“Three hours of anthems, deep cuts, ragers and epics”: Machine Head announce An Evening With… tour

Machine Head have just announced an extensive An Evening With… 2026 tour.

The Bay Area kings will hit Europe and the UK next spring to bring their very special three-hour shows to the masses, with frontman Robb Flynn revealing, “I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a Machine Head show… a Machine Fuckin’ Head show. People talk about the riffs, the circle-pits, the sweat, the beers, the chaos – and yeah, all of that is part of who we are. It always has been. But there’s something else. Something I didn’t fully understand until years into doing this. It’s the singing.

“The way you take our songs... songs we wrote in a cold Oakland rehearsal room, in dark places, in moments of pain, struggle, or heartbreak – and you turn them into something bigger. Something yours. I’ve stood on stages all over the world, guitar hanging off my shoulder, lights blinding my eyes, sweat dripping down my face… and then I hear it: You. All of you. Singing louder than the PA. Singing like the song belongs to you – and it does.

“That feeling… I can’t compare it to anything else in my life. There was a show a while back – honestly, I can’t even remember what city it was – but during Darkness Within, the crowd came in so strong on that first line I actually stepped back from the mic. Just… let it happen. And as I listened, I felt something shift inside me. Like, this is why we’re here. This connection. This shared voice. It’s not a performance anymore. It becomes a conversation. A communion. And that’s why we’re doing this tour.”

Going into more detail about what’s to come, Robb continues: “No openers. No limits. Just three hours of anthems, deep cuts, ragers and epics, the songs you’ve screamed so loud we could feel it in our bones. I want these nights to feel like those rare shows where everything clicks and the world falls away. Where we can dig into the catalogue, take our time, talk, play, improvise, go places we haven’t gone in years… or ever. I want to see you jump until the floor shakes. I want to hear those first words of Halo explode like a war cry. I want to hear that massive ‘Let freedom ring’ during Davidian that rattles the walls. I want to feel the whole room move as one. These are the nights where the band and the fans become the same damn thing. Pre-sale tickets start today. I hope you’ll be there with us. I hope you’ll bring your voice. Because we’re going to need it.”

The UK dates are as follows:

Machine Head An Evening With… tour 2026

May

14 Glasgow O2 Academy
15 Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse
16 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
17 London O2 Academy Brixton

And check out all tour stops on the poster below:

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