South Arcade have released their new single, “DEADMEAT.” The track tells a modern Romeo and Juliet-style story about two people from very different worlds who fall for each other, despite the obstacles around them.
“We went into writing wanting to tell a sort of modern Romeo and Juliet story (but with a less depressing ending),” the band say. “We left with ‘DEADMEAT.’ It has this reckless optimism about it where the two characters’ worlds shouldn’t really overlap, but they’ve found each other regardless — they want to escape all of that noise, steal a car, and leave town. It had this ‘us against the world’ energy that we loved.”
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Next week, the band will perform at Rock 4 People, Download Festival, and TRNSMT. Then, they’ll head to North America for Warped Tour and the Idobi Summer School tour.
Listen to “DEADMEAT” and see their 2026 tour dates below.
South Arcade 2026 tour dates
06/12 – Hradec Králové, Czech Republic @ Rock for People Festival
06/13 – Donington Park, England @ Download Festival
06/14 – Glasgow, Scotland @ TRNSMT Festival
06/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
06/21 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
06/23 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
06/24 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
06/26 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
06/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
06/28 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
06/30 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
07/01 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
07/05 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
07/07 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
07/08 – Allentown, PA @ Archer Music Hall
07/10 – McKees Rocks, PA @ Roxian Theatre
07/11 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
07/12 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
07/14 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall
07/16 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
07/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater
07/19 – Denver, CO @ Summit
07/20 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
07/22 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
07/23 – Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
07/25 – Long Beach, CA @ Vans Warped Tour
07/26 – Long Beach, CA @ Vans Warped Tour
08/06 – Eschwege, Germany @ Open Flair Festival
08/07 – Rothenburg, Germany @ Taubertal Festival
08/08 – Hamburg, Germany @ Amplified Festival
08/14 – Osaka, Japan @ Summer Sonic
08/16 – Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonic
11/14 – Orlando, FL @ Vans Warped Tour
11/15 – Orlando, FL @ Vans Warped Tour
