Deftones are teasing a potential concert in London in 2026 with a series of billboards across the capital.
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A number were spotted in East London featuring the artwork from the band’s most recent album ‘Private Music’ with the date 23.08.2026.
Deftones are already hitting the road for a UK and European headline tour early next year, with the forthcoming run of dates featuring a show at The O2 in London, as well as stops in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin and Cardiff – you can find any remaining tickets here.
Now, fans are speculating that the band could also be set to headline All Points East in Victoria Park on that date.
Headliner for All Points East in Victoria Park, London on the 23rd of August 2026 confirmed to be Deftones #Deftones pic.twitter.com/gyhwIMxmJ4
— Sheldon L. Tarpey (@SheldonTarpey) November 10, 2025
The group are also set to perform at the inaugural Texas edition of US festival Sick New World next year.
This summer, Deftones played a huge career-spanning gig at London’s Crystal Palace Park – just one day after pulling out of their Other Stage slot at Glastonbury 2025 at the last minute.
In a glowing five-star review of their latest record, ‘Private Music’, NME wrote: “Rather than just hang off the legacy of the immaculate classics ‘Around The Fur’ and ‘White Pony’, the Sacramento art-metallers have spent the 21st Century boshing out banger after banger as arguably the most reliable band in rock.”
It added: “‘Private Music’ once again finds the band as masters of beauty and brutality rolling over the horizon in one stunning but powerful storm. Batten down those hatches, throw up those horns, and lean in close.”
During an interview with NME this summer, frontman Chino Moreno spoke about how Deftones’ music had always been vulnerable, pointing back to ‘Mascara’ on ‘Around The Fur’ as proof. The frontman also admitted that his confidence to lay himself out in a love song had grown.
“Honestly, I’m no expert in mental health, but speaking for myself, doing therapy and sobriety as well – which has been a big thing for me to achieve in these last few years – obviously it was kind of scary in the beginning,” he told us. “Then once you break that wall down and realise, ‘Oh, I’m probably more creative than I’ve been in the past and a little bit more in tune with what’s going on, with my emotions’. Now I think it’s easier. I used to believe that maybe I had to be in an altered state of mind to have this creative thing.
“Overall, having a bit of clarity and still being able to be creative – it feels more pristine. It’s more polished and it’s more honest, in a weird way.”
Meanwhile, the band recently joined forces with Dickies to launch a new range of collaborative merchandise.
