With a new album earning major critical acclaim and a string of #1 radio chart placements worldwide, punk rock supergroup UltraBomb are hitting the road this spring and summer in support of their explosive new full-length, The Bridges That We Burn, out now via DC-Jam Records/Virgin Music Group.
The trio — featuring Greg Norton, Derek O’Brien, and Ryan Smith — will bring their high-energy live show across the U.S. and Canada with upcoming stops including Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Saint Paul, and an appearance at Frank Turner’s Lost Evenings IX festival in Dallas this September.
The tour follows the release of the band’s acclaimed new album The Bridges That We Burn, a record praised for blending melodic urgency, razor-sharp songwriting, and decades of punk and alternative pedigree into something immediate, modern, and fiercely alive.
UltraBomb are also currently streaming the new video for “Artificial Stars,” one of the standout tracks from the album. The video captures the same restless energy and melodic punch that have made the band one of punk’s most talked-about releases of 2026.
Of the song, Greg Norton explains:
“Sitting in our bunkers, we only have artificial stars to look at. We are all scarred, but we keep reaching for those stars.”
The Bridges That We Burn has quickly become one of the year’s breakout punk releases, with UltraBomb recently hitting #1 across multiple independent radio charts including Alt Universe Top 40, KOR Radio UK, Alt Philly Rocks’ New Music Show, and the Radio Indie Alliance charts.
Critics have also rallied behind the album. Classic Rock Magazine praised the band for “show[ing] the young ‘uns how it’s done,” while PopMatters called it “one of the great punk records about the current hellscape.”
Recorded at Creation Audio in Minneapolis and produced by John Fields, The Bridges That We Burn finds UltraBomb channeling decades of underground punk and alternative rock history into a sound that feels urgent rather than nostalgic — proving that experience doesn’t dull the edge, it sharpens it.
Upcoming Tour Dates
- May 22 — Long Beach, CA — Alex’s Bar
- May 23 — San Diego, CA — Soda Bar w/ Swingin’ Utters
- May 24 — Los Angeles, CA — Permanent Records Roadhouse
- May 25 — San Francisco, CA — Bottom of the Hill w/ Peelander-Z and Freak Accident
- May 26 — Sacramento, CA — Cafe Colonial
- May 28 — Reno, NV — Club Underground w/ Boss’ Daughter
- May 29 — Petaluma, CA — The Big Easy w/ Boss’ Daughter
- May 30 — Fresno, CA — Summer Fox Brewing Company w/ Boss’ Daughter
- June 24 — Chicago, IL — Reggies
- June 25 — Milwaukee, WI — Shank Hall
- June 27 — Saint Paul, MN — Turf Club
- Aug. 7 — Tillsonburg, ON — Buddies Fest
- Sept. 27 — Dallas, TX — South Side Ballroom (Frank Turner’s Lost Evenings IX)
