Mastodon releases "Your Ghost Again," announces tour with Deafheaven and Alcest

Mastodon have released their first new music since parting ways with co-founding vocalist/guitarist Brent Hinds , and his death last year at 51 years old. “Your Ghost Again,” a tribute to Hinds, was produced by Patrik Berger and Kurt Ballou of Converge, and it’s the first single off their highly anticipated ninth album, which is still to be announced.

In a behind-the-scenes video posted on the band’s social media, drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor says, “‘Your Ghost Again’ is about being in those familiar places you used to be with people all the time, which for us was in the studio. I just kept seeing [Brent] out of the corner of my eye, where he would normally be with his guitar. It’s about that: Your mind plays tricks on you, especially so soon after someone dies and you’re in the places where they always were. You just see them.”

“We wanted to pick a song that sounds like Mastodon, and that has all the things in there, because it’s the first impression of what people are gonna hear,” guitarist/vocalist Bill Kelliher adds. “It speaks about things that have just happened and people passing, I could go deep but I don’t want to because a lot of that shit’s personal.”

“The bridge lyrics are two lines of pure gratitude towards Brent,” bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders says. “It’s ‘all the gifts from you, now you can take them back where you must go,’ meaning you came into my life, you exposed me to things that blew my mind, together we conquered thousands of stages around the world, had magical moments that we can never repeat again, but all the beauty that you brought it still remains, always will.”

Mastodon also announced a fall tour that wraps up with their set at the Fort Worth edition of Sick New World . Shows begin on September 16 in Orlando, and they’ve lined up killer support from Deafheaven and Alcest . See all dates below.

The NYC show is at Brooklyn Paramount on September 24 . Tickets to that and all dates go on sale Friday, June 5 at 10 AM local, with various presales starting Wednesday, June 3 at 10 AM local.

MASTODON: 2026 TOUR DATES

Jun. 03 2026 O2 Universum Praha, Czechia

Jun. 05 2026 Rock am Ring 2026 Nürburg, Germany

Jun. 06 2026 Mystic Festival 2026 Gdańsk, Poland

Jun. 07 2026 Rock im Park 2026 Nürnberg, Germany

Jun. 09 2026 Komplex Zurich, Switzerland

Jun. 11 2026 Nova Rock 2026 Nickelsdorf, Austria

Jun. 13 2026 Into the Grave Festival 2026 Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Jun. 14 2026 Download Festival 2026 Castle Donington, United Kingdom

Jun. 16 2026 Garage Saarbrücken Saarbrücken, Germany

Jun. 17 2026 FZW Dortmund, Germany

Jun. 19 2026 Hellfest 2026 Clisson, France

Jun. 21 2026 Graspop Metal Meeting 2026 Dessel, Belgium

Jun. 22 2026 Docks Hamburg, Germany

Jun. 24 2026 Copenhell Festival 2026 Copenhagen, Denmark

Jun. 25 2026 Huxleys Neue Welt Berlin, Germany

Jun. 27 2026 Rock Pod Kameňom 2026 Snina, Slovakia

Jun. 28 2026 Tvornica Kulture Zagreb, Croatia

Jun. 30 2026 Le Bikini Ramonville-st-agne, France

Jul. 01 2026 Le Rocher de Palmer Cenon, France

Jul. 03 2026 Rock Imperium Festival 2026 Cartagena, Spain

Jul. 04 2026 Resurrection Fest 2026 Viveiro, Spain

Jul. 05 2026 Evil Live Festival 2026 Lisboa, Portugal

Sep. 16 2026 Hard Rock Live Orlando Orlando, FL

Sep. 18 2026 Asheville Yards Asheville, NC

Sep. 19 2026 Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA

Sep. 20 2026 Louder Than Life 2026 Louisville, KY

Sep. 22 2026 Franklin Music Hall Philadelphia, PA

Sep. 23 2026 Citizens House of Blues Boston, MA

Sep. 24 2026 Brooklyn Paramount Brooklyn, NY

Sep. 25 2026 Anthem Washington, DC

Sep. 27 2026 MTELUS Montréal, QC

Sep. 28 2026 REBEL Toronto, ON

Sep. 29 2026 Buffalo RiverWorks Buffalo, NY

Oct. 01 2026 The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, MI

Oct. 02 2026 The Riviera Theater Chicago, IL

Oct. 03 2026 Palace Theatre Minneapolis, MN

Oct. 06 2026 The Complex Salt Lake City, UT

Oct. 07 2026 Revolution Center Boise, ID

Oct. 09 2026 Fox Theater Oakland, CA

Oct. 10 2026 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA

Oct. 11 2026 The Sound San Diego, CA

Oct. 14 2026 Fillmore Plaza Denver, CO

Oct. 16 2026 Val Air Ballroom West Des Moines, IA

Oct. 17 2026 The Pageant St Louis, MO

Oct. 18 2026 Satellite Music Hall Memphis, TN

Oct. 20 2026 Agora Theater & Ballroom Cleveland, OH

Oct. 21 2026 Piedmont Hall Greensboro, NC

Oct. 22 2026 The Eastern Atlanta, GA

Oct. 24 2026 Sick New World Texas 2026 Fort Worth, TX

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/mastodon-share-brent-hinds-tribute-your-ghost-again-announce-tour-w-deafheaven-alcest/)._