A Perfect Circle have released a second new song in 2026, announced a 28-date North American tour and promised there is “more to come.” They have done almost everything required to start an album campaign except announce an album.
“To Whom It May Concern” follows May’s “Starless,” giving the band two standalone singles in four months after years when any new A Perfect Circle material felt improbable. The new track arrives with an official visualiser and a 2027 tour supported in stages by Puscifer and The Cult.
A Perfect Circle’s new single keeps the tension unresolved
The song is restrained, atmospheric and patient. It resists the obvious heavy release that would turn every quiet passage into a countdown. Maynard James Keenan stays controlled while Billy Howerdel builds unease around him, making the absence of a giant payoff feel deliberate rather than unfinished.
You can hear it through the band’s official “To Whom It May Concern” visualiser. The mood also explains why some listeners immediately started asking where this material is heading. In a current Tool community discussion, fans are debating an album possibility while openly acknowledging that no record has been announced.
That distinction is essential. Two singles can be the beginning of an album, a run of independent releases or material designed to keep a touring cycle alive. Howerdel told Louder that getting new music into the world is exciting and added only that there is more to come. He did not name a record, date or tracklist.
The 2027 tour is built around Maynard’s two bands
The tour opens in Vancouver on 13 April and moves through Canada with Puscifer supporting. Maynard will pull double duty on those opening dates, fronting both bands. The Cult takes over support from Boston on 27 April through the final announced show in Phoenix on 13 June.
Ticketmaster lists the dates and current onsales, while Puscifer’s official site confirms the Canadian run and Detroit appearance. The new announcement is North American; it does not add an Australian leg. That is separate from A Perfect Circle’s already scheduled Australian shows in December 2026.
An album announcement would complete the pattern
“Starless” reached number one at rock radio, according to Howerdel, and the band now has a major tour to sell. A full album would neatly connect those facts. It would also be A Perfect Circle’s first studio record since 2018’s Eat the Elephant. But neat patterns are not confirmations, especially in the orbit of musicians whose schedules cross Tool, Puscifer, Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails.
Rock touring is already crowding the 2027 calendar. Slipknot’s stadium itinerary has Australian fans asking why they are missing, while A Perfect Circle fans here at least have December dates before the North American run begins. Recent cancellations such as Charlie Puth’s abandoned Australian tour also show why confirmed dates should be separated from hoped-for extensions.
The track also arrives in a moment when heavy music is rewarding ambitious standalone releases. Falling in Reverse’s “Joseph” turned one single into a full disaster-film spectacle; A Perfect Circle take the opposite route, using restraint and negative space. Both approaches make a song feel like an event before an album framework tells listeners where it belongs. That may be why the lack of a title is fuelling attention instead of draining it.
The more encouraging clue is creative rather than logistical. “Starless” and “To Whom It May Concern” sound like related pieces from a band interested in atmosphere, patience and space again. They do not feel like nostalgia singles bolted onto a greatest-hits route.
That makes the unanswered album question useful. A Perfect Circle have momentum without overpromising, and listeners have something better than a vague studio tease: two finished songs, a tour and a guitarist willing to say the supply has not run dry. For now, “more to come” is the only title anyone should trust.
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