Echoes of Flame: Cristina Scabbia — also known as Lilith — Leads the Dogma Temple 2026 World Tour — Dates and Cities Revealed
In a move that has sent a surge of excitement through the international metal and alternative-music scenes, Italian powerhouse Cristina Scabbia — famed frontwoman of Lacuna Coil — has officially unveiled her newest and boldest project yet: “Echoes of Flame: The Dogma Temple 2026 World Tour.” Performing under her evocative alter ego “Lilith,” Scabbia is spearheading a theatrical, genre-blurring spectacle that promises to merge heavy music, ritualistic visuals, and immersive storytelling on an unprecedented global scale.
Announced at a midnight livestream watched by over 1.3 million fans across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, the tour marks the debut of Scabbia’s conceptual collective Dogma Temple — a multidisciplinary troupe of musicians, dancers, costume designers, and digital artists. The project is being described as part rock opera, part dark-folk ritual, and part sensory installation. For Scabbia, it represents both an artistic rebirth and an homage to the mythic archetypes that have influenced her songwriting for more than two decades.
> “Lilith is not just a stage persona,” Scabbia told viewers during the stream. “She’s the embodiment of the questions we’ve been too afraid to ask: about freedom, desire, power, and self-creation. Dogma Temple is the sanctuary we’re building for everyone who feels caught between the sacred and the profane.”
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A Concept Years in the Making
According to Scabbia’s team, Dogma Temple began as a loose collection of poems and visual ideas she developed while touring with Lacuna Coil between 2019 and 2023. The COVID-era lockdown gave her time to write a sprawling narrative about a wandering priestess — Lilith — who travels through a dystopian future collecting fragments of forbidden knowledge. That narrative has since evolved into a full live experience: original songs, reimagined classics, massive stage sets, and interactive digital sequences that allow audiences to feel part of the ritual.
Industry insiders note that Scabbia has been quietly collaborating with avant-garde theatre directors, contemporary choreographers, and even VR developers to craft the show’s aesthetic. The production team includes names who have worked with Cirque du Soleil, Björk, and Rammstein — a clue to the scale and ambition of the project.
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Tour Dates and Cities Revealed
After months of speculation, the Dogma Temple team has released the first leg of the 2026 World Tour, spanning five continents and 40 cities. Tickets go on sale this November. The confirmed dates are:
March 6, 2026 — O2 Arena, London, UK (Opening Night & Livestream Global Premiere)
March 10 — Le Zénith, Paris, France
March 13 — AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands
March 17 — Verti Music Hall, Berlin, Germany
March 21 — St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland
March 25 — Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy (Special Homecoming Show)
April 2 — WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain
April 8 — Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
April 14 — Zorlu PSM, Istanbul, Turkey
After Europe, the tour crosses the Atlantic:
May 3 — Radio City Music Hall, New York, USA
May 8 — Anthem, Washington D.C., USA
May 13 — Tabernacle, Atlanta, USA
May 19 — Fillmore, Miami, USA
May 25 — Chicago Theatre, Chicago, USA
May 30 — Fox Theatre, Detroit, USA
June 5 — Orpheum, Los Angeles, USA
June 8 — Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, USA
June 15 — Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
June 20 — Théâtre Maisonneuve, Montreal, Canada
Then Latin America:
July 5 — Pepsi Center WTC, Mexico City, Mexico
July 12 — Vivo Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
July 16 — Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
July 23 — Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
Asia and Oceania are next:
August 10 — Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan
August 16 — KBS Hall, Seoul, South Korea
August 22 — Star Theatre, Singapore
August 28 — Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Australia
September 3 — Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia
Finally, Dogma Temple will return to Europe for a climactic set of autumn dates in Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, culminating in a yet-to-be-announced finale in Rome on October 31, 2026, fittingly billed as “The Night of the Lilith.”
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A Show Beyond Music
What sets this tour apart, Scabbia explained, is its hybrid nature. Each concert is designed as a three-act journey:
1. “Invocation” — a ritualistic pre-show experience where audience members can participate in an interactive soundscape using a custom smartphone app.
2. “The Flame” — the main performance blending Dogma Temple’s original songs with radical reinterpretations of Lacuna Coil classics like “Heaven’s a Lie” and “Our Truth.”
3. “Release” — a post-show communal space featuring visual art installations, spoken-word interludes, and meet-and-greet dialogues moderated by philosophers and cultural critics.
Fans who purchase “Temple Passes” will gain access to behind-the-scenes rehearsals, exclusive NFTs of show artwork, and private livestream Q&A sessions with Scabbia in full Lilith regalia.
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Critical and Fan Anticipation
Music magazines have already begun dubbing the tour “the next Ghost or Rammstein-level event” for its theatrical daring. Alternative Press called it “a gothic Burning Man on tour,” while Kerrang! predicted it will “redraw the line between concert and ritual.”
Longtime fans of Lacuna Coil have expressed curiosity about how Scabbia will balance her band duties with Dogma Temple. In interviews, she’s emphasized that this is not a departure but an expansion: “Lacuna Coil remains my family,” she said. “But Lilith allows me to explore a vision that’s bigger than any one band.”
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A Cultural Moment
The Dogma Temple tour also taps into a broader cultural wave of immersive, myth-themed entertainment — from Nordic folk festivals to the rise of “dark cabaret” and occult-inspired art exhibits. Scabbia, always ahead of trends, seems poised to channel that appetite into a singular experience that’s both inclusive and transgressive.
Her team has pledged sustainability as well. Stage props will be built from recycled materials, merchandise will use fair-trade fabrics, and a portion of ticket proceeds will fund a global literacy initiative supporting young women in underserved communities — echoing Lilith’s theme of forbidden knowledge and empowerment.
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The Road to 2026
With rehearsals set to begin in early 2025 in Milan, Scabbia has promised to release snippets of the new music and stage designs on social media, gradually unveiling the world of Dogma Temple. Fans are already speculating about secret guests; rumors swirl about possible appearances by symphonic-metal peers, electronic producers, and even full orchestras in select cities.
As the countdown to March 6, 2026, begins, one thing is clear: Cristina Scabbia’s transformation into Lilith and the rise of Dogma Temple represents more than a tour — it’s a bold act of creative reinvention.
For an artist who has spent her career walking the line between melody and heaviness, sacred and profane, “Echoes of Flame” looks set to become her
defining opus: a world-spanning temple of sound, vision, and myth where every fan is invited to step into the ritual.
