In June 2026, the band released “Cap In Hand” as the lead single for their 16th album, Cookie Happened . The album is scheduled to release on October 16, 2026. The band cited the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster as an influence on the album.
On 7 March 2026, the band played live on the American television programme Saturday Night Live , performing ” Clint Eastwood ” featuring Del the Funky Homosapien and ” The Moon Cave ” featuring Asha Puthli , Black Thought and Anoushka Shankar .
Its lead single, “The Happy Dictator”, featuring Sparks, was released concurrently with the announcement.
On 11 September 2025, the band officially announced their ninth album, The Mountain , with a release date of 27 February 2026.
For the closing “mystery” show of the “House of Kong” exhibition on 3 September, the band revealed the new album in full, playing 15 songs from the album with no encores. The performance had multiple guests, including Sparks , Yasiin Bey , Omar Souleyman , Asha Bhosle and Johnny Marr…
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and Plastic Beach on 2 September
Demon Days on 30 August
This included a set of daily live performances where they performed their first three albums and a fourth “mystery” show; their self-titled debut album on 29 August
On 26 August the band were added to the video game Fortnite Festival as part of the game’s tenth season.
On 8 August 2025 the band launched an exhibition at London’s Copper Box called “House of Kong”, which ran until 3 September.