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Calling all the deadbeats.
After scrapping their 2020 run due to COVID, Tame Impala is finally making its long-awaited Miami arena debut, opening the North American leg of the Deadbeat Tour at the Kaseya Center on July 7. Somehow, one of the most influential psych-pop projects of the last decade has never headlined a proper Miami arena show, until now.
Fresh off global sell-out runs across 2025 and 2026, Kevin Parker has added another run of North American dates, with Miami serving as the official launchpad before the tour wraps September 19 in Houston. If you’re going to start a summer arena run, you might as well do it somewhere that already feels like a fever dream.
Last year, Tame Impala released its fifth full-length album, Deadbeat, a slick, club-facing evolution that leans fully into Parker’s long-simmering obsession with dance floors. While early Tame Impala records channeled hazy guitar psych, Deadbeat pulses with warped house rhythms, elastic basslines, and glossy synth architecture. It’s Parker at his most rhythm-forward and lyrically direct, tightening his songwriting into hook-heavy, brainworm refrains without losing the existential ache that made him a generational voice in the first place.
The breakout single “Dracula” climbed to number one at Alternative radio and later returned as “Dracula (Jennie Remix),” a global crossover moment that brought Blackpink superstar Jennie into Parker’s psychedelic orbit. The remix pushed the track deep into international markets, underscoring just how borderless the Tame Impala project has become.
The accolades followed. Parker earned a 2026 Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Recording for “End Of Summer”, the only track eligible this cycle, and took home the win earlier this month. With five career Grammy nominations and now two wins, alongside three BRIT Award nominations and a win, Tame Impala has long since graduated from cult favorite to global institution. Beyond his own catalog, Parker’s production fingerprints are all over modern pop, having worked with the likes of the Weeknd, Travis Scott, Lady Gaga, and Dua Lipa, proof that his psych-pop DNA has quietly reshaped mainstream music.
And live, that evolution is undeniable. Tame Impala’s shows have become immersive, arena-scale spectacles built around towering LED rigs, kaleidoscopic visuals, confetti blasts, and extended dance breaks that blur the line between concert and rave. It’s part laser-lit catharsis, part communal therapy session.
Joining the ride is Djo, the musical project of actor Joe Keery, who arrives in Miami riding his own wave of momentum. Far from a novelty side project, Djo has built a legitimate alt-pop following thanks to tracks like “End of Beginning,” which exploded on TikTok before becoming a streaming juggernaut. His sound lives in a similar universe of warped synths and off-kilter psych rock, making him a fitting opener for a tour rooted in woozy grooves and left-field pop ambition. If anything, his presence signals that this isn’t just a nostalgia trip for Currents diehards, but a forward-facing night of modern psychedelic pop.
Tame Impala’s Miami arrival feels less like a routine tour stop and more like a long-overdue initiation for one of the most beloved music projects of the last decade.
Tame Impala. 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at Kaseya Center, 601 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132; kaseyacenter.com; (786) 777-1000. Tickets via ticketmaster.com
