Europe Is Getting the Best Orgcore Tour of the Year: The Common Thread Tour

The Common Thread Tour is ripping across Europe right now, and it’s not just another run of shows. It’s a full-blown celebration of the orgcore spirit: raw, emotional, working-class punk rock brought to life by a lineup that reads like a love letter to the scene itself.

From Germany to Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK, this traveling festival is uniting fans across borders with a sense of community that only punk can build. You can feel it in the packed halls, the shouted choruses, and the mix of sweat and nostalgia that hangs in the air each night.

What makes this tour special isn’t just the lineup, though it’s stacked. It’s the way it feels like the whole scene showed up.

Hot Water Music are out there proving they’re still the beating heart of melodic punk. Comeback Kid are turning every pit into a storm. Joyce Manor, Spanish Love Songs, and The Flatliners are delivering sets that move from cathartic sing-alongs to emotional gut punches.

At each stop, from Oberhausen to Haarlem, Brussels, London, and Leeds fans are crossing borders to experience something that feels rare in 2025: a tour that’s not about algorithms or brand tie-ins, but about connection.

The Common Thread Tour isn’t your typical package tour. Each city feels like its own small festival, with multiple rooms, revolving stages, and the kind of chaos that makes punk rock feel alive.

In Brussels, two rooms run nonstop for hours, guitars screaming in one while a crowd in the other belts out every word to “Trusty Chords.” In the Netherlands, fans spill into the streets between sets, trading stories and setlists like currency.

It’s that mix of exhaustion, community, and catharsis that defines what orgcore has always been about, a world where the kids who grew up on cracked CDs and dimly lit VFW shows now fly across countries to scream together again.

For a genre that’s always lived just below the mainstream radar, this tour feels like a victory lap. The same spirit that fueled the rise of bands like The Loved Ones, The Menzingers, and The Gaslight Anthem is alive on this run.

You see it in the patched-up denim jackets, the crowd-shared beers, and the quiet moments when strangers throw arms around each other mid-chorus.

It’s not nostalgia, it’s a reminder that punk never died. It just found new faces, new cities, and a new generation of believers.

Europe’s punk community has always had a deeper sense of solidarity, and the Common Thread Tour captures that perfectly. It’s not corporate, it’s not curated for clicks. It’s grassroots, sweaty, and built on mutual respect between the bands and the fans.

Every night feels like a snapshot of everything orgcore ever stood for: heartbreak, friendship, resilience, and the power of music to pull us out of whatever hell we’re living through.

While America waits for its next great punk moment, Europe is living it right now.

The Common Thread Tour isn’t just the best orgcore tour of the year, it’s a reminder of why this scene matters. No gimmicks, no fads, just real songs played by real people for real hearts.

If you’re anywhere near a stop on this run, grab a ticket, grab a friend, and go scream your lungs out. This is the kind of tour we’ll be talking about for years.