Tank and the Bangas Release New Single ‘Simon Says’

Tank and the Bangas have released a new single “Simon Says” today. The track arrives as the Grammy Award-winning New Orleans band begins the second leg of its 2026 U.S. headlining tour with a hometown performance at the Orpheum Theater.

“Simon Says” follows the band’s latest album, The Last Balloon, which was released in May through Verve Forecast. Built around a looping piano motif and saxophone, the song pairs Tank’s vocals with an R&B arrangement that extends the musical palette of the group’s recent work.

The Last Balloon completed Tank and the Bangas’ “Balloon” trilogy, following Green Balloon in 2019 and Red Balloon in 2022. The album was executive-produced by longtime collaborator Austin Brown and recorded primarily at The Complex Studios in Los Angeles. Its guest list includes Lucky Daye, Ledisi, Dawn Richard and Brown.

Tour dates

October 2 — Orpheum Theater — New Orleans, LA
October 3 — Art This Way — Fort Wayne, IN
October 10 — Riverfront Park — Moss Point, MS
October 15-16 — Terminal West — Atlanta, GA
October 17 — Brooklyn Bowl Nashville — Nashville, TN
October 20 — The Majestic Theatre — Madison, WI
October 21 — Club Hancher — Iowa City, IA
October 23 — Fine Line — Minneapolis, MN
October 24 — Thalia Hall — Chicago, IL
October 25 — Off Broadway — St. Louis, MO
November 5 — The Truman — Kansas City, MO
November 7 — Gothic Theatre — Englewood, CO
November 8 — Commonwealth — South Salt Lake, UT
November 10 — The Crocodile — Seattle, WA
November 11 — Revolution Hall — Portland, OR
November 13 — August Hall — San Francisco, CA
November 14-15 — Blue Note Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA
November 17 — Crescent Ballroom — Phoenix, AZ
November 19-20 — Antone’s — Austin, TX
November 21 — The Heights Theater — Houston, TX
November 29 — Blue Note London — London, UK
November 30 — Paradiso — Amsterdam, Netherlands
December 2 — Alhambra — Paris, France
December 3 — Luxor — Cologne, Germany
December 5 — Gretchen — Berlin, Germany
December 6 — Flex — Vienna, Austria
December 11-13 — Blue Note Tokyo — Tokyo, Japan
December 15 — Blue Note Hawaii — Honolulu, HI

Listen to Tank and the Bangas’s “Simon Says” now.