The news comes after the band get its first No.1 in the official UK album charts.
Heavy metal rock band ENTER SHIKARI has announced that the band will be heading on the road for their biggest ever headline tour of UK arenas to celebrate the release of new album A Kiss for the Whole World.
The 20-years-strong band was originally formed by bassist Chris Batten, lead vocalist and keyboardist Rou Reynolds, and drummer Rob Rolfe in 1999 and then in 2003 guitarist Rory Clewlow joined - and the rest is history.
The band has continued to release seven studio albums, and won multiple ‘Best Live Band’ award wins from the likes of the Kerrang! Awards, AIM Awards and Heavy Music Awards over the years.
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Their latest album A Kiss for the Whole World currently sits at number one in the UK album charts and has been described as 'the band's most vibrant, direct and life-affirming album so far – one that has been a hit with fans and critics alike.'
The full ENTER SHIKARI 2024 UK tour dates are as follows:
Friday 9 February - First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK Saturday 10 February - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, UK Monday 12 February - O2 Academy, Edinburgh, UK Wednesday 14 February - O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK Thursday 15 February - O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK Friday 16 February - International Arena, Cardiff, UK Saturday 17 February - OVO Arena Wembley, London, UK
Tickets go on sale from 10am BST on Friday 5 May 2023 on the band's website here. Each ticket includes a £1 donation to the Music Venue Trust in support of grassroots music venues in each city.
Lead singer and producer Rou Reynolds comments on the initiative:
"Grassroots music venues in the UK are under existential threat. Every time we lose another one we lose a vital part of our culture. Bigger venues that benefit from the productive pipeline that grassroots venues provide need to support these smaller venues, as do the artists that have come up through them.
"Enter Shikari stands with Music Venue Trust in their efforts to bring more solidity and community to our brilliant UK live music scene".
Modern funk and soul band Jungle are officially heading back to Leeds.
The Mercury Prize-nominated group will be performing at the First Direct Bank Arena this November, following their blistering summer on the festival circuit last year.
They'll be heading to Leeds on Saturday 21 November 2026.
Jungle was formed back in 2013 by producers and friends Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland.
While they technically worked as a duo for years (until 2023, when touring member Lydia Kitto became an official member of the band), Jungle are known for their huge live performances.
They always fill stages with musicians and vocalists, for incredible funk n soul live shows.
The bands huge hits include Back on 74, Casio, and Busy Earnin’, from four top-10 albums including 2023’s groundbreaking Volcano.
The upcoming Leeds date forms part of the band’s upcoming world tour, which arrives in the UK in November 2026 following a string of international performances across Europe, North America, and beyond.
Fans can expect a setlist jam packed with standout tracks, including fan favourites such as ‘Volcano’ and ‘Back On 74’ and newer material from their upcoming album ‘Sunshine’, released on 14 August that continues to push the band’s signature sound forward.
With over 3.4 billion streams to their name, Jungle’s Leeds show is set to be one of the hottest tickets of 2026 so we wouldn't mess about if we were you.
Tickets for Jungle in Manchester will go on general sale from 10am on Friday 27 March, with pre-sale from 10am on Thursday 26 March.
Leeds band Yard Act announce 2026 UK tour including homecoming gig
Clementine Hall
Yard Act are back as they announce first round of UK headline dates since 2024.
We are so, so back.
It's been a few years, but Yard Act have just announced a small selection of UK gigs for later in the year including a homecoming gig at the O2 Academy on Friday 6 November.
The dates follow the band’s first show of the year at the 6Music Festival this Friday across The Pennines in Manchester.
After Leeds, the lads will be performing shows at the O2 Victoria Warehouse on Friday 13 November before making their way down south to the O2 Academy in Brixton on Thursday 26 November.
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Yard Act completed the touring for their critically acclaimed second album Where’s My Utopia? with a victory lap back home at the 5000 capacity Millennium Square in Leeds in August 2024.
It was a record that brought a stark change of pace to the acerbic, post-punk of their debut, embracing something altogether more playful and bringing a different energy. It shifted the dynamic on stage too, with the addition of dancing backing singers and additional musicians and openly challenged listeners to reconsider who they thought Yard Act were.
Since then, the band have remained active, whether writing Where’s My Utopia’s follow-up on scratching the itch to get back on stage, heading out across the UK and Europe with The Hives, which was preceded by an intimate one-off show at Blackpool Tower last May.
Following a lengthy stint in the studio, the band now look to the Autumn for three big UK dates and we cannot wait.
Tickets go on artist presale from 10am on Wednesday 25 March before hitting general sale at 10am on Friday 27 March. Sign up here.
Sophie Smith -
3rd May 2023 
