Shortly after releasing their new single "Nightshift Superstar", Muse have followed up with another announcement: The British rock band will embark on a major European tour in late 2026 with their tenth album "The Wow! Signal" (releasing June 26). Three dates are scheduled for Germany.
On November 18, 2026, Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard, and Chris Wolstenholme will perform at Berlin's Uber Arena, followed by two evenings at the PSD Bank Dome in Düsseldorf on November 24 and 25. Tickets will be available starting Friday, June 19, 2026, at 10 a.m. via Eventim. Those who pre-order the album from the official store will get access to the presale starting Wednesday, June 17 at 10 a.m. local time.
"The Wow! Signal" will be released on June 26, 2026 via Warner Records and is the first Muse album since "Will of the People" from 2022 - which debuted at number one on the charts in several countries at the time and was the band's seventh consecutive album to enter straight at the top in the UK.
A Radio Signal as Album Title
Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard, and Chris Wolstenholme borrowed the name of the new album from one of the most puzzling events in radio astronomy: In 1977, scientists recorded a 72-second radio pulse from the direction of the Sagittarius constellation - with a bandwidth and intensity suggesting a possible extraterrestrial source. The discovering astronomer wrote the word "WOW!" next to the now iconic sequence "6EQUJ5" on the printout. Muse have turned this into an album that, according to Warner's press release, explores cosmic mystery, existential hope, and the fascination with contact with the unknown.
The album announcement was correspondingly unusual: In collaboration with the company Sent Into Space, the band sent a specially designed tablet computer 33 kilometers high into the atmosphere in March to celebrate the premiere of the video for lead single "Be With You".
Since the band's formation in 1994, Bellamy, Howard, and Wolstenholme have sold more than 30 million records worldwide and, with two Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards, and eleven NME Awards, are among the most acclaimed live bands in the world. Their 2015 album "Drones" won the Grammy for Best Rock Album.
