Twenty-five years after Infest and “Last Resort” defined an era of American rock, Papa Roach bring the Rise Of The Roach world tour to The O2 arena.
Papa Roach, the band behind “Last Resort”, bring their Rise Of The Roach world tour to The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Sunday 8 November 2026.
The band formed in Vacaville, California, in January 1993, when the singer Jacoby Shaddix and the drummer Dave Buckner met on their high school football field. The name joined two grandfathers, one known as Papa and the other named Roatch.
Independent records and constant touring led DreamWorks to sign them in October 1999. Infest followed in April 2000 and went triple platinum, and its single topped the American alternative chart. “Scars”, from Getting Away with Murder in 2004, became their biggest mainstream hit as the sound broadened towards hard rock.
The band first toured the United Kingdom in 2000. They have since played the main stage at Download in 2013 and an Infest anniversary run of British arenas in February 2025.
Ego Trip, their first album on their own New Noize imprint, produced four number one rock singles. The new single “Wake Up Calling” points to a twelfth album, and the band count two Grammy nominations and more than a billion streams.