Death Cab for Cutie have officially signed to ANTI- Records for future releases, and they’re rolling into this new chapter with a full North American summer tour announcement. Nearly 30 years deep and still making emotionally devastating indie rock for people who feel things too loud (hi), the band’s next era looks… extremely promising.
Alongside the label news, Death Cab’s summer run kicks off July 10 in Minneapolis, includes two nights at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, and brings Japanese Breakfast, Nation of Language, and Jay Som along for select dates. Presale starts Wednesday, January 28, at 10 am local time, with general onsale Friday, January 30, at 10 am local time.
Death Cab x ANTI- Records:
Death Cab joining ANTI- feels like a clean, confident move: A band with a long legacy choosing a label known for artists who do their own thing, properly. They’re joining a roster that includes names like Tom Waits, Mavis Staples and Neko Case, alongside newer (but no less beloved) indie heavy-hitters.
Ben Gibbard put it plainly: They’re thrilled to be there, excited to work with the team, and they’ve been working on stuff they want to share soon. That “soon” is doing a cheeky little wink at new music, and we’re politely but intensely staring back.
The tour: Dates, supports, and the two-night Greek Theatre moment
The headlining tour begins July 10 and runs through August 7, with a festival appearance in Denver beforehand on May 29. Supports rotate by date, which is basically a gift if you’re the type who plans your year around who’s opening (again: hi).
North American Summer Tour 2026 (with supports)
Tour dates
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| May 29 | Denver, CO | Outside DaysFestival |
| Jul 10 | Minneapolis, MN | ArmoryWith Jay Som |
| Jul 11 | Milwaukee, WI | Miller High Life TheatreWith Jay Som |
| Jul 12 | Indianapolis, IN | Everwise Amphitheater at White River State ParkWith Jay Som |
| Jul 14 | Cincinnati, OH | MegaCorp PavilionWith Jay Som |
| Jul 15 | Cleveland, OH | Jacobs PavilionWith Jay Som |
| Jul 17 | Philadelphia, PA | Highmark Mann Center for the Performing ArtsWith Japanese Breakfast |
| Jul 18 | Canandaigua, NY | CMACWith Japanese Breakfast |
| Jul 19 | Toronto, ON | RBC AmphitheatreWith Japanese Breakfast |
| Jul 21 | Columbia, MD | Merriweather Post PavilionWith Japanese Breakfast |
| Jul 22 | Raleigh, NC | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut CreekWith Japanese Breakfast |
| Jul 24 | St. Louis, MO | Stifel TheatreWith Nation of Language |
| Jul 25 | Bentonville, AR | The MomentaryWith Nation of Language |
| Jul 26 | Council Bluffs, IA | Harrah’s Stir CoveWith Nation of Language |
| Jul 28 | Fort Collins, CO | Washington’sWith Nation of Language |
| Jul 29 | Sandy, UT | Sandy AmphitheaterWith Nation of Language |
| Jul 31 | Phoenix, AZ | Arizona Financial TheatreWith Nation of Language |
| Aug 2 | Los Angeles, CA | The Greek TheatreWith Nation of Language |
| Aug 3 | Los Angeles, CA | The Greek TheatreWith Nation of Language |
| Aug 4 | San Diego, CA | Gallagher Square at Petco ParkWith Nation of Language |
| Aug 6 | Las Vegas, NV | The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas |
| Aug 7 | Paso Robles, CA | Vina Robles Amphitheatre |
Ticket Info: Presale and onsale (set your alarms)
- Presale: Wednesday, January 28 — 10 am local time
- General onsale: Friday, January 30 — 10 am local time
- Early access sign-up: linked via the tour announcement (“sign up for early access to tickets”)
If you’re the kind of person who “just checks” at 10:07 am and then has to emotionally recover, please treat this as a loving intervention.
Quick context: Yes, they’ve earned the victory lap
This tour announcement lands right after a massive, sold-out run celebrating 20 years of ‘Transatlanticism’ (a sentence that made an entire generation sit down abruptly). They’re also coming off the acclaim for 2022’s ‘Asphalt Meadows’, which proved they’re still allergic to phoning it in.
And if you want the tidy little timeline moment: the band started out indie (Barsuk), went major (Atlantic), and now they’re circling back into indie-land with ANTI- — with the kind of confidence you only get after surviving decades of people projecting their entire emotional history onto your back catalogue.
Where to next?
The most important line in the whole announcement is the simplest: “Stay tuned for news on new music soon.”
We are tuned. Our ears are moisturised. We are sitting respectfully in the waiting room.
Stay unruly.
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