LCD Soundsystem will bring its annual year-ending New York run back in 2026 with 12 dates spread across three separate four-show blocks. The residency begins November 19 at Knockdown Center in Queens, moves to Brooklyn Steel for four nights beginning November 30, then returns to Knockdown Center for its final four dates from December 10 through 13.
The centerpiece of the announcement is November 30 at Brooklyn Steel, which is billed as the 100th show in LCD Soundsystem’s annual New York residency tradition. The band will donate 100% of ticket-sale proceeds from that specific show to a charity that has not yet been announced. It is an unusually concrete reason to distinguish one date from the wider run, while also leaving one major detail—the recipient organization—to be confirmed later.
A three-weekend New York run
A residency is a sequence of performances by the same artist in one city or venue area, rather than a conventional touring itinerary that moves from market to market every night. Here, LCD Soundsystem is using two New York venues: Knockdown Center in Queens and Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn. That structure gives fans several date options without turning the event into a one-off show with a single, all-or-nothing on-sale.
The 2026 plan is arranged in three distinct windows rather than 12 consecutive nights. The first and final stretches are held at Knockdown Center, while the middle four-night block takes place at Brooklyn Steel. The spacing may matter for people deciding which show to pursue: the November 30 date carries the charity component and milestone designation, whereas the other nights are part of the same overall residency but are not described as having that specific ticket-proceeds commitment.
LCD Soundsystem’s 2026 New York residency dates
- Thursday, November 19: Knockdown Center, Queens
- Friday, November 20: Knockdown Center, Queens
- Saturday, November 21: Knockdown Center, Queens
- Sunday, November 22: Knockdown Center, Queens
- Monday, November 30: Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn — 100th annual-residency show
- Tuesday, December 1: Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn
- Wednesday, December 2: Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn
- Thursday, December 3: Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn
- Thursday, December 10: Knockdown Center, Queens
- Friday, December 11: Knockdown Center, Queens
- Saturday, December 12: Knockdown Center, Queens
- Sunday, December 13: Knockdown Center, Queens
What has been announced beyond the concerts
The residency is set to include a range of live opening acts and afterparties featuring DJ sets from special guests. Individual openers, DJs, set times and other program details have not been listed. Those absences are worth keeping in mind: the announced schedule establishes the dates and venues, but it does not yet identify the supporting performers or reveal whether every night will have the same surrounding lineup.
An afterparty is a separately programmed late-night event associated with a concert evening; in this case, the announced format is DJ sets from special guests. A DJ set generally means a performer selects and mixes recorded music, rather than presenting a conventional live band performance. For prospective attendees, that difference is practical. The concert itself and any afterparty may be related parts of the same night’s programming, but the available information does not specify admission arrangements, locations, schedules or which guests will appear.
Multiple nights can also change the character of a residency for the audience. Rather than treating a single date as the entire event, fans can choose between weekday and weekend options, Queens and Brooklyn locations, or the milestone benefit date. That is an observation about the schedule’s flexibility, not an indication that performances, guests or setlists will differ: no such distinctions have been announced.
Ticket timeline: presale registration, Amex access and public sale
General-public ticket sales for all 12 shows begin Friday, October 9 at 10 a.m. ET. Ahead of that sale, two presale windows are planned.
- American Express presale: American Express Card Members can purchase Amex Presale Tickets from Tuesday, October 6 at 10 a.m. ET through Thursday, October 8 at 10 p.m. ET, while supplies last.
- Fan presale: Registration is open for fan presales, which run from Wednesday, October 7 at 10 a.m. ET through Thursday, October 8 at 10 p.m. ET.
- General public: Tickets for every date go on sale Friday, October 9 at 10 a.m. ET.
A presale is an early purchasing window that takes place before the broader public on-sale. It does not mean every registrant or eligible cardholder is guaranteed a ticket; the Amex window is explicitly subject to supply. The fan-presale information says registration is open and provides the sale period, but does not supply further details about access mechanics, inventory, ticket limits or pricing. Those are details buyers should avoid assuming from the announcement alone.
The November 30 benefit date has a particularly important distinction: the band says all proceeds from ticket sales for that show will be donated. The announcement does not say which charity will receive the money, nor does it describe treatment of other purchases or revenue connected with the evening. The clearest reading is therefore narrow and specific: ticket-sale proceeds for the November 30 show are committed to the forthcoming charitable recipient.
Why the 100th-show marker matters
The band’s annual New York residencies have been a nearly decade-long year-end tradition, and the November 30 Brooklyn Steel date will open the venue’s four-night segment. Billing that performance as the 100th show gives the 2026 edition a tangible historical marker without requiring fans to decode the full count themselves.
It also turns the middle block into more than a routing change between Queens dates. Brooklyn Steel hosts the residency’s designated milestone, while Knockdown Center hosts eight of the 12 total performances—four to open the run and four to close it. For someone whose priority is simply seeing LCD Soundsystem, the full calendar offers a dozen chances. For someone motivated by the charitable donation and commemorative status, November 30 is the explicitly identified date.
The schedule’s Monday-through-Thursday Brooklyn Steel portion is also notably different from the Thursday-through-Sunday sequences at Knockdown Center. That division provides choices across the workweek and weekends, though it should not be read as evidence of different show formats. The only programming additions confirmed across the residency are live openers, special-guest DJ afterparties and more details to come.
No new LCD Soundsystem album has been announced
LCD Soundsystem has not released a new album since American Dream in 2017, and it has not released a new song since 2022. Nothing in the residency details announces new music, a new record, or a release schedule. The 2026 dates should therefore be understood as a live-performance announcement, not a signal of a confirmed LCD Soundsystem album cycle.
There is, however, a related release from within the group’s orbit: guitarist Al Doyle has released “Hard Times in America,” a track from his forthcoming solo debut, Hollywood Saviour. That is Doyle’s solo material, not a newly announced LCD Soundsystem song. Keeping those credits separate is useful in a period when activity around an individual member can easily be mistaken for a band-wide release plan.
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Key details to keep straight
At this stage, the essential information is straightforward: LCD Soundsystem has 12 New York shows scheduled between November 19 and December 13, divided between Knockdown Center and Brooklyn Steel. General sales start October 9 at 10 a.m. ET, with American Express and fan-presale windows scheduled first. November 30 is the 100th annual-residency show, and ticket-sale proceeds from that night are slated to go entirely to an as-yet-unnamed charity.
What remains unannounced is equally clear: the charity recipient, the lineup of live openers, the guest DJs, afterparty specifics, pricing and any setlist or night-to-night differences. Fans have dates, venues and the purchasing timetable; the finer points of the residency’s expanded program are still pending.
