The road is beginning to move beyond the songs.
Highway Lantern have announced their first four live dates, beginning in Austin and Pasadena this December before continuing to Providence and Nashville in January 2027. More shows are planned for 2027.
Highway Lantern Tour Dates
- 15 December 2026 — Austin, Texas — 8:30 PM
- 22 December 2026 — Pasadena, California — 9:00 PM
- 6 January 2027 — Providence, Rhode Island — 8:00 PM
- 18 January 2027 — Nashville, Tennessee — 9:30 PM
All times are local. For the latest venue information, and newly announced shows, see Highway Lantern’s complete tour details on Bandsintown.
From Pandemic Jam Sessions to the Stage
Highway Lantern formed in Arizona in 2020, when four friends began playing together during the pandemic. Those informal sessions gradually developed into a band with a clear musical world: heavy guitar riffs, hypnotic grooves and stories shaped by empty highways, forgotten towns and the pull of the open road.
The live lineup brings together Levon Kest on vocals and rhythm guitar, Hollan Brice on lead guitar, Rafe Bellin on bass and Tavin Morrow on drums.
That four-piece arrangement is central to what these shows can reveal. Highway Lantern’s recordings balance weight and atmosphere, but a stage gives the guitars, rhythm section and spaces between them room to become physical. The songs are built around movement, and now they have an audience to move with.
A Set Built Around the First Four Singles
The announced set includes Engine and the Wheel, Ghost Town Radio, Dust Never Sleeps and Static and Gravel.
Together, the four songs trace the world Highway Lantern have been building since their debut. Engine and the Wheel begins with momentum. Ghost Town Radio listens for what remains in abandoned places. Dust Never Sleeps turns towards memory, while Static and Gravel puts the wheels back in motion.
I wrote recently about how Static and Gravel turns restlessness into forward motion. On stage, that tension can take on another form. A driving rhythm is no longer only part of the recording; it becomes something shared between the band and the room.
Desert Rock Made for a Live Room
Highway Lantern blend desert rock, alternative rock and blues influences into a raw, guitar-driven sound. Powerful riffs provide the weight, while atmospheric melodies keep the songs open enough for distance, uncertainty and reflection.
The contrast matters. This is not music that treats heaviness as an end in itself. The guitars carry stories. The grooves create the feeling of travel, and the quieter spaces make the next surge of sound feel earned.
A live show can bring those elements closer together. Hollan Brice’s lead guitar can stretch into the atmosphere around Levon Kest’s voice and rhythm playing, while Rafe Bellin and Tavin Morrow give the songs their forward pull.
Four Cities, With More to Come
The first run moves across four very different American music cities. Austin opens the schedule on 15 December, followed by Pasadena one week later. The band then begins 2027 in Providence before reaching Nashville on 18 January.
These dates are the first part of a wider live plan. Further 2027 announcements will follow as the route develops.
For Highway Lantern, the tour marks a natural next step. The songs have always imagined roads, distances and places waiting beyond the horizon. This time, the road leads towards real rooms and the people inside them.
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About Highway Lantern
Highway Lantern are an Arizona-based desert rock band formed in 2020. The group features Levon Kest on vocals and rhythm guitar, Hollan Brice on lead guitar, Rafe Bellin on bass and Tavin Morrow on drums.
Their music combines heavy guitar riffs, driving rhythms and atmospheric melodies with stories of highways, forgotten towns, memory and life on the open road.