Manic Street Preachers and Suede have announced a co-headline UK arena tour for 2026. Find all the details below.
The two bands will hit the road together once again this autumn, following a run of joint North American shows in 2022 and a UK trek in 2024. They had previously toured together in Europe way back in 1994.
The Manics and Suede’s UK dates this year will see them take on arenas nationwide. It marks the biggest collaboration to date for the legendary groups, offering a unique opportunity to experience their renowned live performances on one night.
The jaunt is scheduled to kick off at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on October 28, ahead of stops at Leeds’ First Direct Bank Arena, Manchester’s Co-op Live, Cardiff’s Utilita Arena, and London’s O2.
Further concerts will be held at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena, Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena, and the Bournemouth International Centre.
Tickets go on general sale at 9:30am BST next Friday (May 1) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.
Manic Street Preachers and Suede’s UK tour dates for 2026 are:
OCTOBER
28 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
30 – First Direct Bank Arena, Leeds
31 – Co-op Live, Manchester
NOVEMBER
3 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
4 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
6 – The O2, London
7 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
11 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
12 – International Centre, Bournemouth
Speaking to NME ahead of their North American tour with Suede in 2022, the Manics’ James Dean Bradfield recalled their joint 1994 trek, when the Manics were promoting their seminal third album ‘The Holy Bible’.
“God almighty, that’s a long time ago, isn’t it? I vividly remember those gigs because Richey [Edwards, now missing guitarist] was coming back from what you might call his emotional event and was insisting that he wanted to come on the road,” he said. “We were treading softly with Richey at some points, and Suede had lost Bernard Butler as their guitarist and were going through the transition of Richard Oakes coming into the band.”
Bradfield told us that Suede “shared the same DNA with [the Manics] of trading on an underground customised glamour”. He went on: “We were both quite visceral live bands too. Brett [Anderson] is one loud motherfucker on stage! They kind of share the same path as us. They’ve been through a few things and they’re still here.”
Last year, Suede frontman Anderson told NME: “The Manics are lovely boys and I’m very, very fond of them. They’re a fantastic band and it was a wonderful tour. There’s something very complimentary about the bands and their fans. We tessellate quite beautifully, but at the same time it doesn’t feel like some kind of nostalgic ‘90s Britpop party. We occupy similar territory, but different enough to be complimentary.”
Manic Street Preachers released their latest album, ‘Critical Thinking’, in early 2025. Suede then shared their most recent LP, ‘Antidepressants’, last September, and wrapped up a UK tour earlier this year.
Meanwhile, the Manics played a special show for Robert Smith’s Teenage Cancer Trust gig series at London’s Royal Albert Hall last month.
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