Brian Fallon & The Painkillers Set Massive 2026 UK, Europe and North America Tour

Brian Fallon has revealed plans for a UK, European and North American headline tour set for 2026. Full details are listed below.

The Gaslight Anthem frontman will embark on the road this autumn in support of his upcoming solo record ‘Not Bad For New Jersey’, due for release on September 10 through his own label Lesser Known Records.

He will be accompanied throughout the tour by his backing group The Painkillers.

Fallon’s extensive run is scheduled to begin in Brooklyn, New York, on September 10. From there, he will continue through Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Austin, Philadelphia and several other North American cities across September and October.

After completing the US and Canada dates, Fallon is set to travel to Europe in early November for shows in Cologne, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Antwerp and Amsterdam.

The UK and Ireland leg will kick off on November 10 with a performance at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. He will then play Manchester’s Albert Hall on November 11 before heading to Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on November 13 and finishing in Glasgow at the University Of Glasgow’s Queen Margaret Union on November 15.

Support acts include Emily Wolfe, Dave Hause, Donovan Woods, Ben Nichols, Tim Barry and Chris Farren on selected dates.

Tickets will go on general sale at 10am local time next Friday (June 26). They will be available here (UK and Ireland), here (Europe) and here (North America). Fans can also access an artist pre-sale at the same time on Tuesday (June 23) by registering here.

Announcing the tour on social media, Fallon wrote: “I love you! Please buy my tickets so I can feel good when my friends tell me about other shows they went to that were less good than these will be.”

Brian Fallon & The Painkillers’ full 2026 tour schedule is as follows:

SEPTEMBER
10 – Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
11 – Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock, NY
12 – Arts At The Armory, Somerville, MA
14 – The Opera House, Toronto, ON
15 – Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY
16 – Mr. Smalls Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
18 – El Club, Detroit, MI
20 – The Rave Hall, Milwaukee, WI
22 – Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN
24 – The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO
26 – The Get Down, Portland, OR
27 – Neumos, Seattle, WA
29 – Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
30 – Goldfield Trading Post – Roseville, Roseville, CA

OCTOBER

01 – Observatory Orange County, Santa Ana, CA
03 – Casbah, San Diego, CA
04 – Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ
06 – Mohawk (Outdoor Stage), Austin, TX
07 – Trees, Dallas, TX
09 – Center Stage (The Loft), Atlanta, GA
10 – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
11 – Black Cat, Washington, DC
13 – World Cafe Live (Music Hall), Philadelphia, PA

NOVEMBER
02 – Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
03 – Kesselhaus, Munich, Germany
04 – Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin, Germany
06 – Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany
07 – Trix Club, Antwerp, Belgium
08 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
10 – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England
11 – Albert Hall, Manchester, England
13 – Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
15 – University of Glasgow (Queen Margaret Union), Glasgow, Scotland

Fallon also has two sold-out US shows scheduled at West Hollywood’s Troubadour on Saturday June 20 and Reggies Chicago on Monday June 22, before returning to Chicago later in the year for Riot Fest 2026.

‘Not Bad For New Jersey’ includes guest appearances from Brandon Flowers, Def Leppard’s Phil Collen, and Marc Ribot. It will be Fallon’s first solo album of original material in over five years, and has already been previewed with the singles ‘Pearls’, ‘Better Before’, and its title track.

“From the beginning I knew I had to fully lean into the passion and lunacy of all these songs I felt inspired by – there wasn’t much room for subtlety,” Fallon said, citing Bryan Adams’ ‘Run to You’ and The Police’s ‘Every Breath You Take’ as key influences.

“There was so much childlike joy in writing and recording all these songs. The whole album came together so naturally, with a level of creative fulfilment I hadn’t experienced in a very long time.”

In 2023, Fallon spoke to NME as part of the Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! series, testing his memory on his own career. He correctly recalled which The Gaslight Anthem track The Killers had covered in 2017.

“‘American Slang’,” he said, adding: “It was a good version, and I was excited ‘cause I really like The Killers. I know Brandon Flowers a little bit. We text mostly about Depeche Mode – we’re both big fans.”

Earlier this year, Fallon partnered with Fender to release a limited edition custom guitar.

The Gaslight Anthem released their sixth studio album ‘History Books’ in 2023, which featured Bruce Springsteen on the title track.