Avatar release new single 'In The Airwaves'

The heavy metal visionaries collectively known as AVATAR — vocalist Johannes Eckerström, guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — have gone from strength to strength to strength over the past several years.

There's the critically acclaimed, 2023-released album Dance Devil Dance, which included rock radio chart topper ‘The Dirt I'm Buried In’. There have been scores of sold-out headline shows across the globe and an actual fossil named after them. The list goes on and on. And now today (July 18th) the band have released their brand new single ‘In The Airwaves’.

Steam 'In The Airwaves' HERE / watch the video HERE

Regarding the single Avatar say, "Avatar is defined by the challenges we put in front of ourselves. We always push for more and look for new angles. In this ever ongoing pursuit for the next great thing, we return to one of the most important aspects of metal: Speed."

The band continues, "This is the fastest song we have done in what seems to be an eternity, and it feels good to push the engine to the max again. In a way, it feels like a return to something. Enjoy our rage."

It follows the recent single ‘CAPTAIN GOAT’. Watch the video here.

Avatar show no signs of pausing to take a breath in their quest for absolute world domination — much less stopping. There is more new music on the way, as well.

Avatar are currently conquering stages across Europe supporting Iron Maiden and have further support dates with Metallica in Europe and the UK to follow. Avatar have just announced a headline North American tour for autumn 2025, which is preceded with their biggest ever headline show in Mexico City. The band’s UK and European headline tour starts in February 2026. Full dates are listed below.

AVATAR ON TOUR

2025 U.S.A. HEADLINE (JUST ANNOUNCED!)

NOVEMBER

• 5th — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren
• 6th — San Diego, CA — The Observatory San Diego
• 7th — Riverside, CA — Riverside Municipal Auditorium
• 8th — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl
• 10th — Seattle, WA — Moore Theater
• 11th — Portland, OR — Roseland Theatre
• 12th — Boise, ID — Revolution
• 14th — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union
• 15th — Denver, CO — Fillmore
• 17th — Minneapolis, MN — Fillmore
• 18th — Madison, WI — The Sylvee
• 20th — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit
• 21st — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE
• 22nd — Columbus, OH — KEMBA Live!
• 23rd — Silver Spring, MD — The Fillmore Silver Spring
• 25th — Huntington, NY — Paramount
• 26th — Boston, MA — House of Blues
• 28th — Allentown, PA — Archer Music Hall
• 29th — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore Charlotte
• 30th — Louisville, KY — Old Forester’s Paristown Hall

DECEMBER

• 2nd — Chicago, IL — Riviera Theater
• 4th — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works
• 5th — St. Louis, MO — The Pageant
• 6th — Tulsa, OK — Tulsa Theater
• 7th — Dallas, TX — House of Blues

AVATAR ON TOUR

WITH IRON MAIDEN

JULY

• 19th — Paris, FR — Paris La Défense Arena
• 20th — Paris, FR — Paris La Défense Arena
• 23rd — Arnhem, NL — GelreDome
• 25th — Frankfurt, DE — Deutsche Bank Park
• 26th — Stuttgart, DE — Cannstatter Wasen
• 29th — Berlin, DE — Waldbühne Berlin
• 30th — Berlin, DE —Waldbühne Berlin

AUGUST

• 2nd — Warsaw, PL — PGE Narodowy
• 9th — Kortrijk, BE — Alcatraz Festival*

2025 MEXICO HEADLINE

OCTOBER

• 31st — Mexico City, MX — The Pepsi Center

2026 EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR

FEBRUARY

• 5th — Stockholm, SE — Fållan
• 7th — Helsinki, FI — Kulttuuritalo
• 9th — Oslo, NO — Sentrum Scene
• 10th — Copenhagen, DK — Vega
• 11th — Osnabrück, DE — Die Botschaft
• 12th — Brussels, BE — A.B.
• 14th — London, UK — Exhibition
• 15th — Manchester, UK — Academy
• 16th — Glasgow, UK — Barrowland
• 17th — Nottingham, UK — Rock City
• 18th — Bristol, UK — O2 Academy
• 20th — Amsterdam, NL — AFAS Live
• 21st — Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU — Rockhal
• 22nd — Zürich, CH — Komplex
• 24th — Barcelona, ES — Razzmatazz
• 25th — Madrid, ES — La Riviera
• 27th — Lisbon, PT — LAV
• 28th — Bilbao, ES — Santana 27

MARCH

• 2nd — Lyon, FR — Le Cube
• 3rd — Milan, IT — Alcatraz
• 4th — Vienna, AT — Gasometer
• 5th — Munich, DE — Tonhalle
• 6th — Cologne, DE — E-Werk
• 7th — Paris, FR — Le Zenith
• 9th — Wiesbaden, DE — Schlachthof
• 10th — Zlin, CZ — Sports Hall Datart
• 11th — Warsaw, PL — Stodola
• 12th — Berlin, DE — Columbiahalle
• 13th — Hamburg, DE — Docks

SUPPORTING METALLICA — SUMMER 2026:

MAY

24th — Frankfurt, DE — Deutsche Bank Park

JUNE

11th — Budapest, HU — Puskas Arena

19th — Dublin, IE — Aviva Stadium

JULY

5th — London, UK — London Stadium