Meshuggah Announces 2027 North America Tour for 40th Anniversary

Meshuggah has announced a 2027 North America tour to celebrate the band's 40th anniversary. The tour, titled the Forty-Year Anomaly, includes performances at major venues such as Red Rocks Amphitheatre, The Fox Theater in Oakland, and The Brooklyn Paramount. The tour begins on February 12 in Toronto and concludes in May with a show in Milwaukee at the Milwaukee Metal Fest. Dates span from February through May, with stops in cities including Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Nashville, Virginia Beach, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Morrison, Oakland, Inglewood, Phoenix, and San Antonio.

The tour is produced by Live Nation. Special guests include Testament and Blood Incantation. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 30 at 10 AM local time, with an artist pre-sale beginning today at 10 AM Pacific time. S.

can access pre-sale tickets starting Tuesday, October 27 at 12 PM Eastern time through the Citi Entertainment program. com. The band, formed in Umeå, Sweden in the late 1980s, has long been recognized for its influence on heavy metal through complex rhythms, dissonance, and physical intensity. Albums such as Destroy Erase Improve, Chaosphere, and Nothing have helped define the genre.

Songs like "Future Breed Machine," "Rational Gaze," and "Bleed" remain influential. The band earned a 2018 Grammy nomination for "Best Metal Performance" and 2022’s Immutable topped both the UK Rock & Metal Albums chart and Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart. The tour marks the first time Meshuggah performs at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Band members include Jens Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal, Tomas Haake, Mårten Hagström, and Dick Lövgren.