Key Highlights

• Tour Announcement: Down will embark on a headlining tour across North America starting August 15, 2026.
• Opening Acts: Helmet and Spirit in the Room will open for Down on all headlining dates.
• Festival Performances: Down is scheduled to perform at several festivals later in the year.
• New Album: The band has completed work on a new studio album, their first since 2014.

Down have announced plans for a late summer headlining tour of North America.

The long-running metal supergroup, which features Pantera singer Philip Anselmo, Corrosion of Conformity guitarist Pepper Keenan, Crowbar guitarist Kirk Windstein, Eyehategod drummer Jimmy Bower and bassist Pat Bruders, will kick off the Strap It Down tour on Aug. 15 in Atlanta.

You can find Down’s complete 2026 tour schedule below.

Helmet and Spirit in the Room will serve as opening act for each headlining date. Down will also perform at a handful of festivals later in the year.

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Anselmo is currently touring Europe with Pantera, while Keenan’s been busy performing with Corrosion of Conformity in support of their recently released double album Good God / Baad Man.

Down have reportedly completed work on a new studio album, which would be their first release since the 2014 EP Down IV – Part II and their first full-length since 2007’s Down III: Over the Under.

“[Corrosion Of Conformity] have an amazing new record coming out April 2nd,” Windstein told the Pod Scum podcast earlier this year. “So we can’t put Down out too close to that… C.O.C. needs to come out and let everybody get blown away for a good bit. And when the water settles, we give ’em a double whammy and throw out the Down.”

Down, Helmet, Spirit in the Room 2026 Tour Dates

8/15/2026 The Eastern – Atlanta, GA
8/16/2026 Piedmont Hall – Greensboro, NC
8/19/2026 House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH
8/20/2026 Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA
8/22/2026 Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI
8/23/2026 History – Toronto, ON
8/25/2026 Mtellus – Montreal, QC
8/26/2026 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
8/28/2026 The Pavilion @ Montage Mountain – Scranton, PA #
8/29/2026 Northwell @ Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh, NY #
8/30/2026 The Fillmore Silver Spring – Silver Spring, MD
9/01/2026 Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH
9/02/2026 Ramova Theatre – Chicago, IL
9/04/2026 Mystic Lake Amphitheater – Shakopee, MN *

* w/ Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies (No Helmet or Spirit in the Room)
# Berzerkus Festival (No Helmet or Spirit in the Room)

Down 2026 Festival Appearances

10/03/2026 Aftershock – Sacramento, CA
10/24/2026 Sick New World Texas – Fort Worth, TX
12/05/2026 Decibel Metal And Beer Fest – Denver, CO

Need to see more tours taking place throughout the year? We’ve rounded up dozens and dozens of them! See for yourself below.