Following news of their new album, Nothing returns to announce an extensive 2026 tour that takes them across North America as well as to Japan and the UK before performing at their own Slide Away Festival.
Supporting Nothing across North American dates are Full Body 2, Cryogeyser and Violent Magic Orchestra. Tickets will be available here.
Alongside the tour announcement, the band has released a new song and video for “Purple Strings”, which presents a different side of the band from the previously released “Cannibal World”.
While “Cannibal World” was a pulverizing statement of intent that fused the band’s signature industrial-gaze intensity with a loose fit breakbeat plucked from the heyday of Madchester, “Purple Strings” is a stripped-down, acoustic guitar-led track where the band’s typical vocal filters are absent. Taken as a pair, the two tracks lay the foundation for the wide-ranging sound that defines their forthcoming album, “A Short History of Decay”. Out on February 27th, 2026, via Run For Cover Records, the band’s fifth studio album stands as their most sonically expansive and emotionally direct work to date: a widescreen reckoning with time, truth, and the body’s slow unraveling.
Recharged by a newly solidified lineup featuring guitarist Doyle Martin (Cloakroom), bassist Bobb Bruno (Best Coast), drummer Zachary Jones (MSC, Manslaughter 777), and guitarist Cam Smith (Ladder To God, Cloakroom), “A Short History of Decay” captures frontman Domenic “Nicky” Palermo at his most unflinching, confronting aging, illness, and the weight of memory with startling clarity.
Nothing will embark on tour dates in Japan this February where they will share the stage with Whirr before they return stateside for an extensive North American headline tour followed by a UK run. Shows culminate at the band’s own festival, Slide Away, which takes place across multiple dates in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Joined on Slide Away by bands such as Hum, Chapterhouse, Swirlies, and more Nothing will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their seminal album Tired of Tomorrow with special guest lineups in each market. See below for the full touring schedule.
Japan Live Shows 2026:
02/08 – Tokyo, JP @ Daikanyama UNIT ^
02/09 – Tokyo, JP @ Shindaita FEVER ^
North American Tour 2026:
03/04 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage #
03/05 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle #
03/06 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy #
03/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade – Heaven #
03/08 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn #
03/10 – Dallas, TX @ Trees #
03/11 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk #
03/13 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace #
03/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom #
03/15 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA Sidestage #
03/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Belasco #
03/19 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom #
03/21 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall #
03/22 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile #
03/26 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line #
03/27 – Chicago, IL @ Metro #
03/28 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop #
03/29 – Detroit, MI @ El Club #
03/30 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House #
03/31 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz #
04/02 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair #
04/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw #
04/04 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer #
04/09 – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
04/10 – Belfast, UK @ Oh Yeah Centre
04/12 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
04/15 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
04/16 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
04/16 – London, UK @ Moth Club
05/15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
05/16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
05/22 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom *
05/23 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom *
05/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium *
05/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium *
^ (w/ Whirr)
# (w/ Full Body 2, Cryogeyser, and Violent Magic Orchestra)
* (Slide Away Festival)
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