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[Tuesday 20th January]
Oneohtrix Point Never announces additional dates in support of his critically lauded album, Tranquilizer including first US shows. The 2 New York shows will take place on April 29 and 30 at much loved Brooklyn culture centre, Pioneer Works, part of Bang on a Can’s Long Play 2026. The tour also takes in Asia, Europe and the UK (London’s Barbican concert sold-out in 48 hours) and includes other additional shows – see below for full list of dates.
The two Pioneer Works shows mark a symbolic return for Oneohtrix Point Never to New York in a space deeply connected to experimental music, interdisciplinary practice and the city’s contemporary art ecology. Fans will get the chance to pre-order tickets before general sale on the 23rd of January by signing up to the Oneohtrix Point Never mailing list: https://pointnever.com/mailing-list
The Tranquilizer live show introduces a new stage presentation developed in collaboration with multidisciplinary artist Freeka Tet, expanding Lopatin’s long-standing exploration of the intersection between sound, technology and digital surrealism. The performances translate the album’s intricate sonic architecture into a fully immersive live environment, situating the music within a shifting visual world.
Before launching into the tour, Daniel Lopatin will be presenting a month-long workshop at the highly respected online platform, School of Song beginning on February 1. The course offers a rare insight into his creative process, spanning electronic music history, collage-based composition, sampling as sonic recycling and approaches to film scoring and collaboration. The workshop arrives as a timely extension of Tranquilizer’s wider conversation around process, memory and musical archaeology and in the shadow of his highly acclaimed score to Josh Safdie’s runaway hit, Marty Supreme.
Released via Warp Records in late November, Tranquilizer is widely celebrated as one of Lopatin’s most emotionally direct and sonically refined records to date. The album placed #2 on Stereogum’s Best Experimental Albums of 2025, #3 on Pitchfork’s Best Electronic Albums of the Year, and appeared across year-end lists from The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Vulture, Gorilla vs. Bear, Ele-King and Yomiuri Shimbun, among others. Pitchfork described the record as “the most immediately pleasurable Oneohtrix Point Never album in some time,” while The Guardian praised it as “familiar, disorienting and utterly absorbing.”
Whether as a musician, composer or producer, Daniel Lopatin continues to operate at the intersection of music, art and cinema. Across eleven albums, multiple film scores — including his ongoing collaboration with the Safdie Brothers — and a far-reaching network of collaborators from David Byrne to The Weeknd, Oneohtrix Point Never remains one of the most influential and exploratory figures in contemporary electronic music.
LIVE DATES – TRANQUILIZER TOUR 2026
28 Mar – Shanghai, CN – Bandai Namco Dream Hall
29 Mar – Seoul, KR – 1975 Theater
30 Mar – Taipei, TW – SUB LIVE
1 Apr – Osaka, JP – Gorilla Hall
2 Apr – Tokyo, JP – Zepp DiverCity
10 Apr – The Hague, NL – Rewire Festival
11 Apr – Oslo, NO – Munch Festival
12 Apr – Warsaw, PL – Stodoła
13 Apr – Brussels, BE – Bozar
14 Apr – Lisbon, PT – Culturgest
17 Apr – London, UK – The Barbican
18 Apr – Bern, CH – Dampfzentrale
29 Apr – New York, US – Pioneer Works
30 Apr – New York, US – Pioneer Works
9 May – Krems, AT – Donaufestival
