Jimmy Eat World Celebrates ‘Bleed American’ With a 25th Anniversary Tour, Plus a Warped Tour Return
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Jimmy Eat World are going big for Bleed American’s 25th anniversary in 2026, mapping out a run that starts June 9 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver and stretches into November. Along the way, the band is set for headline dates across the U.S. and Canada, a return to Vans Warped Tour for the first time in 25 years, and a U.K. stretch capped by their biggest headlining show in London ever at Gunnersbury Park.
If you needed an excuse to run Bleed American back front-to-back, they just handed you one. The band says fans can expect to hear the album in full, plus more from across the catalog, with the exact shape of each night depending on the date and the lineup.
According to a press release, drummer Zach Lind framed the anniversary moment as a kind of reset, approaching these songs with “intentional gratitude” and calling it a chance to properly appreciate the fans who’ve kept the band on the road for the past 25 years. Vocalist/guitarist Jim Adkins echoed that idea, saying he’s trying to get back to a place where you can “savor,” and describing the tour as “an elevated version of our show” with a “heightened experience” and production that reflects “25 years of learning how to stretch artistically in the live environment.”
That “elevated” part matters, because this is not being treated like a nostalgia lap where the band plugs in and coasts. The pitch is more like: let’s give this record the grown-up version of the show it always deserved, then build the rest of the set around it.
What to expect: Bleed American in full, plus a stacked supporting cast
The core promise is simple: fans will hear the entirety of Jimmy Eat World‘s seminal 2001 album Bleed American, plus additional songs that will vary night to night. In reporting around the announcement, Adkins has also suggested the full-album performance may not be in strict tracklist order, which makes for an intriguing twist to each show.
Supporting acts represent a scene-spanning flex on select tour dates and included the likes of Rise Against, Sunny Day Real Estate, Thrice, Motion City Soundtrack, The Get Up Kids, PUP, Hey Mercedes, and more.
The Warped Tour is an important throughline
Warped Tour’s official 2026 site lists festival weekends in Washington, D.C. (June 13–14), Long Beach (July 25–26), Montreal (Aug 21–22), Mexico City (Sept 12–13), and Orlando (Nov 14–15). Jimmy Eat World are positioned as part of that broader return-to-Warped narrative that’s driving a lot of the hype here.
Why Bleed American still hits hard in 2026
Released July 24, 2001, Bleed American didn’t just break Jimmy Eat World into the mainstream, it helped define what emotional, melodic alternative rock (aka “emo”) could sound like at arena scale. “The Middle” has only grown bigger with time, recently crossing a billion streams on Spotify, which is a wild second life for a song that’s basically become a permanent internal monologue for anyone who came of age in the early 2000s.
Tickets: presales start February 11, general on-sale February 13
For North American headline dates, presales begin Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 10 a.m. local time, including options tied to Citi and American Express, with the general on-sale Friday, February 13 at 10 a.m. local time.
Helpful official links for planning:
- Tour and ticket hub: JimmyEatWorld.com
- Citi presale portal: Citi Entertainment
- Warped Tour dates and cities: Vans Warped Tour
A few standout dates to circle now
- June 9: Denver, CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre (tour kickoff)
- June 16–20: New York and Boston run (Brooklyn Paramount, Pier 17, Philly, MGM Music Hall)
- Aug 16: London, Gunnersbury Park (biggest U.K. headline show)
- Nov 14–15: Orlando, FL, Vans Warped Tour (one of the closing moves of the run)
If you want the full tour schedule and the exact “who’s-on-which-date” support breakdown, your best bet is the band’s official website, since the guest list shifts across the run.
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