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Pierce the Veil standing together in front of a wall of studio speakers in a promotional band photograph.

Current conditions

#1 Pierce the Veil

Upper Card • 16°TEMPERATURE

Pierce the Veil grade out well because of agency relationship, shaky knees 2026 early-cycle condition, active cycle. There are no major penalty conditions dragging the profile down at the moment.

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Genre Fit

3/3

Agency

CAA

Last Shaky

Never

Festival Fronts

2

Booking outlook

Post-hardcore, emo, and alternative rock sit squarely inside the modern rock-forward Shaky booking environment.

Artist Bio

Pierce the Veil are associated with San Diego, California and formed in 2006 around brothers Vic and Mike Fuentes. Their music is known for post-hardcore with pop-punk, progressive, and emo elements. Selfish Machines, Collide with the Sky, Misadventures, and The Jaws of Life helped build a large international audience; “King for a Day” became a signature song. Across their career, the project has built its reputation through a combination of recorded work and live performance, making them a recognizable presence in the alternative, rock, or festival world relevant to this forecast.

Credit: Karma Police press photo

Signal report

Why This Forecast Works

Pierce the Veil presents an unusually strong SHAKY FORECAST 27 case: direct 2026 booking interest without a completed appearance, plus confirmed 2027 European festival activity.

  • Booked for Shaky Knees 2026 but did not perform after Saturday's severe-weather evacuation. Not treated as a completed 2026 appearance for repeat-booking purposes.
  • Pierce the Veil presents an unusually strong Shaky//27 case. Shaky Knees already booked them for a prominent 2026 Saturday slot, but severe weather caused the festival evacuation before they could perform. They therefore demonstrate direct current booking interest without having actually completed a 2026 Shaky appearance. Confirmed 2027 European festival and touring activity further establishes availability, while strong attendee interest at Shaky 2026 provides additional supporting evidence.
  • Shaky Sidequest Saturday schedule saves: 29, tied with Pavement for the second-highest total among tracked Saturday artists. Supporting evidence only; no separate demand-index category exists.
  • No credible confirmed 2027 studio album announcement or release date is currently tracked.
  • Research Batch 02 (COMPLETE): Management and label gaps were resolved; the existing attributed image remains unchanged.
  • Research Batch 02: listed research gaps resolved.

Forecast factors

Pressure Breakdown

This is the weighted case behind the ranking. It explains where the Forecast Index comes from without pretending the number is a literal probability.

  • Agency relationship+4

    CAA has a meaningful recent Shaky/C3 footprint.

  • Shaky Knees 2026 early-cycle signal+4

    Officially booked for a prominent Saturday 2026 slot, but never performed after the severe-weather evacuation. This is direct current booking evidence, not a completed appearance.

  • Active Cycle+3

    Correlated activity evidence is bundled with diminishing returns: festival (2), touring (1).

  • Shaky genre fit+3

    Post-hardcore, emo, and alternative rock sit squarely inside the modern rock-forward Shaky booking environment.

  • Fresh booking opportunity+2

    Never playing Shaky keeps the booking fresh without losing genre fit.

Forecast Index: 16

Routing map

Festival Fronts

  • Hurricane Festival 2027CONFIRMED

    Scheeßel, Germany · Jun 18, 2027–Jun 20, 2027

    Hurricane Festival 2027 lineup confirmed by the official festival source.

  • Southside Festival 2027CONFIRMED

    Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany · Jun 18, 2027–Jun 20, 2027

    Southside Festival 2027 lineup confirmed by the official festival source.

Release climate

Music Weather

Album

No title tracked

Status

Unknown

Release

Not announced

2027 Touring

No confirmed 2027 North American tour is currently on the desk

Forecast Impact

+0 release-climate points

This profile does not currently receive any verified release-climate points.

  • World Tour (2027)Confirmed

    Confirmed June 2027 European touring associated with blink-182 dates, including Milan and Paris; no qualifying U.S. or Southeast routing is currently tracked.

Historical conditions

Shaky History

Never playedShaky Knees

Receipts

Sources

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