Your Bring Me The Horizon Concert Experience Guide

What Is It Like to See Bring Me The Horizon Live?

Ascension Program 2 North American Tour 2026

Sci-fi blockbuster production with a digital avatar narrating the apocalypse, the entire arena singing the synth melody of "Can You Feel My Heart" before the bass drop shakes the floor, Oli Sykes pulling fans on stage for "Antivist," and a set that swings from deathcore screaming to pop anthems without warning.

What to Know Before You Go

  • 1
    Know "Can You Feel My Heart."

    This is the biggest singalong moment. The TikTok GigaChad meme made it one of the most recognized songs in rock, and the entire arena sings the opening synth melody in unison. 577 documented performances and counting.

  • 2
    Motionless in White opens on the 2026 North American dates.

    Arena show with full support. Plan for a full evening.

  • 3
    The production is built around a character named E.V.E.

    A digital avatar appears on massive screens to narrate the show's sci-fi storyline, trading banter with Oli Sykes between songs. Fire, confetti cannons, snow from the rafters, smoke cannons, and horror/gaming-inspired screen graphics fill the gaps.

  • 4
    The genre shifts are the point.

    The set pulls from deathcore (Count Your Blessings era), metalcore ("Chelsea Smile," "Shadow Moses"), electronic rock ("MANTRA," "Kingslayer"), and pop-inflected anthems ("LosT," "Drown"). You will hear screaming and clean pop vocals within the same show.

  • 5
    Oli Sykes invites a fan on stage for "Antivist."

    This happens at most shows. At Reading 2025, a young fan named Lily was brought up for it. Sykes has also brought his dad Ian on stage for the same song.

  • 6
    "Throne" and "Drown" anchor the closing run.

    Along with "Can You Feel My Heart," these songs form the final stretch of the set with confetti, fire, and full-venue singalongs.

  • 7
    Circle pits will happen.

    "DArkSide," "Chelsea Smile," "Antivist," and "Happy Song" all trigger mosh pits on the floor. If you are in GA, expect physical energy from the opening song.

  • 8
    Learn the "S.P.I.R.I.T." chant for "Happy Song."

    The crowd spells it out letter by letter, matching the cheerleader chant in the song. You will stand out if you don't know it.

At a Glance

Show Length
1h 30m to 1h 45m
Songs Per Show
15 to 20
Costume Changes
0
Setlist Variety
Fixed core set with 3-5 rotating deep cuts per tour cycle
Punctuality
On time
Venue Type
Arenas
Career Shows
1,498+

Highly road-tested

Touring Since
2004

What It's Actually Like

The Synth Swell of "Can You Feel My Heart" Is the Loudest Moment in the Room

The song went viral as the GigaChad meme on TikTok in 2021, and that changed what happens in the arena when it plays. The opening synth swell hits and thousands of voices lock onto the melody, including people who have never listened to another BMTH song. The bass drop follows and the floor shakes. At Reading Festival 2025, NME noted "mass crowd anticipation" for the song, and Oli Sykes told the crowd he was "overcome with emotion" during the singalong. It is the one moment in the set where the entire room, from the pit to the upper bowl, participates at the same volume.

The Production Turns Every Song Into a Finale

E.V.E., a digital avatar, opens the show on the big screens with a sci-fi monologue about harvesting human souls. At Reading 2025, she told the crowd: "Tonight marks my final experiment." From there, every song gets its own production moment. At Birmingham's Resorts World Arena in January 2024, snow fell from the rafters during the "Shadow Moses" intro. Fire erupted after "MANTRA." Confetti cannons fired during "Throne." NME described the Reading set as having "sci-fi blockbuster cinematography" where "each song is delivered with enough pyro and energy that they all feel like a finale most other bands would kill for." The screen graphics draw from horror films and vintage video games (Doom, Final Fantasy VII). At one point during Reading, Sykes appeared on screen transforming into a demon in real time.

The bar has been set unreasonably high by the Sheffield outfit on a night where it was proved that that Download set was no fluke.
— Hardbeat, Birmingham January 2024

Oli Sykes Runs the Room Like a Sheffield Kid Who Can't Believe This Is His Life

Sykes alternates between commanding the pit and getting genuinely emotional. At Reading 2025, he told the crowd "I nearly cried just then" mid-set, then immediately asked "Can I see a real fucking moshpit? The ones you were doing for Limp Bizkit were fucking wank." At Birmingham in January 2024, when someone collapsed in the pit, he moved the band off stage immediately while venue staff responded. When they returned, Hardbeat reported they "launched straight back into the exact same level of energy" with the brand-new "Kool-Aid." He shoots selfies in the crowd during "Drown." He invites fans on stage for "Antivist." He waved Palestine flags from the stage during "Throne" at Reading. The thick Yorkshire accent never leaves.

The Set Spans Four Eras and It Works

Most bands that change genre lose their old fans. BMTH brings all four eras into every set and the crowd responds to all of them. At Birmingham 2024, Hardbeat noted that "legendary songs from Sempiternal and That's The Spirit were shuffled amongst the newer tracks that have allowed the band to take that final step up." "Empire (Let Them Sing)" from 2013's Sempiternal got a reaction of disbelief from longtime fans who realized the album is over a decade old. "Chelsea Smile" (763 career performances, their most-played song) still triggers pits. "Kool-Aid," released a week before the Birmingham show, "slides into the set so perfectly it feels as if it has been around for years." The pacing swings from pit-starting heaviness to melodic singalong peaks to electronic drops, and the production adapts to each shift.

Ascension Program 2 North American Tour (2026)

Arena dates across North America, April through May 2026. Motionless in White supports. Venues include Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Bell Centre in Montreal, DCU Center in Worcester, and Madison Square Garden in New York. European dates and festival slots (Sonic Temple, Welcome to Rockville) also scheduled for 2026.

