Deftones are coming back to the Midwest in a big way. The alt-metal legends announced today, Nov. 12, a 23-date North American tour for spring 2027, with Knocked Loose as direct support and shoegaze upstarts julie opening every night.

Two dates matter most for Northwest Ohio: Tuesday, June 8 at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan — the classic summer road-trip show — and Friday, June 11 at The Farmer Music Center in Cincinnati. The tour kicks off May 5 in Dallas and wraps June 20 in Toronto, hitting the Hollywood Bowl and Forest Hills Stadium along the way.

The run supports Deftones’ 2025 album private music, and it comes just days after the band made headlines at their own Día De Los Deftones festival in San Diego, where they played the long-lost Eros track “Melanie” live for the first time since 2008.

Artist presale registration is open now through Nov. 15, with the presale starting Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. local time and general on-sale Thursday, Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Pine Knob in June with Deftones and Knocked Loose on the same bill is about as good as a summer concert gets — set the alarm for Tuesday.

Sources: Blabbermouth | Loudwire | Consequence

Photo: Deftones at Rock im Park 2022, via Wikimedia Commons.