The fast-rising Texas-based five-piece I Promised The World just played their first show outside of the US at Outbreak Festival to a massive welcome and today announce a headline tour for Autumn 2026. “To play our first ever show outside of the states, and have the reaction we did at Outbreak is something we could never have expected. It truly blew us away. We can’t wait to get back and play all those cities and make ourselves some new friends along the way” says Hunter Wilson  
(Photos by Anna Swiechowska for Outbreak fest)
The tour will see them take in six dates across Europe before heading to the UK for eight shows, full dates below. I PROMISED THE WORLD HEADLINE TOUR
WITH ROSASHARIN Tue 13 Oct 2026 Asgaard, Gentbrugge – Ghent, Belgium Wed 14 Oct 2026 BETTY – Hamburg, Germany Thu 15 Oct 2026 Privatclub – Berlin, Germany Fri 16 Oct 2026 Garagen – Cologne, Germany Sat 17 Oct 2026 Glazart – Paris, France Sun 18 Oct 2026 DB’s-Utrecht, Netherlands Tue 20 Oct 2026 Daltons – Brighton, United Kingdom Wed 21 Oct 2026 New Cross Inn – London, United Kingdom Thu 22 Oct 2026 The Flapper – Birmingham, United Kingdom Fri 23 Oct 2026 Boom – Leeds, United Kingdom Sat 24 Oct 2026 The White Hotel – Manchester, United Kingdom Sun 25 Oct 2026 Classic Grand – Glasgow, United Kingdom Tue 27 Oct 2026 The Grove – Newcastle, United Kingdom Wed 28 Oct 2026 Exchange – Bristol, United Kingdom TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 3RD JULY 10AM BST Their self-titled EP came out via Rise Records to critical acclaim, with NME saying they are “screaming their way into something bigger”, ASBO said they are “Bursting with energy, power, and promise” and Rock Sound said they are “Nostalgic yet fiercely fresh, beautifully constructed yet sensationally brash, emotionally dense yet crushingly direct. It is the sort of release that goes on to define an era, a collection of songs that turn out to be the trigger for a whole new wave of inspiration.” Recorded at Timber Studios in Bayonne, NJ with Jon Markson (Drug Church, DRAIN, Stay Inside) and Adam Cichocki, I Promised The World opens quietly with “Proud” before exploding into the band’s full screamo / Midwest emo / post-hardcore push, setting the tone for an EP that never lets up. Molina’s cracked, yearning vocals and Wilson’s guttural growls weave through the otherworldly swell of “A Pure Expression,” the aggressive-but-exposed rush of “Bliss In 7 Languages,” and the constantly shifting “Future Worth Dying For,” before “Emerald Waltz” closes things out by building from hushed desperation into a relentless, towering crescendo. The EP captures a moment of choosing intention over drifting, presence over distraction, and treating the future as something you actively build instead of wait for. I Promised The World documents that turning point: the tension between who they were and who they’re becoming, where nothing has technically changed, but everything feels different. It’s both a reset and a declaration—the sound of a band committing fully to itself. All streaming for the EP here
Watch the visualiser for “Proud”
Watch the video for “A Pure Expression”
Watch the video for “Bliss In 7 Languages” Born out of tragedy, the band started after vocalist/guitarist Caleb Molina lost his father in 2020 due to COVID. Though the band—completed by vocalist Hunter Wilson, drummer Mason Zschau, guitarist Mason Nowlin and bassist Aidan Vickers—didn’t actually form until a few years later in 2023, their existence is intrinsically linked to his death. I Promised The World has always been both an extension and expression of Molina’s grief. But, as the band’s new self-titled EP demonstrates, it now also exists in defiance of it, as a celebration of Molina’s dad’s life. In the two short years of the band’s existence, they’ve seen tours with Deafheaven, Midrit and Koyo. I PROMISED THE WORLD / SELF-TITLED EP IS OUT NOW VIA RISE RECORDS LISTEN | 
