French atmospheric metal pioneers Alcest to join Mastodon & Deafheaven on North American tour in Fall 2026!

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French atmospheric metal pioneers Alcest will return to North America this fall as special guests on a massive tour featuring Mastodon and Deafheaven.

The tour begins September 16 in Orlando, FL and runs through October 22 in Atlanta, GA, making stops in cities across the United States and Canada.

The tour follows Alcest’s triumphant return to North America in 2025 and continues the band’s support of their latest studio album, »Les Chants de L’Aurore«, released via Nuclear Blast Records.

Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, June 5th at 10:00 AM local time. For tickets and additional information, visit alcestmusic.com.

Alcest w/ Mastodon & Deafheaven
North American Tour 2026

Sep 16 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock
Sep 18 – Asheville, NC @ Asheville Yards
Sep 19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Sep 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
Sep 23 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Sep 24 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
Sep 25 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
Sep 27 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
Sep 28 – Toronto, ON @ Rebel
Sep 29 – Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Riverworks
Oct 1 – Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Auditorium
Oct 2 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre
Oct 3 – Minneapolis, MN @ Palace Theatre
Oct 4 – Omaha, NE @ FILL
Oct 6 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Oct 7 – Garden City, ID @ Revolution Concert House
Oct 9 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Oct 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
Oct 11 – Del Mar, CA @ The Sound
Oct 12 – Las Vegas, NV @ FILL
Oct 14 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore
Oct 16 – Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
Oct 17 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Oct 18 – Memphis, TN @ Satellite Music Hall
Oct 20 – Cleveland, OH @ The Agora
Oct 21 – Greensboro, NC @ Piedmont Hall
Oct 22 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern

Released to widespread critical acclaim, »Les Chants de L’Aurore« further expands Alcest’s singular artistic vision, seamlessly blending shimmering shoegaze textures, post-rock atmospherics, and black metal intensity into one of the band’s most evocative and immersive works to date. A journey through both radiant beauty and profound melancholy, the album drifts between cathartic, dreamlike passages and moments of soaring emotional weight, as showcased on standout tracks such as »L’Envol«, »Améthyste«, and »Flamme Jumelle«. The record marks another high point in Alcest’s celebrated catalog, reaffirming the band’s status as one of the most innovative and influential forces in modern heavy music.

Purchase/stream »Les Chants de L’Aurore« HERE.

About Alcest:
For principal songwriter and frontman Neige, Alcest has always been a gateway to the otherworldly, a means of exploring his spirituality. An elemental two-piece, completed by long-serving drummer and creative confidante Winterhalter, Alcest seem to dip their toes in a multitude of musical genres without ever quite fitting in. “In the metal scene Alcest is a weird band, in the indie/post-rock scene Alcest is a weird band – we never quite fit in,” Neige reflects. “This is how I feel in life, always an outsider; It’s not a problem, it’s just the way it is.”

Courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well