The Dillinger Escape Plan bring their Calculating Infinity reunion to Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom on Monday, October 26, 2026, with Squid Pisser and XCOMM opening. It is one of the last shows the band will play with original vocalist Dimitri Minakakis before the reunion closes out on a metal cruise at the end of October.
Key details
- Who: The Dillinger Escape Plan, with support from Squid Pisser and XCOMM
- What: The Final Calculating Infinity Shows, performing the band's 1999 debut album with original singer Dimitri Minakakis
- When: Monday, October 26, 2026
- Where: Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville Street, Vancouver
- Tickets: On sale now via Ticketmaster
- Nearby dates: Portland on October 25, Seattle on October 27
Full tour dates
The Final Calculating Infinity Shows, the last North American dates of the reunion in fall 2026, with Squid Pisser and XCOMM supporting on the West Coast run.
- Oct 16 - Philadelphia, PA - Philly Music Fest
- Oct 17 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
- Oct 18 - Baltimore, MD - Nevermore Hall
- Oct 25 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
- Oct 26 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
- Oct 27 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
- Oct 29 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
The album that started it
Calculating Infinity arrived in 1999 and effectively drew the blueprint for what people would later call mathcore: hardcore aggression run through jazz-adjacent time signatures, guitar lines that refuse to resolve, and a rhythm section that treats the beat as something to argue with. Minakakis sang on it, then left the band shortly afterward. Greg Puciato took over the microphone for the records that made Dillinger a festival-level name, and stayed until the group ended its run in 2017.
That looked like the end of it. Then in June 2024 Minakakis and the band reconvened to play Calculating Infinity in full across three nights at Brooklyn Paramount, their first shows of any kind since the breakup. What was pitched as a 25th-anniversary victory lap kept going, through European festival slots at Graspop Metal Meeting and Hellfest and into this final North American run.
The band has been explicit that this is where it stops. After Philadelphia, Worcester and Baltimore in mid-October, the west-coast leg runs Portland on October 25, Vancouver on October 26 and Seattle on October 27, followed by a stop in St. Petersburg, Florida. The reunion then ends offshore, on the Headbangers Boat sailing October 30 to November 3 alongside Lamb of God, In Flames, Zakk Sabbath and GWAR. Which makes the Commodore one of only a handful of rooms left where anyone will hear this lineup play this album.
The venue is a fitting last stop for it. The Commodore's sprung dance floor has absorbed three decades of Vancouver hardcore and metal shows, and Dillinger's live reputation, built on a band that historically treated the stage as a hazard zone, is the kind of thing a 990-capacity ballroom flatters far more than an arena would. Squid Pisser, the Los Angeles noise-punk outfit, and XCOMM open both this show and the Portland date.
Frequently asked questions
When do The Dillinger Escape Plan play Vancouver?
Monday, October 26, 2026 at the Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville Street. Squid Pisser and XCOMM open.
Is this really the last time they will play Calculating Infinity?
The band has billed this run as the final Calculating Infinity shows with original vocalist Dimitri Minakakis. The reunion wraps with performances on the Headbangers Boat cruise, October 30 to November 3.
Where can I buy tickets?
Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster. You can also browse everything else coming to town on our Vancouver concert calendar.
Scene in the Dark has covered Vancouver's live-music scene since 2010, from the Commodore's dance floor to the stadium floor at BC Place.
