Summer is here! You want to be outside, among people, sipping something cold while it's hot. You also want some tunes, right? Luckily for you, we’ve pulled together details of some of the most hotly-anticipated tours set to hit the UK and Ireland in the second half of 2026 to give you just that and more, with some arena crackers to come once the leaves turn.

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While many of their ‘90s indie peers have reconvened to plunder the nostalgia market, Embrace never went away. There were time outs and part time jobs along the way, but Yorkshire’s finest miserabilists have continued to knock out original albums rather than rely on the past. ‘Avalanche’ is their ninth studio effort, with frontman Danny McNamara in an open-hearted mood while throwing light upon his relatively recent OCD diagnosis.

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Dinosaur Jr. have announced their sixth studio album and first in over five years.

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Bloc Party have released a new single.

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Billy Strings has outlined plans for his fifth studio album.

Atif Aslam will return to the UK this autumn.

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Tricky has shared another track from his upcoming 15th album.

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Death Cab For Cutie have added a new show to the autumn UK and Ireland leg of their I Built You A Tower Tour.

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Violet Grohl has added extra UK and Ireland shows to her Be Sweet To Me Tour.

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Au/Ra first burst onto the scene with Panic Room in 2020, but much of the single’s momentum was lost to years-long label disputes. Now, though, she’s ready to step back out into the world with ‘Heartcore’, a debut album fuelled by a conceptual narrative centred on rage, vengeance and betrayal. 

The Strokes have shared a video for Going Shopping.

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YG was supposed to be great. His second album, 2016’s ‘Still Brazy’, revealed a refreshing brand of G-Funk dispatched with talent and panache, and landed him supporting tour slots for some of rap’s biggest names, including Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Lil Wayne. So why is it that, 10 years later, he is content to put his name to ‘The Gentlemen’s Club’, a record that stakes a claim as one of 2026’s most disappointing and unpalatable releases?

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The Big Moon will release a new album this autumn.

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Baby Queen has announced her second album.

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Russian Circles will release their ninth album this summer.

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Cult of Luna have outlined plans for their 10th studio album.

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Gen and the Degenerates have announced their second album.

Al Murray has extended his All You Need Is Guv Tour into next year.

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Cara Delevingne has shared a new single.

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KALEO have announced the UK and European leg of their Way Down We Go Tour, celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album 'A/B'.