Muse are not a band that plays it small. When they book a room, they fill it — and Germania Insurance Amphitheater, at 14,000 capacity, is the right venue for what they do in 2026. The WOW! Signal Tour lands at Austin’s main outdoor amphitheater on Saturday, August 15, presented by 101X, with Portugal. The Man and The Temper Trap opening the night.
About Muse
The occasion is The WOW! Signal, Muse’s tenth studio album, due June 26 via Warner Records — which puts Austin six or seven weeks into the album cycle when they arrive. The record takes its name from a 1977 radio burst from the constellation Sagittarius: a 72-second signal so anomalous in its intensity that the astronomer who detected it circled the sequence “6EQUJ5” on the printout and simply wrote “WOW!” The concept — cosmic mystery, existential hope, the possibility of contact with something beyond the known — is territory Muse has always worked comfortably. Lead single “Be With You” leans into orchestral production, pipe organ prominent in the mix; “Cryogen” and “Hexagons” are also out ahead of the release.
Muse formed in Devon, England, in 1994 — Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard, Chris Wolstenholme — and built their catalog across records that progressively scaled up in scope: Absolution in 2003, Black Holes and Revelations in 2006, the latter considered their broadest commercial breakthrough. Drones reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. They are, by any honest accounting, one of the bigger rock acts still capable of putting a genuine concept album into the world while selling out amphitheaters across North America — over 30 million albums sold and Grammy-winning across a career that spans three decades.
Venue Info
The Austin date is stop 18 of 26 on the North American run. Portugal. The Man opens on select August dates, including this one; The Temper Trap supports all dates — a double-bill worth arriving early for. Germania Insurance Amphitheater sits on the Circuit of the Americas campus. For a full calendar of Austin concerts, see the region listings.
Tickets & Pricing
Doors and show time: 7:00 PM. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster. VIP packages and upgrades — including lawn chair rental and fast lane access — are on offer through the event page.