My Sleeping Karma and Colour Haze Announce ‘The Karma Haze Tour’; Co-Presented by The Obelisk
Both Colour Haze and My Sleeping Karma were both featured on the bill of Desertfest Belgium 2025 this past weekend. Not their first time sharing space, by any means, but another example of the small world the underground becomes over time. That they’d tour together — also I think not their first time doing so — isn’t a huge surprise either. The relationship goes back to probably before My Sleeping Karma existed, and when My Sleeping Karma started out, their first albums were issued through Stefan Koglek of Colour Haze‘s now-mostly-inactive label, Elektrohasch Schallplatten. Meanwhile, Matte Vandeven of My Sleeping Karma happened to found a little booking company called Sound of Liberation, which of course has booked Colour Haze in Europe for 20 of that band’s total 30 years.
Colour Haze were out earlier this year celebrating passing that three-decade mark, and My Sleeping Karma have been taking stages all year across Europe as part of their return to the stage after losing drummer Steffen Weigand to cancer in 2023. This tour — which, your eyes don’t deceive you; it is co-presented by The Obelisk; can somebody save me a physical poster if any are printed? — will see them out for much of next April and into May, ahead of the Desertfests in Berlin, London and Oslo in which Sound of Liberation always plays a central role.
I was fortunate enough to see My Sleeping Karma for the first time (frickin’ finally) at Freak Valley Festival (review here) and if all goes according to my evil plans, I’ll see them again next summer in Croatia. It was spiritual and emotional, in addition to being sonically rad. I don’t believe in ‘blessed,’ but I do believe I’m blessed to have seen Colour Haze as much as I have over the years. Maybe I’ll get lucky again next year at some point, if not on this run. The two together on stage, however, is nothing short of magic in my mind.
Thanks to SOL and the bands for having me on board as a co-presenter. Here’s the poster and the tour announcement, to make it official:
⚡️MY SLEEPING KARMA + COLOUR HAZE ⚡️
Together, the two German psychedelic rock institutions MY SLEEPING KARMA and COLOUR HAZE celebrate 50 years of heavy underground road life.
To honor this special moment, both bands will play extended headline sets, performing brand new songs each night.
Tour Dates 2026:
17.04. Karlsruhe, Substage
18.04. Wien, Arena
19.04. Kraków, Hype Park
20.04 Warszawa, Hydrozagadka
21.04. Leipzig, Werk 2
22.04. Nijmegen, Doornroosje
23.04. Köln, Kantine
24.04. Hamburg, Markthalle
25.04. Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg
26.04. Bielefeld, Forum
27.04. Sint-Niklaas, De Casino
28.04. Paris, La Machine Du Moulin Rouge
29.04. Tübingen, Sudhaus
30.04. Aarau, Kiff
01.05. Milano, Circolo Magnolia
02.05. München, Backstage
See you on the road,
Your Karma Haze Crew!
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Nice one, JJ! Saw MSK and CH back to back at Desertfest, both for the first time, and they were both fantastic. Man, do I wish we had crowds here in the US like we saw in Antwerp, so much energy was being fed back to these legendary bands and they really responded in kind with heartfelt performances.