Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators have announced their fifth studio album, Flying Blind, alongside the title track and a new world tour.

Words by Felix Bartlett | Oct 02, 2026

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Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators have announced their fifth studio album, Flying Blind.

The record will arrive worldwide on February 26, 2027 via Gibson Records, with the band also sharing its title track and accompanying official music video, filmed at The Viper Room in Los Angeles and directed by John Harvatine IV.

Recorded largely live with longtime producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette at Studio Barbarosa in Florida, the 12-track album features Slash on guitar and pedal steel, Myles Kennedy on vocals, Todd Kerns on bass, Brent Fitz on drums and Frank Sidoris on rhythm guitar. The bulk of the record was completed in around a week, with the band often recording two songs a day together in the same room.

“It’s a really fun, kind of spontaneous rock ’n’ roll record,” says Slash. “It’s very straightforward and down-to-earth and raw.”

The title track itself came together spontaneously during pre-production, after Slash introduced a riff while the band were preparing to rehearse. The song quickly developed into a soaring, melodic rocker, with Slash later deciding it had the hook and melodic sensibilities needed to introduce the album.

For Kennedy, meanwhile, the song’s lyrics explore the shortcuts people sometimes take in their search for happiness and fulfilment.

“The lyric is about how sometimes people try to take shortcuts and try to find the easy way to achieve happiness or enlightenment,” he explains.

Check it out below:

Alongside the album announcement, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators have revealed the Flying Blind World Tour 2027, which will begin in Latin America in April before heading to North America, the UK and Europe.

Tickets go on general sale October 9.