Queensrÿche Announce European Summer Tour

Queensrÿche will return to Europe in June and July 2026 for a mixture of headline concerts and festival appearances. Rivers Of Nihil will support selected indoor dates in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden and elsewhere.

The route includes Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Manchester, London, Lund, Hannover and Lindau. Queensrÿche will also appear at Into The Grave, Rock For People, Hellfest, Graspop Metal Meeting, Copenhell, Tons Of Rock, Tuska, Plane’R Fest and Rock Imperium. The run concludes in Cartagena, Spain, on July 5.

Rivers Of Nihil will support selected dates as Queensrÿche continue work on their next studio album.

Alongside the touring schedule, Queensrÿche are writing the follow-up to 2022’s “Digital Noise Alliance”. Guitarist Michael Wilton says the band has assembled a strong collection of songs and is again working with producer Chris “Zeuss” Harris. Recording is taking place in shorter blocks around touring commitments rather than through one uninterrupted studio session.

Bassist Eddie Jackson has suggested a late-2026 release remains possible, although the schedule has not been finalised. Vocalist Todd La Torre has expressed interest in adding more clean guitar textures, orchestration and unusual percussion without moving outside Queensrÿche’s established progressive metal identity. The current lineup features La Torre, Wilton, Jackson, guitarist Mike Stone and drummer Casey Grillo. Stone’s involvement from the beginning of the writing process is expected to make the new material more cohesive than the previous album’s sessions.