Sleaford Mods played alongside Orbital, Gwendoline Christie, Life Without Buildings’ Sue Tompkins and others at a show at London’s Brixton Academy.
The duo played a huge show at the London venue last night (March 7), the final night of a UK and Ireland tour in support of their new album ‘The Demise Of Planet X’. The tour saw them offering “low income tickets for people who are struggling”, while £1 from every ticket sold was donated to War Child.
Orbital served as the opening act in Brixton, playing a DJ set that saw them spinning tracks from Kneecap, Fontaines D.C. and many others. Sleaford Mods joined them towards the end of the set for a version of ‘Dirty Rat’, their collaboration that was released on Orbital’s 2023 album ‘Optical Delusion’.
During Sleaford Mods’ own set, they were joined by many of the guests that appear on ‘The Demise Of Planet X’, including Star Wars and Game Of Thrones star Christie for ‘The Good Life’ and Tompkins on ‘No Touch’. Fellow Nottingham artists Liam Bailey and Snowy were also on hand for ‘Flood The Zone’ and ‘Kill List’ respectively.
Check out footage from the show here:
@sleafordmods that was fabulous last night – an all star cast pic.twitter.com/KdlevvL4DD
— The_Theme_Scene (@The_Theme_Scene) March 8, 2026
Thank you Brixton Academy. Thank you to Heartworms and Orbital. To all the guests on tunes, Gwendoline Christie, Liam Bailey, Snowy and Sue Tompkins.
Next, Europe. pic.twitter.com/I5iDCVFSVp
— Sleaford Mods (@sleafordmods) March 8, 2026
Sleaford Mods played:
‘The Unwrap’
‘The Good Life’ (with Gwendoline Christie)
‘Megaton’
‘T.C.R.’
‘Dad’s Corner’
‘Shoving The Images’
‘Flood The Zone’ (with Liam Bailey)
‘I Don’t Rate You’
‘Mork n Mindy’
‘Gina Was’
‘No Touch’ (with Sue Tompkins)
‘UK GRIM’
‘Elitist G.O.A.T.’
‘Kebab Spider’
‘Bad Santa’
‘The Demise Of Planet X’
‘Bang Someone Out’
‘A Little Ditty’
‘Kill List’ (with Snowy)
‘Double Diamond’
‘Force 10 From Navarone’
‘West End Girls’
‘Tied Up In Nottz’
‘Jobseeker’
‘Tweet Tweet Tweet’
Speaking to NME about ‘The Demise Of Planet X’ before its release, Sleaford Mods vocalist Jason Williamson hailed Tompkins as an “absolutely fantastic” artist. “I wasn’t aware of Life Without Buildings or Sue before the sessions,” he said.
“We’d been liaising a lot with Rough Trade on this album because of their wealth of knowledge. We had a meeting about it and they were like, ‘Have you heard of Sue Tompkins?’ I hadn’t, so they sent me their album and her voice was just beautiful.
“We had a lengthy phone call, she came to Bristol and she did it in about three hours. She had a cold as well, which kind of adds to it. You know it’s her, but it reminded me of ‘Debut’ era Björk. It was quite punky.”
Williamson also spoke about striking up a connection with Christie. “She followed us on Instagram, which obviously we couldn’t believe so obviously we followed her straight back,” he said. “She’s just a singular, powerful figure. Her acting is brilliant, but what she does with fashion and the passion she’s got for that is amazing.
“We asked her to be in a video and she said, ‘That’s too fucking far away’, so we said, ‘OK, do you want to come in on a song?’ and she went ‘Yes!’ I wrote a part for her while I was on holiday in Paris with the kids. She came in and she did it all in one take, before she held court for two hours. She’s got such a magnetic personality. It’s like being in the company of a true screen star. I don’t know whether she’ll hate me for that, but these words aren’t good enough. She’s a beautiful person. I don’t want to sound wanky when I say that, but it’s true. She’ll just text you and it’ll just be full of such positivity.”
NME gave ‘The Demise Of Planet X’ a four-star review, writing: “Sleaford Mods are never in the same stagnation as the doldrums that inspire them. Williamson’s powerless rage bristles with enough humour, brutal honesty and inventive imagery to keep you guessing, while multi-instrumentalist Andrew Fearn – stepping up as co-producer on this record – adds flashes of genre-clashing colour and light to make this the band’s most musically ambitious and diverse record yet.”
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