales begin Wednesday, February 4th, with general tickets on sale Friday, February 6th at 10 a.m. local time here. As the band looks toward 2026, the tour signals not just a return to the stage, but the next phase for a group whose once-modest legacy has continued to grow, decades after a handful of basement shows and a house on a quiet Midwestern street changed indie rock forever.
2026 Tour Dates
05/15 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall *
05/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
05/18 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall *
05/19 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater *
05/20 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
05/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom *
05/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *
05/24 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park *
06/19 – Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz !
06/20 – Stuttgart, Germany @ Im Wizeman !
06/21 – Cologne, Germany @ Die Kantine !
06/23 – Brussels, Belgium @ La Madeleine !
06/24 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso !
06/26 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy !
06/27 – London, UK @ O2 Kentish Forum !
07/08 – Boston, MA @ Royale #
07/09 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount #
07/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer #
07/11 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #
07/14 – Richmond, VA @ The National #
07/15 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel #
07/16 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse #
08/07 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues ^
08/08 – Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall ^”
08/09 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre ^
08/10 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall ^
08/12 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works ^
08/13 – Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe at Old National Centre ^
08/14 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed ^
08/15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom ^
08/16 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue ^
* Mei Semones: 5/15 – 5/24
! Marconi Union: 6/19 – 6/27
# IAN SWEET: 7/8 – 7/16
^ Afternoon Bike Ride: 8/7 – 8/16
