BAND-MAID are making their biggest move yet. The globally acclaimed Japanese rock quintet have mapped out the BAND-MAID WORLD TOUR 2026, a massive run spanning Japan, Asia, Europe, and North America, with a two-night finale at the legendary Nippon Budokan in November. That Budokan show has been a long-held goal, with the original 2021 performance cancelled due to the pandemic. Getting there now, on the back of years of relentless global touring, carries real weight for the band and their fanbase.
The tour’s scope reflects how far BAND-MAID have come. Their 2023 global run included a historic Lollapalooza appearance, making them the first Japanese band to play the festival since X JAPAN thirteen years prior. Their 2022 U.S. tour drew over 20,000 fans. ‘Epic Narratives’, their 2024 full-length, featured collaborations with Michael Aaron Einziger of Incubus and Mexican powerhouse trio The Warning, charting high across worldwide rankings. Their 2025 EP ‘SCOOOOOP’ earned them a spot on Grammy.com’s list of Japanese artists to know. The momentum has been building deliberately and consistently.
The European leg marks the band’s first solo tour on the continent since before the COVID-19 pandemic, with stops at the Bataclan in Paris, O2 Academy Islington in London, and venues across Berlin, Frankfurt, and Munich. North American dates in the United States and Mexico are confirmed for October. Following the Nippon Budokan finale, BAND-MAID will enter a live performance hiatus, describing it as a “recharge period for world domination,” with a full return planned for 2028, their 15th-anniversary year. The band stated plainly: “We are channeling all of our deep gratitude for your incredibly warm support into every single performance.”
BAND-MAID World Tour 2026 Dates:
April 11 – Kanagawa – KT Zepp Yokohama
May 2 – Miyagi – Sendai GIGS
May 10 – Tokyo – Zepp Haneda
June 3 – Berlin – Columbia Theater
June 5 – Frankfurt – Batschkapp
June 6 – Munich – Technikum
June 9 – Paris – Bataclan
June 11 – London – O2 Academy Islington
July 12 – Hokkaido – Sapporo Factory Hall
July 17 – Kumamoto – B.9 V1
July 18 – Fukuoka – Zepp Fukuoka
November 3 – Osaka – Namba Hatch
November 13 – Tokyo – Nippon Budokan
November 14 – Tokyo – Nippon Budokan
North American dates (US and Mexico) confirmed for October. Details to follow.