Extreme’s sixth studio album was released worldwide on June 9th 2023 via earMUSIC, but its sonic ripples are still being felt all around the globe.
“SIX” propelled the band to new heights, driven by standout singles such as ‘RISE’—featuring a solo praised by the press as ‘the guitar solo of the century’—alongside ‘Banshee’ and ‘Other Side of the Rainbow,’ and supported by a globe-spanning tour across the U.S., Europe, the U.K., India, Japan, and Australia.
Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt also reaffirmed his stature as one of rock’s most commanding players with a historic performance at Ozzy Osbourne’s Back to the Beginning farewell concert. That milestone appearance led to his invitation to serve as music director and guitarist at the 2025 MTV VMAs, where he delivered a powerhouse tribute to Osbourne alongside Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Yungblud.
Extreme now unveil their latest visual statement with the release of X-Out, a striking companion to one of the band’s most intense tracks off of “SIX.”
The video amplifies the song’s haunting imagery and themes of faith, meaning and mortality.
Nuno Bettencourt, “This song was always sonically cinematic to me. It instantly conjured up images of Mad Max, Dune.”
Singer Gary Cherone explains, “The lyric is a lamentation, captured in a nightmare reflecting on the fleeting nature of life and the question of meaning in the face of the inevitable.”
See Extreme on the road in 2026 with Def Leppard.
2025
October 3 – St. Louis, MO
2026
June 16 – Helsinki, FI*
June 19 – Zurich, CH *
June 23 – Dortmund, DE*
June 26 – Belfast, UK*
June 28 – Glasgow, UK*
June 30 – Sheffield, UK*
July 02 – London, UK*
July 04 – Birmingham, UK*
July 06 – Manchester, UK *
*w/ Def Leppard
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