Drink The Sea (R.E.M., QOTSA, Screaming Trees) Unveil New Album and 2026 Tour

The supergroup Drink The Sea have announced details of a new album and a US, UK and European tour for later this year.

The band is made up of former  R.E.M.  guitarist Peter Buck, Barrett Martin of  Screaming Trees  and Alain Johannes of Eleven and  Queens Of The Stone Age , as well as Duke Garwood and Lisette Garcia.

They will release their third studio album ‘Drink The Sea III’ on October 2 via Martin’s Sunyata Records and Sony Orchard Digital Music, and they will share the record’s lead single on July 31.

The album was produced by Martin and Johannes and was recorded while the band were on the road between October 2025 and April 2026, making use of studios in Olympia, Washington as well as Chile and Brazil.

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Drink The Sea will play a lengthy tour that kicks off with a US leg in Vashon Island, Washington on August 30. The UK dates begin in Cardiff on September 30 and also include shows in Manchester, London and Brighton, before a European tour that wraps up in Ravenna, Italy on October 23.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now and you can find yours  here  (North America) and  here  (UK/Europe).

Drink The Sea will play:

AUGUST

30 – Vashon Island, WA, Vashon Center For The Arts

SEPTEMBER

3 – Grass Valley, CA, Grass Valley Center For The Arts

4 – Menlo Park, CA, Guildhall

5 – San Francisco, CA, The Chapel

8 – Tucson, AZ, Rialto Theatre

10 – San Antonio, TX, Stable Hall

12 – Austin, TX, 04 Center

13 – Dallas, TX, Granada Theater

15 – Fort Collins, CO, Aggie Theater

16 – Denver, CO, Gothic Theater

18 – Salt Lake City, UT, State Room

20 – Boise, ID, Treefort Music Hall

22 – Bozeman, MT, The Elm

23 – Spokane, WA, Knitting Factory

24 – Kirkland, WA, Kirkland Performance Center

30 – Cardiff, The Gate

OCTOBER

1 – Manchester, Band On The Wall

2 – London, Islington Assembly Hall

3 – Brighton, Chalk

5 – Amsterdam, Paradiso

6 – Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, De Casino

7 – Groningen, Netherlands, Vera

8 – Cologne, Gloria

10 – Oslo, John Dee

11 – Gothenburg, Monument 031

12 – Stockholm, Debaser

14 – Hamburg, Fabrik

15 – Berlin, Festival Kreuzberg

17 – Warsaw, Proxima

18 – Budapest, Akvarumklub

20 – Bern, Muhle Hunziken

23 – Ravenna, Italy, Bronson Club

The band came together at the end of 2024 and released their first two studio LPs, ‘Drink The Sea I’ and ‘Drink The Sea II’, last year.

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