Twenty years. That’s how long it’s been since Alexisonfire and Billy Talent dropped two of their most legendary albums! Now, both bands are marking the 20th anniversaries of Crisis and Billy Talent II with a pair of co-headline shows that feel long overdue.
The two Canadian rock heavyweights will take over London’s OVO Wembley Arena on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, before crossing the Atlantic for Montreal’s Bell Centre on Friday, July 17, 2026. Both nights will see each band perform their landmark 2006 records in full, with Alexisonfire closing in London and Billy Talent taking the final slot in Montreal. Touché Amoré open in London, with Faze on support duties in Montreal.
For those who lived through the mid-2000s post-hardcore and punk rock explosion, these albums need no introduction. Crisis was a turning point for Alexisonfire, a record born from the disorientation of coming home after years on the road. Darker, rawer, and stripped of studio trickery, it captured the band’s live energy with an honesty that still resonates. The title track’s repeated refrain of “one nine seven seven” rooted the album in the harrowing imagery of the Blizzard of ’77.
Billy Talent II, meanwhile, was the album that proved Billy Talent weren’t just a flash in the pan. Debuting at number one in both Canada and Germany, certified 4x Platinum in Canada and shifting over a million copies worldwide, it delivered anthems like ‘Devil in a Midnight Mass’, ‘Fallen Leaves’, and ‘Red Flag’ that still pack out rooms to this day. And there’s something timeless in those ‘Red Flag’ lyrics: “Cast off the crutch that kills the pain / The red flag wavin’ never meant the same / The kids of tomorrow don’t need today / When they live in the sins of yesterday.” It feels as relevant today as it did back then!
Alexisonfire frontman George Pettit summed it up perfectly: “It feels like you blink and all of a sudden your album is almost old enough to drink in the United States. We discovered another level of potential that we didn’t have at the start. I’m happy we get to relive it this summer with all of you.”
Artist presales begin Tuesday, February 10 at 10am local time, with general sale on Friday, February 13 at 10am local time.