“Break Time Is Over”: Alt-J Announce First UK Tour in Five Years, Including London O2 Show

Alt-J have announced their first UK headline tour in five years, with dates confirmed for summer 2027.

The trio will hit the road for a short “Then Again Tour”, opening at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl on July 2 before stops at The O2 in London on July 14, The Piece Hall in Halifax on July 17 and Cardiff Castle on July 18.

“We’ve been quiet for a while but break time is over,” the band wrote on social media today (Friday, November 13) to confirm the dates. “We’re back next year playing in some places. Can’t wait, actually.”

Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT next Friday (November 20). Fans who sign up in advance will also be able to take part in a pre-sale at the same time on Wednesday (November 18).

According to a press release, the upcoming shows will see Alt-J “bringing together music from across their acclaimed catalogue”. The band also shared the official tour poster, which lists all the confirmed dates.

Alt-J’s UK headline tour dates for 2027 are:

JULY:
02 – Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
14 – The O2, London
17 – The Piece Hall, Halifax
18 – Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Alt-J last performed live together in late 2023, when they concluded their “An Awesome Wave” 10th anniversary tour in North America. Earlier that year, they also played Victorious Festival in Portsmouth and Glastonbury.

Their most recent full UK and Ireland tour took place in 2022 in support of “The Dream”, their fourth and latest album. The run included multiple nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton, among them a special show celebrating “An Awesome Wave”, their Mercury Prize and Ivor Novello Award-winning debut.

Since then, frontman Joe Newman has released his debut solo album, “The Canyon”, under the moniker JJerome87. Its lead single was “Brush Me Like A Horse”. Newman previously told NME that the album was influenced by “Americana, Motown, soul”, adding that it “inevitably has that kind of odd Alt-J quirkiness; a doom-laden sound to it”.

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