Enter Shikari have announced plans to go dormant as a recording and performing band at the end of 2027.
The band shared the news in a lengthy statement on social media, explaining that while they do not consider themselves to be splitting up, they currently have no plans extending beyond next year.
“As of December 31st 2027, Enter Shikari will fall dormant as a recording and performing entity,” the band stated. “This dormancy may eventually end with an eruption back into activity, or may end with extinction. We have no idea which.”
Enter Shikari said discussions about their future had begun even before vocalist Rou Reynolds’ recent illness, citing the pressures of the modern music industry along with outside responsibilities and ambitions.
“While we don’t think we’re ‘splitting up’, we do not have a diary that extends beyond 2027,” the band explained. “We’re genuinely excited to make next year a celebration of what this band means to us. But, after that, it’ll be time to go away for a good while and see what being Rou, Rob, Rory and Chris, and not ‘Enter Shikari’, feels like.”
Before going dormant, the band plans to spend 2027 celebrating several milestones, including the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Take to the Skies, the 15th anniversary of A Flash Flood of Colour and the 10th anniversary of The Spark. Details on how those anniversaries will be marked are still being discussed.
Enter Shikari currently have European and North American festival appearances planned for 2027 and said they will soon announce January shows in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. While there will not be a formal farewell world tour, the band hopes to perform at some of their favorite places “one last time” where possible.
The group is currently focused on its Lose Your Self tour this November and said it has also been working on new music, which fans should hear in the near future, as well as another project that was recently filmed.
“We really hope we’ll be seeing you over the next fourteen months or so, somehow,” the band concluded. “But, if not, all that remains to be said is thank you for your support, your sweat, your passion, your energy.”
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