Tito is back! The Americana and desert rock legend par excellence is going on a highly anticipatedbest-of European tour in 2026.A best-of featuring classic Tarantula songs, legendary film songs, and a few musicalsurprises.To coincide with this, Tito & Tarantula will release a compilation of previously unreleased and rarerecordings in 2026, “BEST OF THE UNHEARD.” Some of these songs are sure to find their way onto the stage. Born in Mexico and raised as the son of a trapper in the Alaskan wilderness, Tito Larriva's career began in Los Angeles. With the PLUGZ and later the CRUZADOS, it quickly gained momentum. A Top 10 single and a cover on Billboard magazine- Larriva became part of the L.A. music and film scene of the 1980s. In the rehearsal room next door, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were taking their first steps. Emmy lou Harris and Jeff Porcaro (thelate TOTO drummer) were his neighbours. At the same time, the trained ballet dancer's actingcareer also began. After his debut as ‘Hammy’ in the ‘Pee-wee Herman Show’ (1981), he worked with Patrick Swayze (Roadhouse), Johnny Depp (Once Upon A Time In Mexico), Antonio Banderas (Desperados 2), Mel Gibson and Milla Jovovic in Wim Wenders' The Million Dollar Hotel, David Byrne (True Stories), Cheech Marin (Born In East LA), in the Oscar-winning short film SessionMan, and R. Rodriguez (Grindhouse). Tito Larriva has written music for over 50 films (including the theme songs forMachete (2010) and Machete Kills (2013)) and television series. The startingpoint for Tito & Tarantula was Robert Rodriguez's offer to collaborate on From Dusk Till Dawn(1995). The legendary performance as the vampire house band at the ‘Titty Twister’ bar and the world wide success of the film brought the band (as support for Joe Cocker) to Europe for the first time. The European release of their debut album ‘Tarantism’ with the classic songs from ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’, ‘After Dark’, ‘Angry Cockroaches’ and ‘Strange Face of Love’ followed in 1997. These songs mark the beginning of a new era in American film music and demonstrate Tito Larriva's extraordinary abilities as a singer and composer. Tito & Tarantula emerged from the weekly sessions that Larriva organised under the name Tito & Friends with consistently outstanding musicians from the L.A. scene. In addition to guitarist Steven Hufsteter, who is said to have turned down Bob Dylan's offer to join his band, the band featured top-class musicians such as guitarist Peter Atanasoff (Norah Jones, Ricky Lee Jones) and drummers Alfredo Ortiz (Beastie Boys/Gogol Bordello) and Rafael Gayol (A-ha, Leonard Cohen) on tour inEurope, Asia, North and South America.
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