Deftones have shared the official music video for their new single “milk of the madonna,” the second new single following “my mind is a mountain,” from the new album Private Music! Pre-orders are live for Private Music, out August 22, 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records below. Their EU/UK Tour kicks off January 29 at the Adidas Arena in Paris. It includes 15 shows across major cities, including Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester and Dublin, before wrapping at The O2 in London on February 20. Deftones will be joined by Denzel Curry and Drug Church as support across these dates. Full routing below.
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EU/UK TOUR 2026 DATES
Thu 29 Jan – Paris, FR – Adidas Arena
Fri 30 Jan – Brussels, BE – Forest National
Sun 1 Feb – Hamburg, DE – Barclays Arena
Tue 3 Feb – Munich, DE – Zenith
Thu 5 Feb – Lodz, PL – Atlas Arena
Fri 6 Feb – Berlin, DE – Max-Schmeling-Halle
Sat 7 Feb – Dortmund, DE – Westfalenhalle
Mon 9 Feb – Stuttgart, DE – Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Tue 10 Feb – Amsterdam, NL – AFAS Live
Thu 12 Feb – Birmingham, UK – BP Pulse Live
Fri 13 Feb – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
Sat 14 Feb – Manchester, UK – Co-Op Live
Mon 16 Feb – Dublin, IE – 3Arena
Wed 18 Feb – Cardiff, UK – Utilita Arena
Fri 20 Feb – London, UK – The O2
Tickets go on general sale Friday, 18 July at 9am BST via deftones.com.
The announcement follows the release of Deftones’ brand new single, “my mind is a mountain”, premiered by Zane Lowe on his Apple Music Radio show. Watch the episode HERE. Stream the new song HERE. The track gives fans a first glimpse into the sound and direction of private music, a record co-produced by the band and GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz, who previously collaborated with them on Diamond Eyes [2010] and Koi No Yokan [2012].
Recorded in California’s Malibu, Joshua Tree, and in Nashville, Tennessee, private music sees Deftones continuing to push sonic and emotional boundaries. With the group’s unmistakable blend of heaviness and atmosphere, private music promises to be a landmark release in a career defined by fearless innovation.
Multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning Sacramento band Deftones will release their anxiously awaited 10th full-length studio album, private music, on August 22, 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records. Pre-order/Pre-save HERE. To herald its arrival, the group also just shared a new single entitled “my mind is a mountain,” which Zane Lowe exclusively premiered as his latest “World Record” on Apple Music. Listen to “my mind is a mountain” HERE.
Lowe also sat down with members Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham, and Frank Delgado at the iconic Canter’s Deli in Hollywood, where the musicians spoke extensively about the creation of private music, shared memories, and discussed what the future holds. Watch/Listen here.
Now, they’ve officially begun their next chapter. Deftones notably recorded and co-produced private music in various locations in California, including Malibu and Joshua Tree, as well as Nashville, Tennessee with GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz. It marks their third collaboration with Raskulinecz who had previously helmed Diamond Eyes [2010] and Koi No Yokan [2012]. private music once again sees the band pushing creative boundaries as only they can.
Check out the full tracklisting below.
In other news, Deftones have just received several new RIAA certifications, recognising recent sales milestones in the US. White Pony is now RIAA certified 2x-Platinum, Diamond Eyes is RIAA certified Platinum and notable singles “Change (In The House of Flies)” is RIAA Certified 4x-Platinum and “Be Quiet and Drive” is RIAA Certified 2x-Platinum.
Earlier this year, Deftones launched their first North American headline tour since 2022 produced by Live Nation, and it proved to be their most significant and successful yet. Deftones saw 100% sellout business of an extensive arena run, including legendary venues such as Madison Square Garden in New York, TD Garden in Boston, and even a two-night stand at Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Of the latter, Los Angeles Times raved, “Deftones have never been bigger, or more definitional for what young people want out of heavy music in all its gradients. A band ahead of their time for 30 years and counting.” The band also performed a sell-out run of shows in the UK, which included their biggest UK headline show to date at London’s Crystal Palace to a 25K capacity sell-out crowd.
The next round of dates commences on August 22nd at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC and continues in arenas across Canada and the United States, including Rocket Arena in Cleveland, OH on September 10th and Ball Arena in Denver, CO on September 15th. This second leg comes to a close on September 17th at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO. Deftones welcome Phantogram and IDLES as direct support on select dates. The Barbarians of California will open for all dates. Remaining tickets are available HERE.
private music is here on August 22.
TRACKLISTING (Editors: all intentionally in lowercase except for cXz)
my mind is a mountain
locked club
ecdysis
infinite source
souvenir
cXz
i think about you all the time
milk of the madonna
cut hands
~metal dream
departing the body
2025 TOUR DATES:
Aug 22 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena Aug 24 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
Aug 25 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome Aug 27 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre Aug 29 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Centre
Aug 30 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum Sept 1 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center Sept 3 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Stadium* Sept 5 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Stadium*
Sept 7 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre Sept 8 – Montreal, QC@ Bell Centre
Sept 10 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Arena
Sept 11 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena Sept 13 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center Sept 15 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
Sept 17 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center Sept 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Piedmont Park %
Sept 20 – Louisville, KY @ Highland Festival Grounds at Ky Expo Center # Oct 3 – Sacramento, CA @ Discovery Park !
*with System Of A Down
% Shaky Knees Music Festival # Louder Than Life Festival
! Aftershock
About Deftones’
Deftones’ culture is revered as one of the most fervent that exists—a GRAMMY® Award-winning multi-platinum sonic outlier whose originality and culture prove peerless. Formed by hometown friends out of Northern California in 1988, the Sacramento band have delivered a succession of seminal releases, sold over 10 million records globally, gathered 9.2 billion-plus streams, and inspired generations. Their catalogue encompasses 2000’s RIAA certified 2X-Platinum White Pony—which earned the group’s first GRAMMY®—as well as the RIAA Platinum-certified Diamond Eyes [2010], Koi No Yokan [2012], and Ohms [2020]. The latter marked their fourth Top 5 debut on the Billboard 200. Their world also notably includes the annual Dia De Los Deftones, an immersive full-day festival experience of music and culture curated and headlined by the band at San Diego’s Petco Park for six iterations so far. In 2025, they release their 10th full-length LP, private music [Reprise / Warner Records]. It signals yet another artistic peak and once more affirms Deftones are forever.
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