Legendary psych outfit Gong are back today with their new single ‘Stars In Heaven’ alongside a brand new music video created by Drain Hope. The band have also teased the release of their new album which fans will see in 2026 and shared the album’s name – Bright Spirit.
“It’s such an eclectic record,” says singer and guitarist Kavus Torabi. “This is the most colourful and kaleidoscopic album so far from this incarnation of the band. There are Eastern-infused epics, long instrumental jazz-inspired sections, meditative and cosmic detours and blistering, incendiary psychedelic rock. When picking the first song to be released, it has felt as if there’s an extra weight on the choice, as if the song somehow has to represent the whole album.”
Lyrically it expands on the idea that the world is as you are. “If you are a cynical, defensive or suspicious person, then that’s the world you’ll inhabit,” continues Kavus. “You’ll see mean-spirited behaviour and selfishness all around you but it’s always a choice. I think perhaps some people forget that. That’s not the world I live in, nor would I want to. It’s a sad old world for sure but it’s also a beautiful one bursting with hope, possibility, wonder and magic in every single moment.”
‘Stars In Heaven’ is the first single to be released from the new album Bright Spirit which will be released in 2026 on Kscope. Bright Spirit continues the legendary Gong catalogue – an extensive and acclaimed collection of releases that has seen Gong produce over 30 studio albums during a career spanning more than 50 years, since the band was founded in 1970 by the late Daevid Allen.
Gong continue to carry the torch ignited by Daevid Allen with their UK tour alongside fellow psych legends HENGE currently underway -
UK TOUR DATES 2025/26
GONG – UK
Nov 08 – Bedford Esquires, Bedford
Nov 14 – Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
Nov 15 – The Boileroom, Guildford
Nov 16 – The Piper, St Leonards
Nov 25 – Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
Nov 29 – Club 85, Hitchin
GONG & HENGE – UK
Nov 05 – The 1865, Southampton
Nov 06 – Trinity Centre, Bristol
Nov 07 – Dreamland, Margate
Nov 09 – Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester
Nov 11 – The Globe, Cardiff
Nov 12 – Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
Nov 13 – Princess Pavilion, Falmouth
Nov 19 – Crookes Social Club, Sheffield
Nov 20 – The Leeds Irish Centre Leeds
Nov 21 – Northumbria Students’ Union, Newcastle
Nov 22 – Kanteena, Lancaster
Nov 23 – St Luke’s Glasgow, Glasgow
Nov 26 – Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
Nov 27 – The Robin, Bilston
Nov 28 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Nov 30 – Earth Hall, London
Mar 19 – Chalk, Brighton
Mar 20 – Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury
Mar 21 – Hangar 18, Swansea
Mar 26 – The Drill, Lincoln
Mar 27 – New Century Hall, Manchester
Mar 28 – Hangar 34, Liverpool
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