Shinedown announce new album EI8HT plus 2026 world tour with Coheed And Cambria, Black Stone Cherry and more

Shinedown have announced their brand-new studio album, EI8HT.

Arriving on May 29 via Atlantic Records, the record has been “over a year in the making” according to frontman Brent Smith.

The singer says, “Without question as a band we pushed ourselves like never before. Especially when it comes to Eric. Myself, Zach and Barry are so honoured to create and work with such an extraordinary producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, musician, performer and bandmate. We are so excited to finally announce our eighth studio album titled EI8HT alongside our Dance Kid Dance Act ll World Tour.”

As well as the aforementioned record and accompanying tour, listen to Shinedown’s massive new single Safe And Sound (which is about “reminding the competition what they are dealing with one by one”) below:

Catch the band live at the following:

Shinedown Dance Kid Dance Act II World Tour

May

13 Green Bay, WI – Resch Center *^%
15 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Festival
16 Madison, WI – Kohl Center *^%
18 Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center *^%
19 Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena *^%%
22 Austin, TX – Moody Center *^%
23 Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center *^%
26 Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena *^%
28 Estero, FL – Hertz Center *^%
30 Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena *^%

June

2 Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum *^%
5 Norfolk, VA – Chartway Arena *^%
6 Hershey, PA – GIANT Center *^%

July

11 Mt. Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle *#
13 Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum *%
15 Quebec City, QC – Centre Vidéotron *#%
17 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena *%
18 Albany, NY – MVP Arena *#%
20 Manchester, NH – SNHU Arena *%
21 Newark, NJ - Prudential Center *%
23 Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena *%
25 Knoxville, TN – Food City Center *#%
30 Lubbock, TX – United Supermarkets Arena *#%
31 Colorado Springs, CO – Weidner Field *%

August

2 El Paso, TX – UTEP Don Haskins Center *#%
4 Tucson, AZ – Tucson Arena *#%
6 Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena *%
7 Las Vegas, NV – Michelob ULTRA Arena *#%
9 Sparks, NV – Nugget Event Center *%
10 Boise, ID – ExtraMile Arena *#%
12 Billings, MT – First Interstate Arena at Metrapark *#%
14 Spokane, WA – Numerica Veterans Arena *#%
15 Vancouver, BC – PNE Pacific Coliseum *#%
17 Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place *#%
20 Fargo, ND – Fargodome *#%
21 Welch, MN – Treasure Island Resort *%
23 Springfield, IL – Illinois State Fair *#%

September

4 Dyersville, IA – Velocity Festival
10 McHenry, IL – McHenry Music Festival

October

31 Paris, FR – Zénith Paris - La Villette &

November

2 Milan, IT – Alcatraz &
4 Tilburg, NL – O13 &
6 Prague, CZ – Forum Karlín &
8 Copenhagen, DK – Falkonersalen &
9 Stockholm, SE – Annexet &
11 Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle &
12 Düsseldorf, DE – Mitsubishi Electric Halle &
14 Birmingham, UK – bp pulse LIVE *&
16 Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro *&
17 Nottingham, UK – Motorpoint Arena *&
19 London, UK – OVO Arena Wembley *&
20 Manchester, UK – AO Arena *&
22 Dublin, IE – 3Olympia Theatre &

* = w/ Coheed And Cambria
^ = w/ Black Stone Cherry
# = w/ From Ashes To New
& = w/ Those Damn Crows
% = w/ DJ Rockfeed

Read this next:

• “We felt unstoppable…” From falling apart to becoming hard rock heroes, Eric Bass tells the story of Shinedown
• “It ain’t about the machine that’s behind you, it’s about how long you can stay in the ring”: How Skindred and Those Damn Crows played the long game and won
• “Having no internet would remind you how precious life really is”: 13 Questions with Shinedown’s Brent Smith