Smoking Goose Announce Third Album "Small Talks," Kick Off Multi-Country Tour in Daejeon This October
South Korean trio Smoking Goose have announced their third full-length album, "Small Talks," alongside the Small Talks Release Tour, a run of shows stretching across 2026 and 2027. The tour opens on Sunday, October 4, 2026, in Daejeon, South Korea, with further dates planned in Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia.
What's confirmed so far
- Release: third studio album, Small Talks
- Tour name: Small Talks Release Tour (2026–2027)
- Opening date: Sunday, October 4, 2026 — Daejeon, South Korea
- Opening show format: a Talk Concert, with the band explaining each track on the album in sequence, front to back — free admission
- Announced tour regions: South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, among others
- Venue, ticket prices, and on-sale times for individual dates: not yet announced
The Daejeon opener: a free, track-by-track Talk Concert
The band says the Daejeon date will be the only stop on the entire tour presented as a Talk Concert — a format where they walk through the new album song by song, from the first track to the last — and it will be free to attend. Details for the rest of the tour, including venues, pricing and on-sale timing, will reportedly be released city by city as the tour approaches.
A three-piece taking on a bigger stage, with help
In their announcement, Smoking Goose described themselves as a group that had "never really thought about the future," yet spent a long stretch of time putting together a schedule this ambitious. As a three-piece, they say they hadn't imagined attempting a run of this scale on their own — the tour, spanning two years and four or more regions, came together with help from the Sonic Boom Project.
The announcement closed with the line, in Korean: "어딘가에서 만나요" ("Let's meet somewhere out there").