Interpol celebrate their eighth album, This Mirror Weighs a Ton, with one London night of their own at British Airways ARC in Olympia.
Interpol, the New York band behind Turn On the Bright Lights, play British Airways ARC in West Kensington on Friday 4 December 2026. The night celebrates their eighth album, This Mirror Weighs a Ton.
Daniel Kessler and Greg Drudy formed the band in Manhattan in 1997, and Kessler recruited singer Paul Banks after meeting him in the East Village. Sam Fogarino replaced Drudy on drums in 2000.
They first played Luna Lounge alongside the Strokes and the National. Turn On the Bright Lights, released in 2002, made them one of the bands of New York’s post-punk revival.
Antics followed in 2004 and gave them their first UK Top 40 singles, “Slow Hands”, “Evil” and “C’mere”. The album went gold in Britain.
This Mirror Weighs a Ton came out on Partisan Records in August 2026. Keyboard player Brandon Curtis and bassist Brad Truax, long their touring musicians, became full members the same year.
The band had planned two co-headline nights with Bloc Party in Olympia’s Grand Hall. Olympia cancelled its December shows, and Interpol moved to the 3,800-capacity ARC for one night on their own. They describe it as an intimate show for the new record before more touring in 2027.