The Hives Plot World Tour to Accompany New Album, ‘The Hives Forever Forever The Hives’

Incendiary Swedish rockers The Hives are readying themselves for a big year, with a new album announced alongside a global run of tour dates.

The veteran quintet – who celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2023 – shared the news of their seventh album in a press release on Tuesday (April 1), with the announcement taking the form of an open letter formally addressed to “whom it may concern,” but clarified to mean “everyone.”

“This message is to inform you that International Rock Sensation The Hives, the best live band on the planet and still your new favourite band, lauded on all continents for their masterful skill and reckless abandon in the rock music field, have once again, sooner than you expected, created a new body of work the likes of which have never been heard or indeed probably will again,” the message began.

“A new record so full of energy, joy, anger and life that you will be questioning reality as you have known it,” it continued. “They finally did it. Every single song a single, every single single a hit, every hit a direct hit in the face of the man.”

The record in question is titled The Hives Forever Forever The Hives and will be released via Play It Again Sam on Aug. 29. According to the press release, the 13-track album was “crafted with commitment, abandon and skill in Sweden in cohorts with the esteemed producers Pelle Gunnerfeldt and Mike D of Beastie Boys.”

The group have also unveiled “Enough Is Enough” as the album’s lead single, with a video directed by filmmaker Eik Kockum capturing the group in Bucharest, Romania.

“Who in their right mind would start a song like this? No one but The Hives,” the group explained. “They are here again sooner than you expected and they have had enough of everyone at this point. Hence the title. Dig? Dig.”

The Hives will celebrate the release of their forthcoming album with a world tour which launches in Australia in July, before visiting North America, Europe, and the U.K. throughout the rest of the year.

The Hives Forever Forever The Hives arrives as the band’s seventh album, and follows on from the release of 2023’s The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons – ending an eleven-year gap between releases for the band.

The group initially formed in 1993, though largely avoided widespread recognition until the release of the 2001 compilation Your New Favourite Band. The compilation resulted in the re-release of their single “Hate to Say I Told You So,” which peaked at No. 86 on the Hot 100, and saw their following album – 2004’s Tyrannosaurus Hives – reach a career high of No. 33 on the Billboard 200.

The Hives – World Tour 2025

July 17 – Metropolis Freo, Perth, AU
July 19 – Forum, Melbourne, AU
July 23 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, AU
July 24 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, AU
Sept. 8 – Stubb’s Waller Creek Ampitheater, Austin, TX
Sept. 9 – House of Blues, Houston, TX
Sept. 10 – House of Blues, Dallas, TX
Sept. 12 – Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
Sept. 13 – The Union Event Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Sept. 15 – Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA
Sept. 16 – The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
Sept. 17 – Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
Sept. 19 – Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA
Sept. 20 – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
Sept. 22 – The Sound, Del Mar, CA
Sept. 25 – Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 17 – Sentrume Scene, Oslo, NO
Oct. 18 – KB Hall, Copenhagen, DK
Oct. 21 – Colombia Halle, Berlin, DE
Oct. 24 – Zenith, Munich, DE
Oct. 25 – Haus Auensee, Leipzig, DE
Oct. 26 – Gasometer, Wien, AT
Oct. 28 – Xtra, Zurich, CH
Oct. 29 – Alcatraz, Milan, IT
Nov. 1 – Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona, ES
Nov. 2 – Wizink, Madrid, ES
Nov. 4 – Sagres Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT
Nov. 19 – Forest National, Brussels, BE
Nov. 20 – Le Zenith, Paris, FR
Nov. 22 – AFAS, Amsterdam, NL
Nov. 24 – Utilitia Arena, Cardiff, UK
Nov. 26 – Ovo Hydro, Glasgow, UK
Nov. 28 – Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
Nov. 29 – Alexandra Palace, London, UK
Dec. 1 – Palladium, Cologne, DE
Dec. 2 – Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, DE
Dec. 3 – Sporthalle, Hamburg, DE
Dec. 6 – Avicii Arena, Stockholm, SE

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.