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The Streets announce huge outdoor gig in Leeds for special album anniversary

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Danny Jones Danny Jones - 9th October 2025

UK hip-hop, garage and grime icons The Streets have announced a huge outdoor gig in Leeds next year for a special album anniversary tour.

One of the most influential bands in the space, having inspired countless others in adjacent genres over the past couple of decades, The Streets are one of the biggest names to ever play the historical landmark turned live music venue.

Having seen them live again for ourselves at Kendal Calling last year, you do not want to miss this one.

Revealing a brand new UK tour in line with a special album anniversary, which features just a handful of domestic dates, we're counting ourselves very lucky to be on the list.

Set to play the stunning Kirkstall Abbey just north west of Leeds city centre, the 46-year-old frontman and legendary British producer is bringing vocalist Kevin Mark Trail, guitarist Rob Harvey, and a number of other regular session players along for the ride.

Other cities being treated to the experience include the likes of London, Bristol and our mates over in Greater Manchester too.

The tour itself is to mark 20 years since the release of their seminal second album, A Grand Don't Come For Free, which remains arguably their most important work.

An incredibly well-received follow-up to their already impressive debut, Original Pirate Material, the much-loved 2004 LP is set to be played in full for the first time EVER.

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Speaking on the milestone, Skinner said: "A Grand Don’t Come For Free was a moment in time — for me, and for everyone who grew up with it. I wrote it as a story from beginning to end, even studying screenwriting to shape it and without the faintest idea how people would react.

"We’ve been looking for something bold to do with the live show, and we landed here: some tracks have never been played live, others haven’t surfaced in years.

"It’s a new challenge to bring the whole journey to life on stage, but I have an incredible band, and we always give everything every night. So I’m certain we’ll make finding out what happened to that thousand quid a party every night."

You can see the full list of shows down below.

The Streets live UK tour dates 2026

  • Friday, June 26, 2026 – Dreamland – Margate
  • Saturday, June 27, 2026 – Bristol Sounds – Bristol
  • Saturday, July 11, 2026 – Castlefield Bowl – Manchester
  • Saturday, July 18, 2026 – Alexandra Palace Park – London
  • Thursday, July 23, 2026 – Ludlow Castle – Ludlow
  • Friday, July 24, 2026 – Kirkstall Abbey – Leeds
  • Friday, August 7, 2026 - Audley End Estate - Essex
  • Friday, August 21, 2026 - Rock n Roll Circus - Norwich

You can get ready to grab your tickets for The Streets at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds by signing up for exclusive artist pre-sale access, or you can just go for general admission when they go live next Friday, 17 October HERE.

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Loyle Carner to headline Kirkstall Abbey as part of new all-day music event

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Loyle Carner has been announced as the headliner for ‘Above All Else’ a new curated event that will form part of the Live at Kirkstall Abbey concert series. 

Boy oh boy are we excited about this one.

An all-day celebration of music and culture is coming to Kirkstall Abbey, ‘Above All Else’ is a new event from independent Leeds promoters Futuresound with forward-thinking curation at its heart.

And who better to headline its debut than Loyle Carner.

Released last summer, Loyle Carner’s fourth full-length album Hopefully! reasserted his position at the forefront of the UK’s emotionally-charged hip hop movement.

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First finding his voice in 2013 with the A Little Late EP, it was Loyle Carner’s debut album 2017’s Yesterday’s Gone that brought the artist to national attention and earned himself a Mercury Music Prize nomination and BRIT award nominations for British Breakthrough Act and British Male Solo Artist at just 23 years old.

Joining Loyle Carner at ‘Above All Else’ will be a full supporting line-up including acclaimed Grammy and Ivor-Novello award nominated songwriter Jordan Rakei and Kokoroko, the London based sextet.

Completing the line-up is much-hyped Birmingham rapper Kofi Stone and rising Dublin collective Bricknasty.

Also announced for Live At Kirkstall Abbey 2026 are revered British multi-hyphenates The Streets, reunited Leeds indie heroes The Sunshine Underground, art rock royalty The Maccabees will be performing their only northern gig and the hugely successful Kirkstall Abbey Comedy Festival is gearing up for a return featuring Dara Ó’Brien, Jason Manford, Lucy Beamount and more.

Kirkstall postcode pre-sale for local residents (LS4, LS5, LS13 & LS18) will open at 10am on Wednesday 28 January here with general sale opening at 10am on Friday 30 January here.

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Arctic Monkeys release first song in four years as part of upcoming all-star War Child album

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The full track list for the charity album has been released, featuring Fontaines D.C., Pulp, Olivia Rodrigo and loads more.

The legendary Sheffield indie group have been largely silent (as usual) since the release of their last album, The Car, back in 2022.

But today, the monkeys are back with a brand new song titled 'Opening Night' , in support of War Child's upcoming project to provide aid for children living through war. 

That project being 'HELP(2)' - a brand new collaborative album inspired by the landmark 1995 release 'HELP' to engage music lovers globally in support of the charity's vital work.

The new album will be released on Friday 6 March and was brought to life through close collaboration with Abbey Road Studios, recorded predominantly across one extraordinary week in November 2025 under the stewardship of acclaimed producer James Ford. 

There's so me pretty huge names on the album who have contributed, including Fontaines D.C, Pulp, Damon Albarn, Wet Leg, Young Fathers and so many more.

Recorded in a single day in 1995, the original ‘HELP’ album raised over £1.2 million, enabling War Child to provide vital support to thousands of children caught in the Bosnian conflict. 

The full track list to the album is: ‘HELP(2)’ Tracklist:

  1. Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night
  2. Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten & Kae Tempest - Flags 
  3. Black Country, New Road - Strangers
  4. The Last Dinner Party - Let’s do it again!
  5. Beth Gibbons - Sunday Morning
  1. Arooj Aftab & Beck - Lilac Wine
  2. King Krule - The 343 Loop
  3. Depeche Mode - Universal Soldier
  4. Ezra Collective & Greentea Peng - Helicopters
  5. Arlo Parks - Nothing I Could Hide
  6. English Teacher & Graham Coxon - Parasite
  7. Beabadoobee - Say Yes
  1. Big Thief - Relive, Redie
  2. Fontaines D.C. - Black Boys on Mopeds
  3. Cameron Winter - Warning 
  4. Young Fathers - Don’t Fight the Young
  5. Pulp - Begging for Change
  6. Sampha - Naboo 
  7. Wet Leg - Obvious
  8. Foals - When the War is Finally Done 
  9. Bat For Lashes - Carried my girl 
  10. Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell, Nilüfer Yanya & Dove Ellis - Sunday Light
  11. Olivia Rodrigo - The Book of Love

You can pre-order the album here and listen to the new song by the Arctic Monkeys here.

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