FONTAINES D.C.
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Fontaines D.C. have scheduled a series of outdoor shows across the UK for 2027.
Hot on the heels of announcing a UK and European arena tour for this autumn and two huge dates at Slane Castle in Ireland next summer, the Grammy-nominated and BRIT Award-winning Dublin band have lined up performances at Cardiff's Blackweir Fields for the Blackweir Live series, Newcastle's St. James Park Stadium, Manchester's Heaton Park, Glasgow Green and London Stadium between June 29 and July 9.
Support will come from special guests Little Simz and Viagra Boys. Tickets are on sale now - compare and buy yours here.
The post-punk band's autumn outing will also take them across continental Europe from mid-October, followed by UK arena shows in November, featuring support from Belfast band Chalk throughout the run.
Their two nights at Slane Castle in June will see them joined by special guests Hayley Williams, Damien Dempsey and Madra Salach, with more names still to be confirmed. Those dates are on sale now.
Either side of their summer UK and Ireland run, Fontaines D.C. have lined up more European shows, including headline slots at Rock In Roma and I-Days Festival. Tickets for those performances go on general sale at 10am local time tomorrow (September 11).
The group are set to release their fifth album, 'Dopamine Chamber', via XL Recordings on October 16. They recently shared its first single, Marianne, but the tracklist is still under wraps.
STEVIE WONDER
Stevie Wonder will celebrate 50 years of his album 'Songs In The Key of Life' with a series of special shows across the UK, Ireland, Europe and US this autumn.
The legendary singer, songwriter, musician and producer will perform at Birmingham's Utilita Arena, Dublin's 3Arena, London's O2 Arena, Manchester's Co-op Live and Glasgow's OVO Hydro between October 13 and November 11
The UK and Ireland run will take place alongside dates across mainland Europe, including stops in Paris, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Hannover, Cologne and Amsterdam running from October 15 to 28.
He'll then return to the US for shows at New York's Madison Square Garden, Chicago's United Center, Washington's Capital One Arena, Detroit's Fox Theatre, where he'll play two nights, before wrapping up at Los Angeles' Intuit Dome on December 19.
Tickets for the US dates are on sale now, except for his two nights in Detroit, which go on sale at 10am on September 15. Tickets for the UK and Europe go on general sale at 10am local time tomorrow (September 11) - Compare and buy yours here.
The shows will celebrate 50 years of 'Songs In The Key of Life', one of the most influential records ever made, with the 25-time Grammy Award-winner set to perform it in full, including tracks As, Love’s In Need Of Love Today, Sir Duke and Isn’t She Lovely.
EMELI SANDÉ
Emeli Sandé has announced a UK and European tour for 2027 to celebrate 15 years of her debut album, 'Our Version of Events'.
The BRIT Award-winning Scottish singer-songwriter will perform the record in its entirety, including singles Next To Me, Read All About It (Pt. III) and Clown, alongside her greatest hits at 24 shows early next year.
The run will kick off at Dublin's 3Olympia Theatre on February 2, then heads to York, Sheffield, Gateshead, Glasgow, London, Oxford, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Bath, Cardiff, Nottingham and Southend. She'll take the tour across mainland Europe between February 22 and March 9, performing in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin, Warsaw, Munich, Milan and Bern.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (September 11) - Compare and buy yours here.
Released through Virgin Records in 2012, 'Our Version of Events' won British Album of the Year at the 2013 BRIT Awards, while Next To Me picked up two Ivor Novello Awards. The album also spent a record 66 consecutive weeks in the UK Top 10, setting a record for the longest unbroken Top 10 run by a debut album and beating The Beatles' 62-week run with 'Please, Please Me'.
As part of National Album Day's "Icons" theme, Sandé will release a special gold vinyl edition of 'Our Version of Events' on October 17. She released her latest album, 'How Were We To Know', in 2023, while her most recent solo single is 2024's Roots. More recently, she collaborated with Parson James and Troy Miller on the single Love Right Here, released in August via Tenace Records.
SIMPLE MINDS
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Simple Minds have announced a new album, which they'll support with UK and European tour dates next year.
The Glasgow band, led by co-founders Jim Kerr (frontman) and Charlie Burchill (guitarist), will release 'Sacrosanct' through BMG on January 29, following 2022’s 'Direction Of The Heart'.
Following the album's release, the band will embark on the V Tour, their biggest arena tour to date, which kicks off in Australia and New Zealand in February and March, followed by new dates across Europe, the UK and Ireland in April and May. Special guest Gary Numan will support at the Australian, New Zealand, UK and Ireland shows, while Level 42 will feature on dates across Europe.
Tickets go on general sale at 9.30am BST/10.30am CEST tomorrow (September 11) - Compare and buy yours here.
Ahead of the tour, Simple Minds are set to headline Sunday's line-up of BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Stirling, Scotland this Sunday (September 13), followed by an appearance at Darker Waves Festival in California on November 14.
