CHVRCHES return to the East Bay with a new album, eight years after the Greek

The Glasgow trio play the Fox Theater in Oakland on Wednesday, March 10, 2027, about seven weeks after 'All the King's Men,' their first album since 2021.

The last time CHVRCHES played the East Bay, it was April 19, 2019, under the open sky at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. Nearly eight years later, they're coming back indoors, and with a lot more to say. CHVRCHES play the Fox Theater in Oakland on Wednesday, March 10, 2027, at 8 p.m. The date was announced October 21, and tickets are through Ticketmaster.

The reason for the trip is a new record. CHVRCHES will release All the King's Men, their fifth studio album, on January 22, 2027, through Futures Music Group, according to JamBase and mxdwn. It's their first full-length since 2021's *Screen Violence*, and the gap between records is the longest of their career.

The first single, "Roses," arrived in September. The album runs 11 tracks, with titles including "Evil," "Adore You" and "Faith In Flying," and several early write-ups describe a more guitar-driven sound than the synth-pop the band built its name on. By the time they reach Oakland, the record will have been out for about seven weeks, which is just long enough for the new songs to have settled in with fans.

The North American leg opens February 13 at Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, according to TicketNews, with stops including Brooklyn Steel and The Anthem in Washington, D.C., before the band heads west. The UK and Ireland leg starts in Glasgow in late April. Presales for North America opened October 27.

The Fox is a good fit for this moment. It holds about 2,800, which makes it a smaller, more focused room than the Greek, and its ornate interior has a way of making any big pop show feel like an occasion. For a band coming back with a record that leans harder on guitars, a theater with a real floor and a tight balcony is the right place to hear how the new songs sound at full volume.

There's also the matter of the wait. East Bay fans who caught them in 2019 have gone through two albums' worth of anticipation since, and the ones who discovered the band through *Screen Violence* have never seen them here at all. A Wednesday night in March is a small price to pay.

Nearly eight years after the Greek, CHVRCHES come back to the East Bay with a new record and a louder sound.

Spend January with the new album. By March, you'll want to be in the room for it.

Sources: CHVRCHES Announce 2027 Tour Dates Around 1st Album In Over 5 Years 'All The King's Men' — JamBase (jambase.com); CHVRCHES Announce New Album All The King's Men For January 2027 Release & 2027 Tour Dates — mxdwn (music.mxdwn.com); CHVRCHES announce 2027 North American tour and new album — TicketNews (ticketnews.com); New CHVRCHES album — SPIN (spinmagazine.com); CHVRCHES at Fox Theater — JamBase (jambase.com)