Post Human: NeX GEn Is the Current Album

The eighth full-length, released May 2024, is the album this tour supports. "Kool-Aid," "LosT," and "AmEN!" from NeX GEn are already setlist staples alongside career-spanning material. The album represents the most genre-fluid era of the band, mixing hyperpop, metalcore, and electronic production.

Tour Has Not Started Yet

As of April 20, 2026, the North American headline tour has not played its first date. Based on the NX_GN World Tour in 2024 and Reading 2025, expect a 15-20 song set running about 1 hour 30 to 45 minutes, the E.V.E. production narrative, pyro on most songs, and "Can You Feel My Heart," "Drown," and "Throne" anchoring the closing run.

A Stacked Support Act

Motionless in White brings a full production of their own to the opening slot. At Birmingham 2024 when Bad Omens opened, Hardbeat called them "a monumental support band" whose frontman Noah Sebastian "is approaching the conversation for best frontman in the business right now." Expect the support act to set a high energy floor before BMTH takes the stage.

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Bring Me The Horizon crowd traditions

Three documented rituals. None of them need anything from you in advance.

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"S.P.I.R.I.T." Chant During "Happy Song"

Permanent

The crowd spells out S.P.I.R.I.T. letter by letter, matching the cheerleader chant in the song.

Fan Invited on Stage for "Antivist"

Permanent

Oli Sykes pulls a fan from the crowd onto the stage to sing "Antivist" with the band.

"Can You Feel My Heart" Arena Singalong

Permanent

The entire arena sings the opening synth melody of "Can You Feel My Heart" in unison before the bass drop.

Concerts Remembered Artist Index · traditions documented from fan communities, tour reports and press · reviewed April 2026

Merch

Official merch at shop-us.bmthofficial.com. Tour-specific "Ascension Program" items available for 2025/2026 tour cycles. Detailed in-venue pricing and sellout patterns were not documented at the time of publication.

Bring Me The Horizon · tour history

Bring Me The Horizon went from clubs to arenas in 22 years

Room size by tour. A bar spanning two rows is a tour that played both.

Bring Me The Horizon tours by room size
YearTourRoom size
2004Earlier ToursClubs
2011The American Dream TourTheaters and clubs
2013First Love World TourArenas and clubs
2015That's the Spirit World TourArenas
2024NX_GN WRLD TOURArenas
2024L.I.V.E. in Sao PauloStadiums
2026Ascension Program 2 North American TourArenas

Concerts Remembered Artist Index · 7 documented tours · room size as described in each tour entry · reviewed April 2026

Bring Me The Horizon · turning points

What made Bring Me The Horizon's show what it is

3 moments that changed the live show, or changed who is in the room.

Moment

2023

December

The electronics architect leaves after 11 years

Ended the 11-year run of keyboardist, percussionist and producer Jordan Fish, who built the band's electronic sound; founding members Matt Kean and Lee Malia went back to writing riffs and jamming together the way they used to.

Sources: 1 2
Show

2023

Jun 9 · Castle Donington, England

The sci-fi show arrives at Donington

Debuted a brand new live show built around an evolved sci-fi narrative of murderous AI and a cult called The Church of Genxsis, then announced the Nex Gen album and a 2024 arena tour minutes after the set ended.

Donington ParkSource: 1
Show

2016

Apr 22 · London, England

Metal meets an orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall

Played a one-off Teenage Cancer Trust benefit backed by the Parallax Orchestra and a choir, then had the show filmed and released as a live album.

Royal Albert HallSources: 1 2

Concerts Remembered Artist Index · each moment sourced on its card · reviewed April 2026

Tour History

2026Arenas

Ascension Program 2 North American Tour

Upcoming arena dates with Motionless in White across North America, April through May 2026.

2025Arenas

Reading & Leeds Festival

Headlined Reading, August 22.

2024Arenas

NX_GN WRLD TOUR

52 documented shows worldwide.

2024Stadiums

L.I.V.E. in Sao Paulo

50,000-capacity show documented as a concert film.

2015-2017Arenas

That's the Spirit World Tour

152 documented shows.

2013-2014Arenas

First Love World Tour

46 documented shows.

2011Theaters

The American Dream Tour

42 documented shows.

2004-2010Clubs45 shows

Earlier Tours

Taste of Chaos 2009 (45 shows), AP Fall Tour 2010 (35 shows), Count Your Blessings era (38 shows).

Frequently Asked Questions

A sci-fi production built around a digital avatar named E.V.E., arena-filling singalongs on "Can You Feel My Heart" and "Throne," circle pits during "Chelsea Smile" and "Antivist," genre shifts from deathcore screaming to pop anthems within the same set, and a frontman in Oli Sykes who gets emotional, invites fans on stage, and demands real mosh pits in his thick Yorkshire accent.

About 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes for the headline set. With Motionless in White opening on the 2026 North American tour, plan for a full evening at the arena.

The production is one of the most ambitious in rock right now, with fire, confetti, snow, a narrating digital avatar, and sci-fi screen graphics on every song. Oli Sykes is a physical, emotionally present frontman who screams, sings clean, and connects with the crowd directly. NME gave the Reading 2025 headline set 5 out of 5. Hardbeat said the 2024 Birmingham arena show "set the bar unreasonably high." The genre shifts keep the energy unpredictable. The crowd participation is constant.

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Published April 2026Last reviewed April 2026

This guide is based on fan accounts, touring data, and community discussion. Claims we can’t source are left out rather than estimated, and the charts render only where the sample is large enough to trust. It is not sponsored by or affiliated with Bring Me The Horizon.

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Concerts Remembered, "Bring Me The Horizon," concertsremembered.app/artists/bring-me-the-horizon, updated April 2026.

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