In a May 2026 interview, Fripp stated that the rumoured new album never came to fruition, that he would not play live again, and that King Crimson’s career was over for good.
In April 2026 Williams shared a new song, “Doctor Octopus” on East Village Radio ; Stanier subsequently confirmed a new Battles album would be released in the near future .
On March 17, 2026, the band announced that After the Astronaut would finally be released on June 26 by Sunset Boulevard Records. The album’s announcement came with the release of the single “Jet Fighter”.
In February 2026, the band announced Precreation Percolation , which compiled the band’s first two EPs for Ankst alongside a bonus disc of largely unheard early demos featuring Ifans, for release on 1 May.
However, as of 2026, the album has still not been released.
In December 2025, the song “Human Cannonball” from Locust Abortion Technician was featured in Chapter 7 of the fifth season of Stranger Things .
On 29 September 2025, the band announced that they would tour again in May 2026. The “Supacadabra” tour was the first time the band had played together live for 10 years. The tour included dates in Cardiff and Llandudo and headlining at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod . They headlined on…
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On September 23, 2025, Haynes, Leary, Coffey and Pinkus reunited at Los Angeles’ Egyptian Theatre to perform a brief set as Butthole Surfers for the first time since October 2017, following the West Coast premiere of the documentary film The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt .
On 15 July 2025, Audrey Golden ‘s book Shouting Out Loud: Lives of the Raincoats , the first comprehensive biography on the band, was released.
In a DGM homepage and Facebook post on 11 July 2025, while suggesting the possibility of “an album the very sound of which no-one has ever heard before. A sound driven by the three drummers,” David Singleton both clarified and cautioned speculation about the album. He commented that “it is…
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