From Castrop-Rauxel to National Harbor: Electric Callboy's unlikely rise
- Apr 18
- 2 min read
Somewhere between metalcore and the dancefloor sits Electric Callboy.
The German electronicore group is set to bring their TANZNEID World Tour to The Theater at MGM National Harbor on Monday, May 25, with support from Polaris and Scene Queen.
Formed in 2010 in Castrop-Rauxel, a small industrial city in western Germany, Electric Callboy spent their early years grinding through the European club circuit under the name Eskimo Callboy, building a cult following with a sound that didn't fit neatly anywhere: metalcore riffs layered over EDM drops, screamed verses giving way to euphoric synth hooks. Their visual identity leaned into the absurd from the start, from coordinating outfits to bowl-cut head bobbing, their music videos played like elaborate inside jokes with the audience. It was not an obvious formula for global success.
Until it was. Their 2022 albumTEKKNO went gold, accumulated nearly a billion streams, and sent singles like "Hypa Hypa" and "We Got The Moves,"viral across the world. Electric Callboy's sound sits at the intersection of crushing metal and full-throttle EDM, held together by an irreverent, often comedic sensibility that has defined their path in the heavy music world.
The TEKKNO World Tour sold over 200,000 tickets; the band also self-produces Escalation Fest, an annual event that draws 11,000 fans, and brought a TEKKNO concert film to over 100 theaters worldwide.
The current tour previews their forthcoming album TANZNEID, their first full-length since TEKKNO, due August 7. Singles released in the build-up include "Elevator Operator," "Revery," a cover of Sum 41's "Still Waiting" featuring Frank Zummo, and "Hypercharged," a recent collaboration with mobile game Brawl Stars. The band has described the record as a direct evolution of TEKKNO: heavier, more extreme, and built specifically with the live show in mind.
See below for a full list of tour dates:
April 17, 2026 at South Side Ballroom in Dallas, TX
April 19, 2026 at Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix, AZ
April 21, 2026 at Kia Forum in Los Angeles, CA
April 22, 2026 at The Masonic in San Francisco, CA
April 25, 2026 at PNE Forum in Vancouver, BC
April 26, 2026 at Paramount Theatre in Seattle, WA
April 28, 2026 at The Union Event Center in Salt Lake City, UT
April 30, 2026 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO
May 2, 2026 at The Armory in Minneapolis, MN
May 3, 2026 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL
May 14, 2026 at Place Bell in Montreal, QC
May 16, 2026 at Coca Cola Coliseum in Toronto, ON
May 19, 2026 at The Pinnacle in Nashville, TN
May 20, 2026 at Special Events Center in Greensboro, NC
May 22, 2026 at Yuengling Center in Tampa, FL
May 23, 2026 at Coca Cola Roxy in Atlanta, GA
May 25, 2026 at The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Washington, D.C.
May 26, 2026 at Paramount in Brooklyn, NY
May 27, 2026 at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston, MA
