Deftones play their biggest UK headline gig with epic London All Points East headline show

Deftones played the biggest UK headline gig of their career with a huge gig topping the bill at Outbreak x All Points East in London last night (Sunday August 23).

Check out photos, footage, the setlist and more from what went down below.

READ MORE: Deftones’ Chino Moreno on longevity, creativity and making music that lives forever The Sacramento art-metal pioneers followed on from their massive winter tour closing show at The O2 back in February by returning to the capital to headline the Sunday of APE 2026’s first weekend – a day in collaboration with Outbreak festival after previous nights were topped by Lorde , Jorja Smith and Tems .

The line-up of the day reflected the broad influence and influences of Deftones, from the gothic post-punk of Interpol to the brutal energy of IDLES via the genre-smashing curiosity of JPEGMAFIA and emo heroism of AFI .

Playing the first of two London gigs that day before they headed to Village Underground for an intimate late-night afterparty gig to launch new album ‘ This Mirror Weighs A Ton ’, Interpol pulled a huge crowd to the East Stage for a pristine and punchy career-spanning set heavy on their debut ‘Turn On The Bright Lights’ ( a favourite of Deftones’ frontman Chino Moreno ).

Joined by The Walkmen drummer and Paul Banks’ MUZZ bandmate Matt Barrick as Sam Fogarino’s spinal surgery recovery continues , the NYC indie heroes tore through highlights ‘Evil’, ‘Rest My Chemistry’, ‘The New’, ‘Slow Hands’ and ‘PDA, with the classic essence of the band bleeding from two new numbers ‘See Out Loud’ and ‘Wings On Fire’ before their eighth album arrives on Friday (August 28).

View this post on Instagram Paul Banks of Interpol at All Points East 2026 (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage) A huge crowd remained at the East Stage for a fiery and infectious set from Aussie punks Amyl & The Sniffers , as singer Amy Taylor used her platform to speak out for women’s safety and a free Palestine as well hitting out at all “the right wing shit” permeating culture and politics.

The mood of resistance continued on the other side of Victoria Park as IDLES pulled one of the biggest crowds of the weekend to the West Stage.

Opening with the wire-y diatribe against “racist c**ts” on new song ‘Levitator ’, Joe Talbot and co. made their only scheduled London show of 2026 one to remember.

Doing a roll call for “any scumbags in the audience” ahead of “new British national anthem” ‘I’m Scum’, Talbot led the crowd through widespread chants of “Free, free Palestine”, as well as opening up the pit with a headliner-worthy set of modern rock anthems ‘Never Fight A Man With A Perm’, ‘Mother’, ‘Dancer’, ‘Danny Nedelko’ and ‘Mr Motivator’.

A huge summer is expected for IDLES in 2026 with their “most exciting album” yet just around the corner.