Love this! Tesla is stepping back to where it all started.
Tesla releases Homage on July 17, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl, a covers collection that traces the DNA of their sound back to the artists who built it.
To set the tone, Tesla put out their take on Climax Blues Band’s “I Love You” (2026 version), complete with an official video. It’s less about reinvention, more about respect. The band calls it a chance to honour the originals while showing the range of frontman Jeff Keith and the musical instincts they’ve carried since day one.
Before the platinum records, before the arenas, Tesla were a cover band grinding it out in California clubs. Same path walked by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, learning the craft by playing the songs that came before them. Homage is meant to lean into that lineage.
The album lands more than two decades after Real To Reel, the band’s last deep dive into cover material, and this time it comes with a purpose.
“Homage” track listing:
- Never Alone (original song)
- Bring It On Home (Sam Cooke cover)
- Spread Your Wings (Queen cover)
- I Wish It Would Rain (The Temptations cover)
- Night Moves (Bob Seger cover)
- If I Can Dream (Elvis Presley cover)
- Come And Get It (Badfinger cover)
- I Got You (James Brown cover)
- Give A Little Bit (Supertramp cover)
- I Love You (2026 Version) (Climax Blues Band cover)
- The Ballad Of Curtis Loew (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
- I’d Rather Go Blind (Etta James cover)
- Mind Your Own Business (Hank Williams Sr. cover)
The choices say everything. From Freddie Mercury to David Ruffin.
Tesla puts it plainly: Homage is about the connection between what you hear and what you become.
Meanwhile, Tesla hit the road on “The Return Of The Carnival Of Sins” tour alongside Mötley Crüe and Extreme, starting July 17 in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania and wrapping up September 26 in Ridgefield, Washington.
It’s a long way from those early club days. But the drive is still there.
This is cool and all – but honestly, give me a new Tesla album over a covers record. But beggars can’t be choosers.
