All Points East has announced more acts for Deftones‘ huge Outbreak Fest show in London. Find all the details below.
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The Sacramento metal band will top the bill at Victoria Park in the capital on Sunday August 23, as part of a special APE x Outbreak event.
They were initially joined on the line-up by IDLES, Amyl & The Sniffers, Esdeekid, JPEGMAFIA, ¥øu$Uk€ ¥uk1mat$U, Basement, Wisp, Deafheaven and Show Me The Body.
Organisers then confirmed further openers in February in the form of Interpol, AFI, Mannequin Pussy, house pioneers Salem, techno upstart Blawan, and alt-rock NME 100 graduate Ecca Vandal.
Today (Friday July 3), seven more acts have been added to the stacked bill, including NME 100 2026 stars Villanelle and Tooth. They are joined by Dublin alt-rock band Brooki, LA trio Clarion, Atlanta rapper/singer Kenny Mason, nu-metal/grunge outfit Overgrown, and Daniel P Carter’s new project Reclus.É.
You can see the updated line-up poster below, and find any remaining tickets here.
All Points East 2026 will also host co-headliners Jorja Smith and Tems (August 21), a bill-topping show from Lorde (August 22), a two-night takeover from Tyler, The Creator (August 28, 29), and headliners Twenty One Pilots (August 30).
Deftones embarked on a UK and European headline tour earlier this year. The run of shows included an epic, sold-out stop at The O2 in London, and arena dates in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin and Cardiff.
Their summer 2026 calendar features a performance at the Edinburgh Summer Sessions and Dublin’s IMMA, too. In October, the group will appear at the inaugural Texas edition of US festival Sick New World.
Deftones’ 10th and latest studio album, ‘Private Music’, was released last summer. Last year also saw the band play a massive career-spanning concert at London’s Crystal Palace Park – just one day after pulling out of their slot at Glastonbury 2025 at the last minute.
In a glowing five-star review of ‘Private Music’, NME wrote: “Rather than just hang off the legacy of the immaculate classics ‘Around The Fur’ and ‘White Pony’, the Sacramento art-metallers have spent the 21st Century boshing out banger after banger as arguably the most reliable band in rock.”
It added: “‘Private Music’ once again finds the band as masters of beauty and brutality rolling over the horizon in one stunning but powerful storm. Batten down those hatches, throw up those horns, and lean in close.”
Speaking to NME in 2025, frontman Chino Moreno said Deftones’ music had always been vulnerable, pointing to ‘Mascara’ on their 1997 album ‘Around The Fur’ as proof. He also admitted that his confidence to lay himself out in a love song had grown.
“Honestly, I’m no expert in mental health, but speaking for myself, doing therapy and sobriety as well – which has been a big thing for me to achieve in these last few years – obviously it was kind of scary in the beginning,” Moreno told us. “Then once you break that wall down and realise, ‘Oh, I’m probably more creative than I’ve been in the past and a little bit more in tune with what’s going on, with my emotions’. Now I think it’s easier. I used to believe that maybe I had to be in an altered state of mind to have this creative thing.
“Overall, having a bit of clarity and still being able to be creative – it feels more pristine. It’s more polished and it’s more honest, in a weird way.”
In other news, Deftones have announced the line-up for the next edition of their Dia De Los Deftones festival.
