Sharpen your ponchos and emotionally prepare your local venues: GWAR are back. The intergalactic lords of shock rock have announced a massive spring 2026 U.S. run dubbed “Gor Gor Strikes Back,” once again unleashing their long-suffering audiences to gallons of fake blood, real volume, and gloriously unnecessary chaos.
Founded in Richmond, Virginia in the late ’80s, GWAR have spent decades turning metal shows into full-scale theatrical war crimes, blending thrash, punk, satire, and an ever-expanding mythology that somehow keeps getting louder. This time, they’re bringing backup in the form of SOULFLY, Max Cavalera’s groove-driven wrecking machine, with Australia’s KING PARROT opening every night to make sure the crowd is already sweating before GWAR even land.
The tour launches March 19 in Richmond, VA, and stomps its way across the country before wrapping up April 29 in Charlotte, NC. According to the band, Gor Gor is involved, which historically means things will be smashed, eaten, or sacrificed.
Blöthar The Berserker sums it up in typical GWAR fashion:
“This tour will be a ritual orgy of death, sex, violence and rock and fu**ing roll!! Let the severed heads rain… Be there humans, or be left to suffer on this planet while we party in the stars!”
Subtle as ever.
GWAR – “Gor Gor Strikes Back” 2026 U.S. Tour Dates
With SOULFLY and KING PARROT
March 19 – Richmond, VA – The National
March 20 – Reading, PA – Reverb
March 21 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
March 22 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
March 24 – Hartford, CT – The Webster
March 25 – Wilmington, DE – The Queen
March 26 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
March 27 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues
March 28 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
March 29 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
March 31 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
April 1 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
April 2 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
April 3 – Fort Wayne, IN – Piere’s
April 4 – Saginaw, MI – The Vault
April 5 – Green Bay, WI – EPIC Events Center
April 7 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
April 8 – Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
April 9 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
April 10 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada
April 12 – Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theater
April 14 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
April 15 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
April 17 – Sacramento, CA – Channel 24
April 18 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
April 19 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
April 20 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theater
April 21 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
April 23 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
April 24 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
April 25 – Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen Music Hall
April 27 – Chattanooga, TN – The Signal
April 28 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
April 29 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
