R.E.M, QOTSA, Screaming Trees supergroup Drink The Sea announce new album and 2026 UK and European tour

R.E.M, QOTSA, Screaming Trees supergroup Drink The Sea announce new album and 2026 UK and European tour

The supergroup Drink The Sea have announced details of a new album and a US, UK and European tour for later this year.

The band is made up of former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and Alain Johannes of Eleven and Queens Of The Stone Age, as well as Duke Garwood and Lisette Garcia.

They will release their third studio album ‘Drink The Sea III’ on October 2 via Martin’s Sunyata Records and Sony Orchard Digital Music, and they will share the record’s lead single on July 31.

The album was produced by Martin and Johannes and was recorded while the band were on the road between October 2025 and April 2026, making use of studios in Olympia, Washington as well as Chile and Brazil.

Drink The Sea will play a lengthy tour that kicks off with a US leg in Vashon Island, Washington on August 30. The UK dates begin in Cardiff on September 30 and also include shows in Manchester, London and Brighton, before a European tour that wraps up in Ravenna, Italy on October 23.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now and you can find yours here (North America) and here (UK/Europe).

Drink The Sea will play: 

AUGUST 
30 – Vashon Island, WA, Vashon Center For The Arts 

SEPTEMBER 
3 – Grass Valley, CA, Grass Valley Center For The Arts 
4 – Menlo Park, CA, Guildhall 
5 – San Francisco, CA, The Chapel 
8 – Tucson, AZ, Rialto Theatre 
10 – San Antonio, TX, Stable Hall 
12 – Austin, TX, 04 Center 
13 – Dallas, TX, Granada Theater 
15 – Fort Collins, CO, Aggie Theater 
16 – Denver, CO, Gothic Theater 
18 – Salt Lake City, UT, State Room 
20 – Boise, ID, Treefort Music Hall 
22 – Bozeman, MT, The Elm 
23 – Spokane, WA, Knitting Factory 
24 – Kirkland, WA, Kirkland Performance Center 
30 – Cardiff, The Gate 

OCTOBER 
1 – Manchester, Band On The Wall 
2 – London, Islington Assembly Hall 
3 – Brighton, Chalk 
5 – Amsterdam, Paradiso 
6 – Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, De Casino 
7 – Groningen, Netherlands, Vera 
8 – Cologne, Gloria 
10 – Oslo, John Dee 
11 – Gothenburg, Monument 031 
12 – Stockholm, Debaser 
14 – Hamburg, Fabrik 
15 – Berlin, Festival Kreuzberg 
17 – Warsaw, Proxima 
18 – Budapest, Akvarumklub 
20 – Bern, Muhle Hunziken 
23 – Ravenna, Italy, Bronson Club 

The band came together at the end of 2024 and released their first two studio LPs, ‘Drink The Sea I’ and ‘Drink The Sea II’, last year.

You can view the original article HERE.

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