Since their last album, the band have also released two live albums, 'New Gold Dream - Live From Paisley Abbey' in 2023 and 'Live In The City Of Diamonds' in 2025, as well as a 40th anniversary reissue of 'Once Upon A Time' that same year. In 2024, they dropped the stanadlone single, Your Name In Lights, released to celebrate the BBC premiere of the acclaimed 2023 Simple Minds documentary Everything Is Possible.
JACK SAVORETTI and JAMES MORRISON
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Jack Savoretti and James Morrison will team up for a UK tour next summer.
The run will take two of the UK’s most beloved singer-songwriters to the Live At Lincoln Castle series on June 13, followed by shows in Halifax for the Live At The Piece Hall series, Cardiff Castle for the Depot Live series, Live At Llangollen Pavilion, Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Margate's Dreamland, and Edinburgh Castle, where the tour will wrap up on July 17.
Savoretti (pictured) will close the shows in Lincoln, Cardiff, Scarborough and Edinburgh, while Morrison will take the final slot in Halifax, Llangollen and Margate. Tickets go on general sale at 10am tomorrow - Compare and buy yours here.
English-Italian singer-songwriter Savoretti released his ninth studio album, 'We Will Always Be The Way We Were', in April, which he'll support with his We Will Always Be The Way We Were Tour across the UK, Ireland and Europe this autumn. Ahead of the tour, he'll appear at BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Stirling, Scotland on September 12, alongside Chaka Khan, The Script, Emeli Sandé and more.
BRIT Award-winner Morrison put out his latest studio album, 'Fight Another Day', last October, his first proper full-length release in six years. Earlier this year, he toured the UK celebrating the 20th anniversary of his debut album 'Undiscovered', and featured on Seafret's single Driftwood, from the indie-folk duo's 2026 album, 'Fear of Emotion', released in March.
HAYLEY WILLIAMS
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Hayley Williams will tour Europe and the UK next summer.
The three-time Grammy Award-winner has lined up nine shows for the tour, billed as The Hayley Williams Show, kicking off with a performance in Milan, Italy on June 7 before stops in Rome, Brussels, Paris and Amsterdam.
She'll then head to the UK for performances at Glasgow's OVO Hydro on June 23, Cardiff's Utilita Arena on June 30 and London's Alexandra Palace on July 2 and 3. Tickets are on sale now - Compare and buy yours here.
The Paramore singer, who'll also support Fontaines D.C. at Slane Castle in Ireland on June 26 and 27, kicked off the North American leg of the tour last week in Florida, with dates continuing through to October 12, featuring support from Magdalena Bay and Rico Nasty. In November, she'll play shows across Latin and South America joined by Annie DiRusso. Tickets for those dates are on sale now.
The shows will see Williams performing material from all three of her solo albums, including her most recent, the four-time Grammy-nominated 'Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party', released last November.
Last month, Williams and frequent collaborator Daniel James released a second EP, aplty titled 'EP2', as the duo Power Snatch.
JAMES BLUNT
James Blunt has announced his eighth studio album and tour dates for next year.
The British singer-songwriter will release 'Airplane Mode' through Atlantic Records on November 6, following 2023's 'Who We Used To Be'. Featuring 12 tracks, it'll include last month's single Tastes Like Summer, as well as the newly shared Weight Of It All, a stripped back acoustic song that explores the pressures people face in modern life.
Mostly recorded at Pig Music Studios in Oxfordshire with Blunt's band, the record is described as a return to form, with Blunt saying: "Somewhere back there, I lost my way, but found it again in a studio in Banbury."
In support of the new record, Blunt has scheduled the Airplane Mode Tour across Europe and the UK for 2027, kicking off with dates on the continent early next year before arena shows in Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, London, Cardiff, Bournemouth and Brighton between March 26 and April 8. Tickets are on sale now - Compare and buy yours here.
Since his last album, Blunt released a remastered 20th anniversary edition of his debut album, 'Back To Bedlam', in 2024, which he also celebrated with a world tour.
Also Announced/On Sale This Week:
- Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Colour Bash will tour the UK in 2027.
- December 10 have announced an extra London show for this winter.
- Tom Davis has extended his Spudgun Tour into 2027.
- Interstellar Live will head to London next spring.
- Isaiah Rashad has announced new shows across North America, Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa for leg two of his Lil Sunny’s Awful Road Trip World Tour.
- The Pineapple Thief have confirmed the UK and European leg of their Far and Wide Tour for next spring.
- Gregory Porter has announced UK shows for next summer.
- Natalie Imbruglia will play a London show early next year.
- ENHYPEN have added extra dates in London and Berlin to their Blood Saga World Tour.
- Cage The Elephant have announced UK and European shows for early 2027.
- Westside Cowboy have announced three UK dates for spring 2027.
- JPEGMAFIA has scheduled the UK and European leg of his Experimental Rap Tour for early next year.
Head here for a full list of new announcements and to secure your tickets.
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