Tomahawk return to the stage this summer for their first live shows in 13 years. The month-long U.S. run celebrates the band’s 25th anniversary and reunites them with longtime labelmates The Melvins for the first time since their 2003 Geek Show tour.
Featuring Duane Denison, Mike Patton, John Stanier and Trevor Dunn, Tomahawk last toured behind 2013’s ‘Oddfellows.’ Their 2021 album ‘Tonic Immobility’ arrived during the pandemic and was never performed live, making this trek the long-awaited debut of that material on stage. Denison frames the outing as a competitive return to form, while Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne calls the pairing a natural fit.
The tour, cheekily titled “A Huge Waste of Your Time and Money,” launches July 18 in Nashville and wraps August 15 in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale February 27 at 10 a.m. local time, with an Ipecac presale beginning February 25 using the password Flashback.
In addition to the co-headlining run, The Melvins will warm up with three headline dates in Albuquerque, Kansas City and St. Louis. With two of heavy music’s most enduring experimental forces sharing the bill, the summer promises volume, precision and controlled chaos coast to coast.
“A Huge Waste of Your Time and Money” 2026 U.S. Tour Dates:
July 18 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl
July 20 Austin, TX Emo’s
July 21 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
July 23 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
July 24 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre
July 26 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
July 27 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
July 28 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
July 30 Boston, MA House of Blues
July 31 Buffalo, NY Electric City
August 1 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
August 3 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
August 4 Chicago, IL The Riviera Theatre
August 5 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
August 7 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
August 8 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center
August 10 Portland, OR Pioneer Courthouse Square
August 11 Seattle, WA The Showbox
August 12 Seattle, WA The Showbox
August 14 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
August 15 Los Angeles, CA The Belasco
The Melvins Headline Dates:
July 13 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
July 16 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
July 17 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House