In this week’s Gig Guide, we bring you eight recently announced alternative music tour dates for the UK and Ireland!
The Struts
The Struts will be on tour in the UK this autumn. The band has announced The Grand Union tour with Barns Courtney.
Frontman Luke Spiller said: “We are really looking forward to getting back out and bringing our best show to date alongside our longterm friend and partner in rock, Barns Courtney. It truly is going to be the hottest ticket in town.”
Dates:
September 2024
28 – Leeds, O2 Academy
29- Nottingham, Rock City
October 2024
1 – Manchester, Albert Hall
2 – Birmingham, O2 Institute
4 – Newcastle, NX
5 – Bristol, SWX
6 – London, Roundhouse
Fever 333
Fever 333 will be on tour in the UK later this year!
Dates:
November 2024
30 – Manchester, New Century Hall
December 2024
1 – Glasgow, Garage
3 – Birmingham, XOYO Birmingham
5 – Bristol, Marble Factory
6 – London, Electric Brixton
VOLA
VOLA will bring the Friend of a Phantom tour to the UK in November.
Support comes from Charlotte Wessels and The Obsession.
Dates:
November 2024
22 – London, Heaven
23 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
24 – Glasgow, G2
25 – Manchester, Club Academy
26 – Bristol, SWX
Massive Wagons
Massive Wagons will tour the UK in November in support of new album Earth to Grace.
Support comes from Florence Black.
Vocalist Barry ‘Baz’ Mills said: “We will be taking the new album out on tour to new, bigger venues. We have made the leap to some absolutely iconic venues around the UK and it will be a really proud moment for us to step out on these stages as headliners.
“This tour is 15 years in the making – we’re playing venues like Rock City, Manchester Ritz and Shepherd’s Bush Empire, to name three. Our first ever show was Carnforth Railway club (10 songs played twice!) and now we are in venues that have seen the greats come and go. It really is a testament to hard work and the rock fans in the UK, we really wouldn’t be doing this without you. See you in November!”
Dates:
November 2024
22 – Nottingham, Rock City
23 – Bristol, SWX
24 – Southampton, Engine Rooms
26 – Birmingham, O2 Institute
27 – Glasgow, SWG3
29 – Manchester, O2 Ritz
30 – London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
October Drift
October Drift will be on tour in October and November.
Dates:
October 2024
25 – Bristol, Thekla
26 – Stoke, The Sugarmill
27 – Norwich, The Waterfront Studio
29 – Manchester, Gorilla
30 – Glasgow, King Tut’s
31 – Dundee, Beat Generator
November 2024
2 – Newcastle, Think Tank
3 – Leeds, Key Club
4 – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
5 – London, Scala
Battlesnake
Battlesnake will be in the UK in September and October!
Dates:
September 2024
24 – Brighton, Prince Albert
25 – London, Camden Assembly
26 – Bristol, Exchange Basement
27 – Birmingham, The Flapper
28 – Norwich, Voodoo Daddy’s
29 – Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms
October 2024
01 – Nottingham, Bodega
02 – Birkenhead, Future Yard
03 – Newcastle, Zerox
04 – Glasgow, Classic Grand (Lounge)
05 – Manchester, Gullivers
06 – Leeds, Oporto
Sum 41
Sum 41 have announced their farewell shows for the UK!
Support comes from The Bronx.
“We are really excited to announce shows in the UK and Europe later this year,” says Deryck Whibley. “This forms another leg of our last-ever shows and our fans overseas have been incredible to us over the years, so we can’t wait to put on the best show of our lives and go out on a high”
Dates:
October 2024
26 – Leeds, First Direct Arena
27 – Glasgow, Hydro
28 – Manchester, Co-op Arena
30 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
31 – London, OVO Wembley Arena
November 2024
2 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
Loveless
Loveless have announced a one-off acoustic show this August ahead of their Reading and Leeds Festival appearances!
Date:
August 2024
21 – Kingston Upon Thames – St John’s Church
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