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Puscifer are heading out across the UK and Europe in October and November before joining A Perfect Circle for some more dates, meaning Maynard James Keenan will essentially be opening for himself.
Puscifer have announced their latest “global deployment” in the form of a headlining tour across the UK and Europe later this year, as well as a “coordinated deployment” with A Perfect Circle across new dates in Japan, Hawaii and Sydney.
The Puscifer headline tour in support of their new album Normal Isn’t will be taking place from October and November. Then, they’ll roll right into the dates with A Perfect Circle across Mexico, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Hawaii.
And yes, that is as wacky as it sounds, given that Maynard James Keenan will effectively be opening for himself on the dates with A Perfect Circle later in the year.
“I just got off of a Zoom call with The Synth Whisperer, Fanny Grey, and Bellendia Black. They could barely contain their enthusiasm about taking the Puscifer Normal Isn’t show out on its first international tour,” says Maynard. “They were literally buzzing about going to the EU, UK, DUBLIN!, Mexico City, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Hawaii. I believe their exact words were ‘Observe. Integrate. Synthesize. Assimilate. We are on a Mission.’”
A Perfect Circle's Billy Howerdel adds: “Pretty, pretty excited to be getting back to places we haven’t played in over 20 years!!! Adding Japan and Hawaii to our 2026 Pacific Ring of Fire tour, with Puscifer joining us across the world!”
Puscifer's Carina Round says: “This is the first time we’re bringing Normal Isn’t to Europe and the U.K., and it will be a joy. The audiences have always been incredibly warm and welcoming. Playing in England will be especially meaningful for me personally, as it will be my first time performing there since my mother passed. I’m really looking forward to bringing these shows home.”
Tickets for the newly announced European/UK headline dates, Hawaii, Chile, and a newly announced show in Sydney show go on sale next Friday (May 22) at 10 am local time. Artist pre-sale runs from May 19-20 using code PSC26.
Tickets for Japan go on sale June 13 at 10 am local time, while tickets for Mexico, Argentina, New Zealand, and remaining Australian dates are available now.
A Perfect Circle are also touring across the UK and Europe during the summer, marking their first shows over here for seven years. They’ll take in festivals such as Rock Im Park/Rock Am Ring, Copenhell and Nova Rock, as well as two headline shows at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on June 3 and 4.
Puscifer Normal Isn’t UK/EU headline tour
October
25 Stockholm, SE - Annexet
26 Oslo, NO - Konserthus
28 Warsaw, PL - Stodola
30 Berlin, DE - Uber Eats Hall
November
1 Zurich, CH - Komplex 457
2 Brussels, BE - A/B
3 Tilburg, NL - 013
5 Amsterdam, NL - Gashouder
7 London, UK - British Airways ARC
8 Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy
9 Glasgow, UK - O2 Academy
12 Dublin, IE - The Helix
A Perfect Circle tour dates with Puscifer
November
25 Mexico City, MX - Estadio Fray Nano
28 Buenos Aires, AR - Microestadio Argentinos Juniors
29 Santiago, CL - Hipodromo de Chile
December
4 Adelaide, AU - The Drive
6 Melbourne, AU - Rod Laver Arena
8 Brisbane, AU - Riverstage
10 Sydney, AU - Carriageworks
11 Sydney, AU - TikTok Entertainment Centre
13 Auckland, NZ - Spark Arena
15 Tokyo, JP - Zepp DiverCity
17 Osaka, JP - Zepp Bayside
19 Honolulu, HI - Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
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