Slide Away, the shoegaze-focused music pageant that takes place in a number of American cities, has introduced its 2026 lineup. The ’80s British cult-favorites Chapterhouse will headline alongside Hum, who’re enjoying their first reveals in practically seven years, and Nothing, who’re celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Uninterested in Tomorrow. Additionally slated to carry out at choose dates are Swirlies, Ovlov, Cloakroom, and Loveliescrushing, amongst others. The pageant will happen in New York Metropolis, Chicago, and Los Angeles in Could 2026.
Chapterhouse, Hum, and Nothing will carry out in any respect three of Slide Away’s places. The music pageant begins on Could 15 and 16 at New York’s Brooklyn Paramount, with an undercard that includes Bleary Eyed, Lovesliescrushing, Manslaughter 777, She’s Inexperienced, Swirlies, and Warmachine. Subsequent, the pageant heads to Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on Could 23 with extra units by Cloakroom, Lovesliescrushing, and Sunshy. Slide Away then descends on Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium on Could 29 and 30 with Cryogeyser, Mint Subject, Ovlov, Seko, and Terraplana rounding out the lineup. Presale tickets are presently on sale on the occasion’s web site.
Chapterhouse shaped in 1987 in Studying, England, and launched two albums throughout their authentic run—together with the heralded shoegaze traditional Whirlpool—earlier than breaking apart in 1994. They briefly returned in 2008 to affix Ulrich Schnauss for a canopy of their track “Love Perpetually” at a music pageant, earlier than formally reuniting the next yr for a one-off present and, in 2010, a brief tour.
As for Hum, these reveals mark their first reside performances following the demise of their drummer Bryan St. Pere in 2021. Becoming a member of Hum behind the package can be touring member Jason Gerken of Shiner, who beforehand crammed in for St. Pere throughout choose reveals in 2015 and 2018.
Examine Chapterhouse and Nothing in “The 50 Finest Shoegaze Albums of All Time,” and revisit Ian Cohen’s overview of Hum’s 2020 reunion album Inlet.
