The Hives are creating quite a buzz.
Sweden’s most beloved garage rockers just announced they’re striking out an East Coast tour of the United States in March 2026 with special guest The Chats.
From March 13-26, the “Tick Tick Boom” group is scheduled to hit bowls, sheds, theaters and houses of blues in support of their recently-released record “The Hives Forever Forever The Hives” that we claimed “has all the magic of your first house party.”
That includes a stop at Brooklyn’s Paramount on Wednesday, March 18.
“The USA, a place so big we gotta do it in halves,” the cheeky Berlin Music Video Awards winners shared on Instagram. “Eastern half… get your seatbelts and your helmets on, get your finances in order. We are finally coming your way as THE HIVES continue their musical eriksgata through the United States.”
Ahead of the March ’26 run, Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist and co. toured all over the West Coast this past September. At the final show of the outing, The Hives performed at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium and delivered an 18-song set, according to Set List FM.
Notable tracks to make the cut that evening included classic jams “Hate To Say I Told You So,” “Tick Tick Boom,” “Walk Idiot Walk,” “Bogus Operandi” and “Main Offender” among others.
“Whether it was the audience ecstatically pogoing to the band’s immortal ‘Hate to Say I Told You So’ – 25 years old, and with precisely none of its biting brilliance dimmed – effectively singing lead on ‘Bogus Operandi’ or obeying Almqvist’s order to sit down near the climax of the set-ending ‘Tick Tick Boom,’ The Hives and its audience were thrillingly bound to one another, a co-dependent, ever-escalating relationship bearing endless dividends,” The Dallas Observer wrote about an earlier show on the jaunt.
“…what else is left to say, really, other than The Hives forever, forever The Hives.”
Fans Worker Bees can purchase tickets for all upcoming North American Hives shows on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale for the March 2026 trek is Friday, Oct. 17.
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The Hives tour schedule 2026
A complete calendar including all North American (and some European) tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.
The Hives set list
As noted above, Howlin’ Pelle and the gang wrapped the West Coast leg of the run at the Hollywood Palladium. Here’s what they took to the stage that evening, based on our findings at Set List FM.
01.) “Enough Is Enough”
02.) “Walk Idiot Walk”
03.) “Rigor Mortis Radio”
04.) “Paint a Picture”
05.) “Main Offender”
06.) “Born a Rebel”
07.) “Stick Up”
08.) “Bogus Operandi”
09.) “Hate to Say I Told You So”
10.) “O.C.D.O.D.”
11.) “I’m Alive”
12.) “Here We Go Again”
13.) “Countdown to Shutdown”
14.) “Come On!”
15.) “Tick Tick Boom”
Encore
16.) “Legalize Living”
17.) “Bigger Hole to Fill”
18.) “The Hives Forever Forever The Hives”
The Hives new music
On Aug. 29, The Hives dropped their seventh studio album “The Hives Forever Forever The Hives.”
It’s a kick to the throat in the absolute best way.
Blasting out of the gate with the crunchy, fuzzy, jammy “Enough Is Enough,” the band makes a statement: strap in because we’re here to rock for 33 minutes.
That blistering intensity continues with the dance-y “Hooray Hooray Hooray,” epic call-and-response ready “Bad Call,” barroom brawl soundtrack “Paint A Picture,” 100 MPH scream-along “O.C.D.O.D.” and blissed-out (by The Hives’ standards) “Legalize Living.”
Things slow down for the somber, regal “(interlude)” before picking right back up with the the giddy “Roll Out The Red Carpet,” cowbell-enhanced, Steve Miller Band homage “Born A Rebel,” radio friendly “They Can’t Hear The Music” and chills-inducing anthem “Path Of Most Resistance.”
The show ends with the ebullient, celebratory title track “The Hives Forever Forever The Hives.”
What a rush. We’re still reeling from how much fun we had listening to the blown-out house party of an album The Hives have unleashed upon the world.
If you’d like to hear for yourself, you can listen to “The Hives Forever Forever The Hives” here.
The Chats
Supporting The Hives at all U.S. shows will be the Aussie punk trio known for tracks with titles like “Smoko” and “Pub Feed.”
Formed in 2016, the group is made up of youngsters Josh Price, Matt Boggis and Eamon Sandwith and sound like Television meets Sex Pistols. They’re fun, angry and full of energy. If you’d like to take a walk through their discography, you can find The Chats’ entire back catalog here.
Huge rockers on tour in 2025-26
Many acts that will get your fists pumping, rumps bumping and feet jumping will be out and about these next few months.
Here are just five of our favorite party-starting rockers you won’t want to miss live in the near future.
• RUSH
• Yungblud
For those looking for a more blissed-out experience, we recommend Paul McCartney and Tame Impala.
Who else is blasting out speakers at venues all over the country? Check out this list of all the biggest rockers on tour in 2025 to find the show for you.
This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
