THIS WEEK’S NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS - 18 OCTOBER 2025
ASHNIKKO ADDS EXTRA LONDON AND MANCHESTER SHOWS TO HER SMOOCHIES TOUR DUE TO HIGH DEMAND
Due to huge demand, Ashnikko has announced she will play extra shows in London and Manchester as part of her upcoming Smoochies Tour in early 2026. New dates will se her play extra date at Manchester’s Academy on 13 February 2026 and London’s O2 Brixton Academy on 19 February 2026. Tickets for new dates go on sale
Friday 17 October 2026 at 10am.
The Smoochies Tour will also see her play Glasgow’s O2 Academy on 11 February 2026, Manchester’s Academy on 13 and 14 February 2026, Dublin’s 3 Olympia Theatre on 17 February 2026 and wrapping up at London’s O2 Brixton Academy on 19 and 20 February 2026. She will be playing across Europe between 26 January 2026 and 07 February 2026 before she comes to the UK. She will head home to North America to plays shows across the Country between 18 March 2026 and
19 May 2026. Then head over to Australia during September 2026.
Ashnikko’s new studio album ‘Smoochies’ was released on Friday 17th October in support of her album she played Birmingham’s O2 Institute and Leeds Stylus earlier this week ahead of the release of her new album.
ASHNIKKO - SMOOCHIES UK & IRELAND TOUR
11 February 2026 // GLASGOW O2 Academy
13 February 2026 // MANCHESTER Academy
14 February 2026 // MANCHESTER Academy
17 February 2026 // DUBLIN 3 Olympia Theatre
19 February 2026 // LONDON O2 Brixton Academy
20 February 2026 // LONDON O2 Brixton Academy
Billy Ocean has announced string of dates across the UK for Summer 2026
with special guest… Marti Pellow
Billy Ocean has announced string of dates across the UK for Summer 2026 with special guest… Marti Pellow. He will kick off his Summer 2026 tour at Leigh Sports Village Stadium on 29 May 2026 then play Lincoln’s Castle on 20 June 2026, Southampton’s Guildhall Square on 21 June 2026, Llangollen’s Pavilion on 27 June 2026, Southampton’s Open Air Theatre on 28 June 2026, Cardiff’s Castle on 9 July 2026, Halifax’s Piece Hall on 10 July 2026, and wrapping up at Colchester’s Castle on 20 August 2026.
Tickets go on sale Friday 17 October 2025 at 10am.
BILLY OCEAN - SUMMER 2026 UK TOUR:
29 May 2026 // LEIGH Sports Village Stadium
20 June 2026 // LINCOLN Castle
21 June 2026 // SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall Sqaure
27 June 2026 // LLANGOLLEN Pavilion
28 June 2026 // SCARBOROUGH Open Air Theatre
09 July 2026 // CARDIFF Castle
10 July 2026 // HALIFAX The Piece Hall
20 August 2026 // COLCHESTER Castle
JOHNNY MARR ANNOUNCES SPECIAL HOMECOMING SUMMER SHOW AT MANCHESTER’S CASTLEFIELD BOWL AS PART OF
SOUNDS OF THE CITY 2026.
Johnny Marr has confirmed huge homecoming Summer show at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl as part of Manchester’s Sounds Of The City 2026. Johnny Marr will play on 9 July 2026. Where he will be joined by special guests…
Everything Everything. Tickets go on general sale Friday 17 October 2025 at 10am.
He will also be touring across Europe this autumn kicking off in Lille in France on 21 October 2025.
Other acts so far confirmed for Sounds Of The City 2026 series in Manchester include… The K’s and The Streets with tickets on sale for both shows. More headliners and acts are due to be confirmed over coming months.
JOHNNY MARR - UK TOUR DATE 2026
09 July 2026 // MANCHESTER Castlefield Bowl
DMA’S TO CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF
DEBUT ALBUM ‘HILLS END’
TOURING THE UK DURING 2026
DMA’S will celebrate their 10th anniversary of their debut album ‘Hills End’ by touring the album in full across the UK during 2026. Their tour will see them play Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse on 6 February 2026, Newcastle Upon Tyne’s NX on 7 February 2026, Birmingham’s O2 Academy on 8 February 2026, Bristol’s O2 Academy on 10 February 2026, London’s O2 Brixton Academy on 12 February 2026, Leeds O2 Academy on 14 February 2026, Glasgow’s O2 Academy on 16 February 2026, Nottingham’s Rock City on 21 May 2026 and Norwich’s UEA on 22 May 2026.
Tickets for UK Tour go on sale Friday 17 October 2025 at 9am. The band released statement to go with their announcement:
"The UK has always felt like a second home for us. 'Hills End' was where our story really began overseas, so it feels right to come back and celebrate it with the fans who’ve supported us from day one."
