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8-bit Flatliners

Posted by Loren on May 9, 2026

8-bit Flatliners
photo by Riley Taylor

Yesterday The Flatliners released new album Cold World (Equal Vision/Dine Alone). Along with the new record, they also teamed up with Punktendo to release a quest game modeled after The Legend of Zelda.

The band in the northeastern US now and heads to California at the end of the month, then Europe later this summer.

MAY
08 — Brooklyn, NY — Meadows *
09 — Cambridge, MA — The Middle East *
10 — Cambridge, MA — The Middle East *
28 — Sacramento, CA — Goldfield ^
29 — San Francisco, CA — Rickshaw Stop ^
30 — San Jose, CA — The Ritz ^
31 — Los Angeles, CA — Teragram Ballroom ^

JUNE
19 — Hamburg, DE — Bahnhof Paulo
20 — Berlin, DE — Hole 44
21 — Dresden, DE — Farewell Youth Fest #
23 — Vienna, AT — Arena
24 — Munich, DE — Strom
25 — Cologne, DE — Gebaude 9
26 — Ysselsteyn, NL — Jera On Air #
27 — Munster, DE — Vainstream #
28 — Tabor, CZ — Mighty Sounds Festival #
30 — Stockholm, SE — Kollektivet Livet

JULY 
02 — Trois Rivières, QC — FestiVoix #
11 — Hamilton, ON — Because Beer Craft Beer Festival at Pier 4 Park #

AUGUST 
18 — Nottingham, UK — Rescue Rooms ~
19 — Glasgow, UK — Slay Glasgow ~
21 — Manchester, UK — The Bread Shed ~
22 — London, UK — The Garage ~
23 — Bristol, UK — The Fleece ~
28 — Saskatoon, SK — Louis' Pub @
29 — South Edmonton Common, AB — Pawn Shop Live @
30 — Calgary, AB — The Arrowhead @

SEPTEMBER 
01 — Fernie, BC — The Northern Bar & Stage @
04 — Vancouver, BC — Harbour Convention Centre @
05 — Kelowna, BC — Kelowna Event Centre @
06 — Winnipeg, MB — Burton Cummings Theatre @
22 — Victoria, BC — Wheelies

OCTOBER
23-25 — Gainesville, FL — The FEST 24 #

DECEMBER
02 — Cleveland, OH — House of Blues +
03 — Columbus, OH — Skullys Music Diner +
05 — Toronto, ON — History (The Holiday Melee w/ The Bouncing Souls, The Suicide Machines, The Jack Knives)
06 — Ottawa, ON — Bronson Centre +
09 — South Burlington, VT — Higher Ground +
10 — Worcester, PA — Palladium +
11 — Washington, DC — Black Cat +

* — w/ A Wilhelm Scream, Signals Midwest
^ — w/ Samiam
# — Festival appearance
~ — w/ A Wilhelm Scream
@ — supporting Propagandhi
+ — w/ The Suicide Machines, The Bouncing Souls

8-bit Flatliners
photo by Riley Taylor

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