{"id":478536,"date":"2026-03-16T11:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/478536\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:51:07","slug":"korn-announce-first-uk-and-ireland-tour-in-over-a-decade-with-more-2026-european-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/478536\/","title":{"rendered":"KoRn announce first UK and Ireland tour in over a decade with more 2026 European dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/korn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KoRn<\/a> have announced a new headline tour, which will see them play across the UK and Europe later this year \u2013 check out ticket details below.<\/p>\n<p>The new dates mark the first time that the nu-metal giants have toured on these shores in over 10 years, and come just over a year after they played a huge headline performance at the 2025 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/download-2025-announced-stacked-line-up-with-green-day-sleep-token-korn-and-more-tickets-3812026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dates kick off with an opening night in Stuttgart on October 18, before continuing later that month with shows in Munich, Cologne, and Paris. From there, six shows are scheduled for the UK and Ireland, starting with arena gigs in Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle and Manchester at the end of October, and continuing with shows in Dublin and London at the start of November.<\/p>\n<p>The tour wraps up with further European shows, including stops in Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Milan and more.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will go on sale on Friday (March 20) at 8am GMT, and pre-sale options will be available from tomorrow (Tuesday March 17). <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fkorn-tickets%2Fartist%2F775700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Visit here<\/a> for UK tickets, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/2862475\/264167\/4272?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fkorn-tickets%2Fartist%2F775700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a> for international tickets.<\/p>\n<p>KoRn\u2019s UK and European tour dates for 2026 are:<\/p>\n<p>OCTOBER<br \/>18 \u2013 Stuttgart, Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle<br \/>19 \u2013 Munich, Olympiahalle<br \/>21 \u2013 Cologne, Lanxess Arena<br \/>23 \u2013 Paris, Accor Arena<br \/>26 \u2013 Leeds, First Direct Arena<br \/>28 \u2013 Birmingham, Utilita Arena Birmingham<br \/>30 \u2013 Newcastle, Utilita Arena Newcastle<br \/>31 \u2013 Manchester, AO Arena<\/p>\n<p>NOVEMBER<br \/>2 \u2013 Dublin, 3Arena<br \/>4 \u2013 London, The O2<br \/>8 \u2013 Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome<br \/>9 \u2013 Antwerp, AFAS Dome<br \/>11 \u2013 Hamburg, Barclays Arena<br \/>13 \u2013 Hanover, ZAG Arena<br \/>14 \u2013 Berlin, Uber Arena<br \/>16 \u2013 Prague, O2 Arena Prague<br \/>17 \u2013 Krakow, Tauron Arena<br \/>19 \u2013 Vienna, Wiener Stadhalle<br \/>21 \u2013 Milan, Unipol Forum<\/p>\n<p>Joining the band for the UK gigs will be metal icons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/architects\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Architects<\/a>, and Youth Code. The latter will be only joining for the first half of the tour, and will be replaced by Pixel Grip for the second half.<\/p>\n<p>The new UK and European dates carry on from a run of other live dates KoRn have planned for 2026, including a tour of South American with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/spiritbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spiritbox<\/a>, which kicks off in May.<\/p>\n<p>Before then, they will also be headlining Sick New World alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/system-of-a-down\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">System Of A Down<\/a> in April. Others on that bill include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bring-me-the-horizon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bring Me The Horizon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/evanescence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evanescence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/marilyn-manson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marilyn Manson<\/a>, Ministry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/afi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/knocked-loose\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knocked Loose<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/danny-elfman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Elfman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-acid-bath-reunite-to-play-their-first-show-in-28-years-3858851\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Acid Bath<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/cypress-hill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cypress Hill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/melvins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melvins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/mastodon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mastodon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/underoath\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Underoath<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Davis and co.\u2019s last studio album, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/korn-requiem-review-3153065\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Requiem<\/a>\u2019, came out in February 2022. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/korn-requiem-review-3153065\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a four-star review, NME\u00a0said<\/a>: \u201cIt would be a push to call this Korn\u2019s first \u2018happy\u2019 album. More accurately, \u2018Requiem\u2019 has brought something new to a discography that, until now, has been an exploration of human suffering. It\u2019s led to the band\u2019s most nuanced record to date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in December 2024, guitarist Brian \u201cHead\u201d Welch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/korns-brian-head-welch-shares-update-on-new-music-from-the-band-3821020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared an update on new music from the band<\/a>, saying it was \u201cnot gonna be soon\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KoRn have announced a new headline tour, which will see them play across the UK and Europe later&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,7632,5204,128,15226,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-478536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-live-music-news","tag-metal","tag-music","tag-nu-metal","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}