Angels & Airwaves just announced their new album and a global tour… from space!

Tom DeLonge has truly outdone himself: the UFO-loving musician has just launched Angels & Airwaves' long-awaited new album LIFEFORMS from space.

The band – completed by Ilan Rubin (drums/guitar/ backing vocals/synths), David Kennedy (guitar) and Matt Rubano (bass) – teamed up with Sent Into Space to beam the entire record via a renewable hydrogen capsule up in the air, as well as announcing a global tour. "As a band, we’ve always looked to the heavens to inspire us, so it seemed fitting to go higher than ever before for this one…" they say.

Watch the LIFEFORMS launch below:

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If that's not enough, Angels & Airwaves have also shared a new single, Restless Souls, which Tom calls an "honest letter from God to humanity".

"Because life seems to always be looking for ways to inspire, clarify and teach us when things become more difficult,” he says.

The frontman adds of the record as a whole: "This album for me is a journey through different relationships, different points of view, and how we each have our own life path."

LIFEFORMS is due out on September 24 via Rise Records. You can preorder your copy right now from here.

Catch Angels & Airwaves live at the following dates this year and next:

July 2021

31 Chicago, IL, Lollapalooza

September 2021

29 Riverside, CA, Riverside Municipal Auditorium
30 San Francisco, CA, Warfield

October 2021

2 Portland, OR, Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn
3 Seattle, WA, Showbox SODO
5 Salt Lake City, UT, Union
6 Denver, CO, Filmore
8 Minneapolis, MN, Skyway
10 Detroit, MI, Filmore
12 Newport, KY, Ovation
13 Nashville, TN, Marathon Music Works
15 Oxon Hills (DC), MD, MGM National Harbor
16 Columbus, OH, Express Live
17 Sayreville, NJ, Starland Ballroom
19 Phi, PA, Franklin Music Hall
20 Boston, MA, House Of Blues
22 Pittsburgh, PA, Stage AE
23 New York, NY, Hammerstein
24 Norfolk, VA, NorVA
26 St. Petersburgh, FL, Janus Live
27 Orlando, FL, Hard Rock Live
28 Atlanta, GA, Tabernacle
30 Dallas, TX, South Side
31 Austin, TX, ACL Live

November 2021

1 Houston, TX, House Of Blues
3 Phoenix, AZ, Van Buren
5 Los Angeles, CA, The Palladium
7 San Diego, CA, Soma

March 2022

10 Leeds, UK, O2 Academy
11 Birmingham, UK, O2 Academy
12 Manchester, UK, Academy
13 Glasgow, UK, O2 Academy
15 Nottingham, UK, Rock City
16 Bristol, UK, O2 Academy
17 London, UK, O2 Kentish Town Forum
20 Paris, FR, Le Trianon
22 Munich, GER, Tonhalle
23 Berlin, GER, Huxleys
25 Koln, GER, E Werk
27 Hanover, GER, Capitol

UK fans can pre-order LIFEFORMS between June 16-23 to get pre-sale access to tickets from June 23 at 9am. General sale kicks off at 9am on June 25.

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