Strap in, mun. Tighten the battle jacket. Kiss your voice goodbye.Tailgunner have officially unleashed the Midnight Blitz Tour ’26, and it’s shaping up to be one of the loudest, sweatiest, most jet-fuelled heavy metal assaults of the year 🔥✈️

Kicking off in less than a month in Switzerland, this tour sees the band tearing across Europe, flattening the UK, and detonating festival stages all summer long. Clubs, academies, legendary venues, and fields full of denim and devil horns… this is Tailgunner in full attack mode 🤘⚡️

And if you don’t see your city yet? Don’t panic. More countries and dates are still to come 👀

⚡️ WHAT IS THE MIDNIGHT BLITZ?

This isn’t just a tour name, it’s a mission statement.

The Midnight Blitz is pure modern heavy metal with old-school steel bones. Screaming solos, galloping rhythms, neon-lit aggression, and choruses designed to be yelled back at the band through sweat and beer foam. Tailgunner are riding serious momentum right now, and this tour feels like a line in the sand moment. No half-measures. No mercy. Just riffs at Mach speed 💥🎸

🌍 MIDNIGHT BLITZ TOUR ’26 — FULL ANNOUNCED DATES

🇨🇭 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇮🇹 EUROPEAN CLUB RUN

- Jan 14 — Pratteln, CH — Z7*

- Jan 15 — Lausanne, CH — Docks*

- Jan 17 — Barcelona, ES — Razzmatazz 1*

- Jan 18 — Murcia, ES — Mamba*

- Jan 20 — Sevilla, ES — Custom*

- Jan 21 — Lisbon, PT — República Da Música*

- Jan 22 — Porto, PT — Hard Club*

- Jan 23 — Madrid, ES — La Riviera*

- Jan 24 — Villava, ES — Totem*

- Jan 26 — Milan, IT — Alcatraz*

🏴 UK & IRELAND — HOLD ON TO YOUR PINTS 🍺

- Jan 30 — Porthcawl, WAL — Planet Rock Winter’s End

- Feb 6 — Brighton, ENG — Chalk #

- Feb 7 — Margate, ENG — Dreamland #

- Feb 8 — Manchester, ENG — The Ritz #

- Feb 10 — Norwich, ENG — Epic Studios #

- Feb 11 — Bradford, ENG — Nightrain #

- Feb 13 — Nottingham, ENG — Rock City #

- Feb 14 — Glasgow, SCO — TV Studios #

- Feb 15 — Newcastle, ENG — Boiler Shop #

- Feb 17 — Cardiff, WAL — Tramshed #

- Feb 18 — Torquay, ENG — Foundry #

- Feb 19 — Southampton, ENG — The 1865 #

- Feb 20 — London, ENG — Electric Ballroom #

- Feb 21 — Wolverhampton, ENG — KK’s Steel Mill #

That Cardiff Tramshed date? Expect absolute chaos. Wales always shows up loud, and Tailgunner won’t be holding back 😈🔥

🔥 FESTIVAL MAYHEM — SUMMER ’26

- Jun 4 — Sýkkiðshólmur, IS — Satan Fest

- Jun 6 — Sölvesborg, SE — Sweden Rock Festival

- Jun 7 — Trondheim, NO — Trondheim Festival

- Jun 13 — Donington Park, ENG — Download Festival

- Jun 26 — Spálené Poříčí, CZ — Basinfire Fest

- Jun 27 — Augsburg, DE — Rock Am Härtsfeldsee

- Jul 4 — Harz, DE — Rock Harz Festival

- Jul 18 — Maidstone, ENG — Maid of Stone Fest

- Aug 6 — Alicante, ES — Leyendas Del Rock

- Aug 8 — Kortrijk, BE — Alcatraz Festival

- Aug 9 — Geiselwind, DE — Keep It True Legends

- Aug 15 — Eindhoven, NL — Dynamo Metal Fest

- Aug 21 — Pellingen, DE — Hells Pelles Festival

- Sep 5 — Coventry, ENG — Hella Rock Fest

From Download to Sweden Rock, this summer is going to be pure riff warfare 🌍💣

🤝 WHO THEY’RE TOURING WITH

- * Supporting HammerFall

- # Supporting Fozzy

That’s some heavyweight company right there. Steel sharpening steel.

🎟️ TICKETS & INFO

🎫 Tickets on sale now:👉 https://linktr.ee/tailgunnerhq

Don’t hang about. These venues are built for sweat, not spectators.

🔥 THE RIFF REPORT VERDICT

Tailgunner aren’t circling anymore, they’re diving straight in. The Midnight Blitz Tour ’26 feels like a band fully locked into their power, taking risks, taking names, and taking stages by force.

If you like your metal fast, loud, and unapologetically airborne…See you down the front, butt 🤘💀

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