Hermano Announce Spring 2026 European Tour
Prior confirmations at Desertfest Berlin, Desertfest London and Obsidian Dust Festival in Belgium made a run of European tour dates all the more likely for Hermano, but certainly it’s nice to see how it will all shape up as the John Garcia-fronted heavy rockers — and I’m not saying they’re the most underrated of his projects, because Slo Burn and Unida, but still — take to old continental shores for 10-thus-far dates that include the above-mentioned fests and a coheadlining night in Austria with Truckfighters, which even with just the two bands is like a Desertfest unto itself.
It’s not three months on the road and it doesn’t put them someplace I’m likely to be, which is a bummer, but I have it on good authority I’m not the only human being on the planet and I can never get out to shows anyway, so maybe I’ll live. For Hermano, the tour represents a continuation of periodic, mostly-Euro-centered activity that saw them performing in France earlier this year for not-their-first Hellfest, that slot following up on the release of lost studio material, When the Moon Was High…, that came out on Ripple Music in 2024.
The last Hermano album was 2007’s …Into the Exam Room (discussed here), and while that record brimmed with creative vitality in producing some of the best and most memorable songs of Garcia‘s post-Kyuss career, there’s never really been word of a next one.
Bassist Dandy Brown posted the dates on social media thusly:
Contact your local ticket agencies. It’s on.
Hermano Europe 2026
07.05 Paris FR La Marquinerie
08.05 Utrecht NL Tivoli Vrendenburg
09.05 Cologne DE Luxor
11.05 Vienna, AT Arena*
12.05 Munich DE Backstage Halle
14.05 Berlin DE Desertfest Berlin
15.05 London UK Desertfest London
17.05 Brussels BE Obsidian Dust
* One more to be announced soon. Stay tuned.
HERMANO line-up:
John Garcia – Vocals
Dandy Brown – bass
Mike Callahan – Guitar
David Angstrom – Guitar
Chris Leathers – drums
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Hermano is my favorite JG fronted band, even over Kyuss. The Kyuss albums are great of course but not as developed or advanced as Hermano, Vista Chino, JG & the Band of Gold & his stellar solo album IMO. Plus we got to see him live with Kyuss Lives!, Visto Chino and when he came around solo with Telekinetic Yeti. So F Yeah! Maybe a tour of the US is next!