Muse have never been a band to pack away their stage gear early, and their tenth album cycle will stretch well into 2027. The Devon trio have confirmed eight arena dates across Portugal, France, and Spain for January of that year. It pushes the live schedule for The Wow! Signal deep into a second calendar year, well past their remaining 2026 arena dates.
The newly scheduled route begins on January 10 at the MEO Arena in Lisbon. From Portugal, the production travels into France for two consecutive nights at Bordeaux's Arkéa Arena on January 12 and 13, followed by another double stand at the LDLC Arena in Lyon on January 16 and 17. The Spanish leg takes in two shows at the Movistar Arena in Madrid on January 19 and 20, before wrapping up at the Roig Arena in Valencia on January 23. Staging back to back dates across Bordeaux, Lyon, and Madrid points directly to the size of the crowds the band still command in continental Europe, where single nights are rarely enough to meet demand.
Ticket sales for the January 2027 dates will happen across two separate windows in early October. An initial pre-sale starts at 9am local time on Tuesday, October 6, available to fans who register through the band's official channels. General ticket sales open forty eight hours later, at 9am local time on Thursday, October 8.
The newly unveiled itinerary continues a road campaign that started earlier this year under unusual conditions. Muse launched The Wow! Signal during the spring with an intimate gig at London's Brixton Academy, which was their first appearance on that stage since 2001. The album itself arrived in June, landing just as the trio were finishing up their 2026 North American tour. Before they can look toward mainland Europe in 2027, they still have four major UK arena dates to play this autumn. Those include two nights at Manchester's Co-op Live on November 12 and 13, followed by two dates at The O2 in London on November 15 and 16, with Boston rock band Dead Poet Society along for opening support.
Much of the attention around the current cycle has focused on what Matt Bellamy plans to build for the live production. Speaking over the summer, the frontman explained that his team had been examining elaborate science fiction staging ideas, including an attempt to construct a functioning spaceship on stage. Bellamy conceded that early price quotes for building the vessel outstripped the cost of prime real estate in London's Primrose Hill. While those prohibitive numbers mean the craft will likely remain grounded rather than flying above the crowd, he still promised audiences a striking visual presentation, including laser technology that has never been used in concert settings before.
For Bellamy, the music itself was born out of a renewed sense of purpose. He has said that making The Wow! Signal revived an essential personal instinct, noting that he cannot live without music and that the feeling returned with force during the sessions. The promotional run has also crossed paths with Silicon Valley in unexpected ways. The band recently had to change their established social media handles to make room for a new AI rollout from Meta, an adjustment that came after Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg sent Bellamy a beta version of the tool ahead of its public release.
Setting up multiple shows in the same regional centres makes practical sense for an outfit hauling an elaborate arena rig. Transporting complex technical hardware, custom laser systems, and whatever version of a sci-fi vessel survives the planning room requires substantial logistical groundwork. By booking consecutive nights across France and Spain, Muse are ensuring their ambitious staging has the physical space and audience scale to operate at its absolute maximum.
