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 Festival06/13 – Donington Park, England @ Download Festival06/14 – Glasgow, Scotland @ TRNSMT Festival06/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco06/21 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren06/23 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues06/24 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues06/26 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues06/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre06/28 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore06/30 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring07/01 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza07/05 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place07/07 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues07/08 – Allentown, PA @ Archer Music Hall07/10 – McKees Rocks, PA @ Roxian Theatre07/11 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues07/12 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s07/14 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall07/16 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues07/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater07/19 – Denver, CO @ Summit07/20 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot07/22 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo07/23 – Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom07/25 – Long Beach, CA @ Vans Warped Tour07/26 – Long Beach, CA @ Vans Warped Tour08/06 – Eschwege, Germany @ Open Flair Festival08/07 – Rothenburg, Germany @ Taubertal Festival08/08 – Hamburg, Germany @ Amplified Festival08/14 – Osaka, Japan @ Summer Sonic08/16 – Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonic11/14 – Orlando, FL @ Vans Warped Tour11/15 – Orlando, FL @ Vans Warped Tour
