LCD Soundsystem, photo by Kyle Dehn for M3F Festival
LCD Soundsystem have announced a return to Chicago in 2026. From March 5-8, the James Murphy-fronted electronica ensemble will deliver four performances at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom as their second multi-night engagement of the new year, following four shows at Aspen, Colo.’s Belly Up from Dec. 31 to Jan. 3. Tickets for all four Chicago shows will become available through an artist pre-sale next Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 10 a.m., followed by a public onsale on Friday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. Learn more and find updates on support acts and after-parties at lcdsoundsystem.com.
News of LCD Soundsystem’s Chicago residency arrives during the band’s fifth New York series since 2021, and their second at Queens, N.Y.’s Knockdown Center. The pioneering octet will offer eight additional home-city shows through Dec. 13, featuring nightly afterparties with special guest DJ sets, a DFA Records swap meet and an on-site outpost of the Four Horsemen wine bar, which Murphy co-owns; Automatic and RIP Magic are booked as the openers for Dec. 4-7 and Dec 10-13, respectively.
2025 has been an exceptionally long year of performing for Murphy and the band. After embarking from a headline set at Phoenix’s M3F Festival, the group tore through a spring tour with Nation of Language, a June residency at London’s O2 Academy Brixton, a summer tour with TV On The Radio, two stagings at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl with Pulp and high billings at Primavera Sound Barcelona, Paris’ We Love Green, Asbury Park, N.J.’s Sea.Hear.Now Festival and San Francisco’s Portola Festival. All this has unfolded as fans anxiously await new music in the way of their 2024 single “X-Ray Eyes.”
“It’s the first single of what’s shaping up to be a new album,” Murphy said of the new song and circulating rumors. “Don’t ask me when that is, because we’re still working on it. But it feels very good to be putting out new music.”
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