Deftones Plot 2027 North American Tour

Deftones have mapped out a 26-date North American tour for May and June 2027, pairing the Sacramento veterans with metalcore heavyweights Knocked Loose and shoegaze-leaning newcomers Julie across a routing that reads like a victory lap for a band that spent 2025 selling out every arena it touched. The trek opens May 5 at Dallas's Dos Equis Pavilion and closes June 20 at Toronto's RBC Amphitheatre, with marquee stops at the Hollywood Bowl, Forest Hills Stadium, and a rare festival headline slot at Salt Lake City's Kilby Block Party on May 14. Tickets move through an artist presale starting November 17 at 10 a.m. local time — registration closes November 15 at 10 p.m. PT — before general on-sale begins November 19 via Live Nation.

Knocked Loose, whose 2024 album "You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To" pushed breakdown-heavy hardcore into Grammy-nominated territory, brings the kind of pit intensity that Deftones crowds have absorbed for decades. Julie, a Los Angeles trio whose dreamy distortion recalls early Deftones textures, represents the next wave of bands mining that same ferocious-yet-dreamlike space.

That 2025 arena run — 100% sellouts including Madison Square Garden, TD Garden, and a two-night Kia Forum stand — proved Deftones can fill rooms that most legacy acts cede to nostalgia tours. The Los Angeles Times called them "definitional for what young people want out of heavy music in all its gradients." Now they're translating that momentum into amphitheaters, venues that demand a different pacing and a broader setlist reach. "Private Music," their August 2025 album produced for a third time by Nick Raskulinecz, runs a lean eleven songs; fitting it alongside "White Pony" deep cuts and "Ohms" singles in a 75-minute festival set at Kilby Block Party will test the band's new material in front of a crowd that didn't necessarily buy a Deftones ticket.

Auburn and Ridgefield, Washington, sit back-to-back in late May; Clarkston, Michigan, and Noblesville, Indiana, anchor a Midwest stretch that includes the brand-new Farmer Music Center in Cincinnati. Each stop is an amphitheater or pavilion — no arenas, no theaters — signaling a tour built for summer weather and lawn tickets rather than floor pits.