DMA’S - UK TOUR 2026
06 February 2026 // MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse
07 February 2026 // NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NX
08 February 2026 // BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
10 February 2026 // BRISTOL O2 Academy
12 February 2026 // LONDON O2 Brixton Academy
14 February 2026 // LEEDS O2 Academy
16 February 2026 // GLASGOW O2 Academy
21 May 2026 // NOTTINGHAM Rock City
22 May 2026 // NORWICH UEA
CALLUM BEATTIE ANNOUNCES SPECIAL HUGE HOMETOWN SHOW AT EDINBURGH’S CASTLE AS PART OF SUMMER 2026 CONCERT SERIES
Callum Beattie announces special hometown show at Edinburgh Castle as part of Edinburgh Castle’s Concert Series 2026. Callum Beatie will play on 10 July 2026. Tickets for the show will go on sale Friday 17 October 2026 at 9am. This announcement follow’s Snow Patrol’s Edinburgh Castle announcement last week who also playing
the historic venue.
This announcement follow’s Callum Beattie’s biggest headline show to date at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro which he is playing on 22 November 2026. As well as playing shows across the UK in Manchester, Newcastle, London, Bristol and Birmingham during March 2026. Tickets for these shows are on sale now.
Callum Beattie set to release his third studio album ‘Indi’ which due to be released on 23 January 2026 via Cooking Vinyl. He will also open up as special guest for The Enemy at their Cardiff, London, Wolverhampton, Liverpool shows later this month.
CALLUM BEATTIE - UK TOUR DATES 2025/2026
22 November 2025 // GLASGOW OVO Hydro
20 March 2026 // MANCHESTER Gorilla
21 March 2026 // NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Northumbria University SU
26 March 2026 // LONDON Scala
27 March 2026 // BRISTOL Thekla
28 March 2026 // BRIMINGHAM O2 Insitute2
10 July 2026 // EDINBURGH Castle
BILLY OCEAN ADDS SECOND SHOW AT HALIFAX’S PIECE HALL DUE TO HUGE DEMAND NEXT SUMMER
Due to huge demand, Billy Ocean has announced second show at Halifax’s Piece Hall as part of his 2026 Summer UK Tour with Special Guest… Marti Pellow. He will also play shows in Leigh, Lincoln, Southampton, Llangollen, Cardiff, and Colchester next Summer.
Tickets for second show will go on sale with all other shows on Friday 17 October 2025 at 10am.
BILLY OCEAN - SUMMER UK TOUR 2026
29 May 2026 // LEIGH Sports Village Stadium
20 June 2026 // LINCOLN Castle
21 June 2026 // SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall Sqaure
27 June 2026 // LLANGOLLEN Pavilion
28 June 2026 // SCARBOROUGH Open Air Theatre
09 July 2026 // CARDIFF Castle
10 July 2026 // HALIFAX The Piece Hall
12 July 2026 // HALIFAX The Piece Hall
20 August 2026 // COLCHESTER Castle
DJ AND PRODUCER PAWSA HAS ANNOUNCED HUGE LONDON SHOW AT ALEXANDRA PALACE
FOR FEBRUARY 2026
PAWSA has announced huge London Show at Alexandra Palace in February 2026. He will play on 28 February 2026. Tickets for the huge show go on sale Friday 17 October 2025 at 10am.
This huge show follows his sold-out show at London’s Gunnersbury Park during this year’s Summer concert series where he played huge seven-hour set.
PAWSA UK DATE 2026
28 February 2026 // LONDON Alexandra Palace
DUE TO HUGE DEMAND… COUNTRY SUPER SENSATION ‘LUKE COMBS’ HAS ADDED EXTRA DUBLIN AND LONDON SHOWS TO HIS UPCOMING ‘MY KINDA SATURDAY NIGHT WORLD TOUR’
Due to huge demand, Luke Combs has added extra Dublin and London dates to his ‘My Kinda Saturday Night World Tour’. He will play Dublin’s Slane Castle on 18 and 19 July 2026 and London’s Wembley Stadium on 31 July and 1 August 2026. He will also play Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium on 25 July 2026.
His tour will kick off in North America with dates between 21 March 2026 and 6 June 2026 then onto mainland Europe between 4 and 11 July 2026 before hitting UK and Ireland.
Tickets for all shows go on general sale on Friday 17 October at 10am.
Special guests for the tour include Dierks Bentley, Ty Myers and Thelma & James will open up Las Vegas show, with same names plus Jake Worthington supporting the rest of North America dates. The Script, Ty Myers and The Castellows will join Luke Combes in Gotherburg and Amsterdam. Ty Myers and The Castellows will open in Paris,
The Teskey Brothers, Ty Myers and The Castellows will support in Edinburgh, and the final shows in London will feature Thomas Rhett, Ty Myers and The Castellows.
