Canadian heavy metal pioneers Kittie announced their European and UK 2026 shows, bringing their high-energy live shows across the continent this summer. The run arrives following the release of their "Spit XXV" EP last September via Sumerian Records.
Tour dates are as follows:
Germany with the support of Crypta (direct), Vexed (opener):
- August 4, @ Colos-Saal (Aschaffenburg, DE)
- August 5, @ Free & Easy Festival (Munich, DE)
- August 7, @ Gebaeude 9 (Cologne, DE)
UK with the support of Split Chain (direct), Harpy (opener):
August 10, @ Club Academy (Manchester, UK)
August 11, @ O2 Academy Islington (London, UK)
ABOUT KITTIE
When you discovered Canadian heavy music pioneers Kittie has a direct influence on how you see them. For those on board from the beginning with Spit in 2000, Kittie was part of nu-metal's explosive rise. Through later albums including Oracle (2001), In The Black (2009), and I've Failed You (2011), the band evolved into something far more sinister, viewed as a serious metal outfit. After a prolonged hiatus broken only by a 2017 hometown show and 2018's documentary Kittie: Origins/Evolutions, the band returned in 2022 following festival offers including Sick New World.
12.6 million career streams later, vocalist/guitarist Morgan Lander, drummer/backing vocalist Mercedes Lander, guitarist Tara McLeod, and bassist Ivy Vujic maintain that Kittie never broke up because it remains ingrained in their identity. Their 2024 album Fire, produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush, Alice In Chains), marked their triumphant return with renewed fury and unfathomable sonic brutality. As Kittie now pay homage to their past whilst also bringing it firmly into the present day, with the new Spit XXV EP, the new era of Kittie continues to blaze forth, illuminating the way as they take their rightful place as torchbearers for heavy music.