Anvil Announce "Pounding the Past" 2026 North American Summer Tour

Canadian heavy metal legends Anvil have announced a summer 2026 tour of North America. The tour starts in Rochester, New York, on June 3rd, running through cities like Chicago, Las Vegas, and Seattle, before ending on July 11th in Toledo, Ohio. Tickets for select dates are available via Ticketmaster. Get Anvil Tickets Here The “Pounding the Past” tour, as Anvil are calling it, will focus on material from their first three albums — 1981’s Hard ‘n’ Heavy, 1982’s Metal on Metal, and 1983’s Forged in Fire — along with other songs from across their career. Support on all dates will come from New Jersey throwback heavy metal band Midnite Hellion, who fit hand-in-glove with Anvil’s approach to heavy metal, playing a traditional form of the genre that sits appropriately between NWOBHM and early thrash metal. Advertisement Related Video See Anvil’s 2026 tour dates below. Anvil 2026 Tour Dates: 06/03 – Rochester, NY @ Pineapple Jack’s 06/04 – Lakewood, OH @ The Foundry 06/05 – Chicago, IL @ WC Social Club 06/06 – St Louis, MO @ Off Broadway 06/07 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck 06/10 – Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live 06/12 – El Paso, TX @ Rockhouse 06/13 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress 06/14 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Tuscanny 06/17 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick 06/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Moroccan Lounge 06/19 – Palmdale, CA @ Transplants Brewing 06/20 – Santa Rosa, CA @ Arlene Francis Center 06/21 – Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial 06/24 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s 06/25 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon 06/26 – Chilliwack, BC @ The Chill House 06/27 – Vancouver, BC @ Astoria 06/28 – Victoria, BC @ The Phoenix 07/01 – Calgary, AB @ Palomino 07/02 – Edmonton, AB @ The Dive Bar 07/03 – Saskatoon, SK @ Black Cat Tavern 07/05 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre 07/08 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry 07/09 – Madison, WI @ Crucible 07/10 – Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle 07/11 – Toledo, OH @ Frankie’s Inner-City Load More