Luke Combs release statement with Tour announcement:
“This year has been awesome. We’ve gotten to play some of the most iconic festivals in the world and promote country music in ways that it normally isn’t. That said, while the festivals are awesome, there’s nothing like a headline show on a full tour with all of my fans. It’s hard to beat! I can’t wait for March 2026 for the ‘My Kinda Saturday Night Tour.’ We’re going to 8 different countries, bringing along a ton of great support, and by then will have a lot of new music to play.”
LUKE COMBS ‘MY KINDA SATURDAY NIGHT WORLD TOUR’ UK DATES:
18 July 2026 // DUBLIN Slane Castle
19 July 2026 // DUBLIN Slane Castle
25 July 2026 // EDINBURGH Murrayfield Stadium
31 July 2026 // LONDON Wembley Stadium
01 August 2026 // LONDON Wembley Stadium
LITTLE MIX’S ‘LEIGH-ANNE’ ANNOUNCES HER DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ‘MY EGO TOLD ME TO’ ALONGSIDE
‘MY EGO TOLD ME TO UK & EUROPEAN TOUR’
Leigh-Anne has announced her debur solo album ‘My Ego Told Me To’ as well as UK and European Tour to support the album.'My Ego Told Me To' will arrive on February 20. Some tracks on album include combined credits with Dua Lipa, Beyonce, Stormzy, Greentea Peng, SZA, Kehlani and Rhianna, the record takes inspiration from the singer's Caribbean roots, blending elements of pop, R&B, dancehall and reggae.
The album, which follows her 2024 EP 'No Hard Feelings', will include her recent singles… Burning Up and Been A Minute Burning Up along with Dead And Gone, which is set to be released on Friday 17 October, though the full tracklist has yet to be revealed.
Leigh-Anne released a statement to go alongside her album announcement:
"This album is the truest representation of me as an artist. Versatile, rooted in reggae and my heritage, but stamped with pop. It’s personal and impossible to box in. I wanted it to feel authentic, blending the genres I love with a sound that’s distinctly mine. It’s also a statement: standing by my art and doing it my way. These are songs I’ll be proud of in five, ten years, because they reflect exactly where I was. You’ll hear my world in it, my daughters, my marriage, my fight for power, and the moment I embraced my fire side and said: no more. This is my show now."
Leigh-Anne’s tour will see her play shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol and London. As well shows across Europe. Tickets go on general sale on 24 October 2026 at 10am.
LEIGH-ANNE - UK TOUR DATES 2026:
06 April 2026 // DUBLIN 3Olympia Theatre
07 April 2026 // GLASGOW SWG3 Galvanizer’s Yard
08 April 2026 // MANCHESTER Albert Hall
10 April 2026 // BRISTOL Electric
11 April 2026 // LONDON O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
DAVE announces new album ‘The Boy Who Played The Harp’ and announces 2026 UK and Europe Tour to support the album.
Dave has announced his brand new album ‘The Boy Who Played The Harp’ and will tour across UK and Europe during 2026 to support the album’s release. Dave’s new album will be released on 24 October 2025 following his 2019’s ‘Psychodrama’ and 2021’s ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’ album releases.
The tracklist for the new still to be revealed.
Dave will bring ‘The Boy Who Played The Harp Tour’ to cities across Europe between February 2 and 17 and then will play shows in the UK and Ireland with shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and London
between 2 and 16 March 2026. Tickets go on general for all dates on 24 October 2025 at 9am.
DAVE - The Boy Who Played The Harp Tour - UK Dates 2026:
02 March 2026 // DUBLIN 3Arena
04 March 2026 // GLASGOW OVO Hydro
06 March 2026 // LONDON O2 Arena
07 March 2026 // LONDON O2 Arena
13 March 2026 // BIRMINGHAM Utilita Arena
16 March 2026 // MANCHESTER CO-OP Live
THE COURTEENERS ANNOUNCE HUGH HOMECOMING SUMMER OUTDOOR SHOW AT MANCHESTER’S WYTHENSHAWE PARK
Courteeners will play a huge homecoming Summer outdoor show at Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park as part of concert series taking place at Wythenshawe Park. The huge show will see special guests The Vaccines performing their debut album ‘What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?’ in full, The Coral, Getdown Services and The Girl In Year Above.
Tickets will go on general sale on 24 October 2025 at 10am.
COURTEENERS - UK DATE 2026
29 August 2026 // MANCHESTER Wythenshawe Park
