Muse Are Bringing The Wow Signal Tour Across North America This Summer
Muse just announced a full North American run for this summer, and the lineup on this one is stacked. The Wow! Signal Tour hits amphitheaters and festival stages across the continent starting in July and running through the end of August, with Bloc Party, Portugal. The Man, and The Temper Trap all coming along for the ride.
The tour supports The Wow! Signal, the band's tenth studio album dropping June 26. It's their first record since 2022's Will of the People, which debuted at number one in the UK, France, Italy, and several other countries. The new album is a 10-track project named after one of the wildest unsolved mysteries in space. Back in 1977, a 72-second radio burst was detected from the Sagittarius constellation with a bandwidth and intensity that suggested a possible extraterrestrial origin. That's the kind of thing Matt Bellamy turns into a concept album.
The Tour Dates
Things get started on July 2 with a headline set at Summerfest in Milwaukee, then the tour properly launches into amphitheater mode. July is packed with dates across the Midwest, Northeast, and into Canada. St. Louis, Indianapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toronto, Quebec City, Boston, two stops in New York, and shows in New Jersey and Maryland round out the first leg.
August takes the tour south and west. Charlotte, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, Denver, Salt Lake City, and multiple stops in Washington and California are all on the schedule. The whole thing wraps up on August 31 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. If you're anywhere near the West Coast, that's the one to circle.
Here's the full routing:
July 2 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
July 5 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater *~
July 7 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center *~
July 10 – Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre *~
July 11 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center *~
July 13 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre *~
July 15 – Toronto, ON @ RBC Amphitheatre *~
July 17 – Québec, QC @ Festival d'été de Québec
July 18 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center *~
July 22 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center *~
July 24 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Albany Med Health System at SPAC *~
July 25 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater *~
July 28 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion *~
July 29 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion *~
August 10 – Charlotte, NC @ Truliant Amphitheater ~
August 12 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre ~
August 14 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion ~
August 15 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater ~
August 18 – Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheater ~
August 20 – West Valley City, UT @ Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre ~
August 22 – Ridgefield, WA @ Cascades Amphitheater ~
August 23 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre ~
August 26 – Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre ~
August 27 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre ~
August 29 – Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre ~
August 31 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ~
(* = Bloc Party support, ~ = The Temper Trap support. August dates also feature Portugal. The Man.)
The Support Lineup Is No Joke
I'll be real, the support on this tour is almost worth the ticket price on its own. Bloc Party are on the July dates and they still put on a show that'll make you feel like it's 2005 in all the best ways. Portugal. The Man pick up select dates in August. And The Temper Trap are on every single show. That's a seriously well-curated bill top to bottom.
What We Know About The Wow! Signal
The album is the band's first new material since Will of the People dropped in August 2022, and honestly, four years between records for Muse isn't unusual. They've always taken their time. We've already gotten two singles. "Unravelling" came first, followed by "Be With You" which arrived alongside the album announcement. The record is described as exploring cosmic mystery, existential hope, and the possibility of making contact with something beyond us. Classic Muse territory.
For context, this is a band with over 30 million albums sold worldwide and a pair of Grammy wins, including Best Rock Album for Drones in 2016. They've been at this since 1994, and the live show has only gotten bigger. If you haven't seen them live yet, an amphitheater tour is a great entry point.
How To Get Tickets
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 3 at 10am local time. You can grab them through Ticketmaster or check the official Muse website for full details and links to each show. These are big amphitheaters but Muse with this support bill is going to move tickets fast. Don't sleep on it.
Cover photo courtesy of Ticketmaster