The War on Drugs Tease New Album, Announce 2026 US Tour Dates

For the first time in some five years, The War on Drugs look to have a new album on the way.

Speaking recently to Guitar.com, frontman Adam Granduciel said that the band’s “almost done making a record, and we’re close to the end.” Granduciel said that part of his motivation this time around was “to do something that’s not different, necessarily, in terms of the way it sounds, but something that’s trying to get back to the first couple of records I made.”

“So it’s basically fully homemade,” Granduciel continued. “I mean, people always joke because I’m like, ‘I want to make a homemade record.’ And they come to my house and my studio is, like, vintage API and all my Neve stuff…and they’re like, ‘This is a homemade record?!'”

Granduciel added, “But the only way I could do this record is if I had all the time and the access to be able to do it the way I want. So, it’s coming along, but I just work on it all the time. It still sounds like a band, but there’s all sorts of stuff.”

The as-yet-detail-less album would mark The War On Drugs’ first since 2021’s excellent I Don’t Live Here Anymore. (TWOD did, however, release Live Drugs Again back in September 2024.) Aside from the interview, they previously released a small preview of the collective recording/performing new music via an Instagram Live from October 2025.

Along with teasing the new album, the band has begun to flesh out their upcoming tour schedule. That includes the announcement of new headlining dates in Wilmington, Asheville, and Birmingham, and Las Vegas, to go along with a string of festival appearances. Tickets for these new shows are on sale starting Friday, May 15th at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

For even more on The War on Drugs, check out our interview with Granduciel and The National’s Matt Berninger ahead of their 2024 co-headlining tour. The pair talk road essentials, setlists, and playing with Lucius.

The War on Drugs 2026 Tour Dates (New Dates in Bold): 09/18 – Wilmington, DE @ The Queen * 09/21 – Asheville, North Carolina @ Asheville Yards # 09/23 – Birmingham, Alabama @ Avondale Brewing Company # 09/24-27 – Louisville, KY @ Bourbon & Beyond 2026 10/01 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Twilight Concert Series 10/02 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl $ 10/03-04 – Austin, TX at Austin City Limits 10/09-11 – Austin, TX at Austin City Limits