Kevin Parker is back with something darker, dirtier, and a little more unhinged than before. Tame Impala’s fifth album Deadbeat lands on October 17, and it’s already shaping up to be his most club-ready, body-moving project yet.
The new single Dracula is our first proper taste, all slinky synths and shadowy beats, Parker’s vocals threading between menace and euphoria. It sounds like the afterparty you probably shouldn’t have gone to, but you’re glad you did anyway. The video, directed by Julian Klincewicz, doubles down on the theme with water, mirrors, lights, and just the right amount of chaos.
This whole era has its roots in Western Australia’s underground rave scene. Parker has talked about Deadbeat being inspired by bush doof culture, those sprawling, late-night, DIY parties in paddocks and forests where the bass is endless and reality can wait. Earlier teasers like Loser (with a Joe Keery-starring video) and End of Summer (a seven-minute sprawl nodding to acid house and free parties) already hinted at this shift: Tame Impala as a future-primitive rave act. Still psychedelic, but crunchier, more minimal, and weirdly… funnier.
And then there’s the tour. From Porto to Dublin, April through May 2026, Tame Impala will be hauling Deadbeat across Europe and the UK, hitting London’s O2, Manchester’s Co-op Live, Birmingham, Glasgow, and Dublin’s 3Arena. If The Slow Rush was about time slipping through your fingers, Deadbeat feels like time hitting you square in the chest, sweaty, euphoric, and impossible to ignore.
Tame Impala Tour Dates
2026 – EU/UK
4th Apr – Super Bock Arena – Pavilhão Rosa Mota – Porto, Portugal
5th Apr – MEO Arena – Lisbon, Portugal
7th Apr – Movistar Arena – Madrid, Spain
8th Apr – Palau Sant Jordi – Barcelona, Spain
10th Apr – LDLC Arena – Lyon, France
12th Apr – Inalpi Arena – Turin, Italy
13th Apr – Unipol Arena – Bologna, Italy
14th Apr – Hallenstadion – Zurich, Switzerland
16th Apr – Olympiahalle – Munich, Germany
18th Apr – PreZero Arena – Gliwice, Poland
20th Apr – O2 Arena – Prague, Czechia
23rd Apr – Barclays Arena – Hamburg, Germany
25th Apr – Royal Arena – Copenhagen, Denmark
26th Apr – Avicii Arena – Stockholm, Sweden
27th Apr – Unity Arena – Oslo, Norway
29th Apr – Uber Arena – Berlin, Germany
30th Apr – Festhalle – Frankfurt, Germany
1st May – PSD Bank Dome – Dusseldorf, Germany
3rd May – Accor Arena – Paris, France
4th May – Ziggo Dome – Amsterdam, Netherlands
5th May – AFAS Dome – Antwerp, Belgium
7th May – The O2 – London, United Kingdom
8th May – Co-op Live Arena – Manchester, United Kingdom
9th May – Utilita Arena Birmingham – Birmingham, United Kingdom
11th May – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, United Kingdom
13th May – 3Arena – Dublin, Ireland
Tickets for Tame Impala’s 2026 UK and European arena tour, including shows at London’s O2, Manchester’s Co-op Live, Birmingham’s Utilita Arena, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro and Dublin’s 3Arena — are available now via tameimpala.com.
Over the past decade, Parker’s become one of music’s most influential producers, collaborating with everyone from Dua Lipa and SZA to Travis Scott and The Weeknd. But this new chapter feels looser, riskier, sharper. Deadbeat is the sound of Tame Impala going back to the rave, and dragging us all into the doof with him.
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