{"id":2160950,"date":"2025-11-17T02:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2160950"},"modified":"2025-11-17T02:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:29:09","slug":"deftones-announce-2026-australia-and-new-zealand-tour-with-interpol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/deftones-announce-2026-australia-and-new-zealand-tour-with-interpol\/","title":{"rendered":"Deftones announce 2026 Australia and New Zealand tour with Interpol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/deftones\">Deftones<\/a> have announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2026, with special guests <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/interpol\">Interpol<\/a> \u2013 see all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-interviews\/deftones-chino-moreno-private-music-interview-3887425\">Deftones\u2019 Chino Moreno on longevity, creativity and making music that lives forever<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last night, the Sacramento metal band took to social media to share that they\u2019d be travelling Down Under next year as part of their \u2018Private Music\u2019 trek. The tour is set to take place in May, with stops in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Deftones on the run of shows are Interpol, and singer-rapper <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ecca-vandal\">Ecca Vandal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Artist pre-sales go live tomorrow (November 18) at 1pm local, with general tickets going on sale on Friday (November 21) at 2pm local. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-au.tm7566.net\/c\/2862475\/431533\/7566?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com.au%2Fdeftones-tickets%2Fartist%2F777416\">You can get your tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Deftones\u2019 2026 Australia and New Zealand tour dates are:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>MAY<\/strong><br \/><strong>02 \u2013 Sydney, Australia \u2013 Qudos Bank Arena<\/strong><br \/><strong>03 \u2013 Sydney, Australia \u2013 Qudos Bank Arena<\/strong><br \/><strong>06 \u2013 Brisbane, Australia \u2013 Brisbane Entertainment Centre<\/strong><br \/><strong>09 \u2013 Melbourne, Australia \u2013 Rod Laver Arena<\/strong><br \/><strong>10 \u2013 Melbourne, Australia \u2013 Rod Laver Arena<\/strong><br \/><strong>13 \u2013 Auckland, New Zealand \u2013 Spark Arena<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRIjcLPldph\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2017, Deftones frontman Chino Moreno <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/deftones-chino-moreno-tells-us-loves-interpols-turn-bright-lights-2133410\">spoke to <em>NME<\/em> about he why loves Interpol\u2018s \u2018perfect\u2019 debut album \u2018Turn On The Bright Lights\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think every great band has that one time in their career when everything just comes together, lines up and is firing on all pistons,\u201d Moreno told <em>NME<\/em>. \u201cIt all just works really well. I think \u2018White Pony\u2019 would be that record for us. Whatever chaos was going on around us, we were just completely in sync with each other and made this record that has an ebb and flow from the time you put it on until it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cMost great bands have that record once; some have two or three. If you\u2019re lucky enough to have one record like that, I\u2019d say that\u2019s Interpol\u2019s record. It\u2019s definitely a journey and there\u2019s not a bad song on that record.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deftones&#039; Chino Moreno on why he loves Interpol&#039;s &#039;Turn On The Bright Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I53QDNsGD4U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Late last month, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-deftones-debut-more-private-music-songs-and-play-white-pony-rarity-at-dia-de-los-deftones-2025-3904697#:~:text=To%20close%20out%20the%20festival,haven't%20performed%20since%202019.\">Deftones headlined the 2025 edition of their annual festival, Dia De Los Deftones<\/a>, in San Diego, California. The show saw Chino Moreno and co. debut more tracks from their 10th and latest studio album,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/deftones-private-music-album-review-3885520\">\u2018Private Music\u2019<\/a>, and perform<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/deftones-white-pony-20-year-anniversary-interview-chvrches-fever-333-chino-radiohead-2692262\">\u00a0\u2018White Pony\u2019<\/a>\u00a0deep cut \u2018Street Carp\u2019 live for the first time since 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/deftones-announce-2026-uk-and-european-tour-3877589\">The band will head out on a UK and European headline tour early next year<\/a>. The upcoming run of dates features a gig at The O2 in London, as well as stops in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin and Cardiff.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/deftones-tickets\/artist\/777416?irgwc=1&amp;afsrc=1&amp;utm_source=2862475-NME%20Networks%20Media%20Limited&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=2862475&amp;awtrc=&amp;clickId=xOnTBHWu7xyKRF4SKGSfxVZQUkpUGaXazXxF0U0&amp;camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_2862475&amp;ircid=7559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find any remaining tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/system-of-a-down-korn-deftones-and-bring-me-the-horizon-lead-stacked-sick-new-world-2026-line-ups-buy-tickets-3900994\">The group are also set to perform at the inaugural Texas edition of US festival Sick New World next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/deftones-private-music-album-review-3885520\">a glowing five-star review of \u2018Private Music\u2019<\/a>,\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0wrote: \u201cRather than just hang off the legacy of the immaculate classics \u2018Around The Fur\u2019 and\u00a0\u2018White Pony\u2019, the Sacramento art-metallers have spent the 21st Century boshing out banger after banger as arguably the most reliable band in rock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201c\u2018Private Music\u2019 once again finds the band as masters of beauty and brutality rolling over the horizon in one stunning but powerful storm. Batten down those hatches, throw up those horns, and lean in close.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deftones have announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2026, with special guests Interpol \u2013 see all the details below. 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