Slash Flying Blind Single Out Now

2 October 2026 Andrew Ellis

Slash Flying Blind Single Out Now – Album and 2027 UK Dates

Slash Flying Blind is out today. It is the title track from the fifth Slash ft Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators album, Flying Blind, due 26 February 2027 on Gibson Records.

The video was shot at the Viper Room in Los Angeles and directed by John Harvatine IV. The song started in pre-production when Slash played a riff he did not have written down. It came together in the room. He says that is why it became the single: the melody and the hook were already there once they had recorded it. Kennedy’s lyric is about people taking the shortcut to happiness.

The album

Recorded mostly live with Michael “Elvis” Baskette at Studio Barbarosa in Florida, largely in a week, often two songs a day, same room. Slash on guitar and pedal steel, Myles Kennedy vocals, Todd Kerns bass, Brent Fitz drums, Frank Sidoris rhythm guitar. First full SMKC record since 4 in 2022.

Slash’s brief to Baskette was keep it live and do not sand the takes afterwards. Kennedy says the sounds and performances on this one are his favourite of the lot. “Looking for a Miracle” is the first song Slash wrote on pedal steel, and the first with a recorded pedal steel solo from him. “Living the Dream” is the instrumental. “Sweet Kill” is the one he calls the most ’80s thing he has done in a while.

Slash Flying Blind tracklist:

Avarice and Greed
Good Time Girl
Thrill Seeker
One of Your Kind
Flying Blind
Looking for a Miracle
Sweet Kill
Here In Babylon
Living the Dream
(Don’t) Thread the Needle
Rev My Heart
Stem the Flow

UK and Ireland dates

General sale 9 October at slashonline.com/tour. Early access sign-up is on Laylo.

30 June – Cardiff Castle
1 July – Scarborough Open Air Theatre
3 July – Dublin, Trinity College
4 July – Belfast, Custom House Square
6 July – Halifax, Piece Hall
7 July – London, Eventim Apollo

Cardiff is also the prize on a Fandiem sweepstakes: trip for two, guestlist, soundcheck, meet Slash, money to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and NAMI. fandiem.com/slash

The wider Slash Flying Blind world tour starts in Latin America in April, hits North America from 23 April (Wiltern, Beacon, Ryman among them), then Europe from Munich on 7 June, with festival stops at Nova Rock, Azkena, Bospop, Masters of Rock, Hills of Rock and Rockstadt.

Rock News final word: Slash Flying Blind is the straight rock single, not a side project detour. Album in February, UK rooms next summer. Cardiff Castle and the Apollo are the two that will go first. Presale window is this week.

FAQs – Slash Flying Blind

When is Slash Flying Blind out?
The single is out now. The album is 26 February 2027 on Gibson Records.

Who is on Slash Flying Blind?
Slash, Myles Kennedy, Todd Kerns, Brent Fitz and Frank Sidoris.

When are the UK dates?
30 June Cardiff Castle, 1 July Scarborough, 4 July Belfast, 6 July Halifax Piece Hall, 7 July London Eventim Apollo. Dublin is 3 July.

When do tickets go on sale?
9 October 2026 at slashonline.com/tour.

Is there a video?
Yes. Shot at the Viper Room, directed by John Harvatine IV.