Royal Blood line up a run of UK shows for 2026

Royal Blood have announced a run of UK headline shows for November and December 2026, tied to their upcoming fifth studio album, Dead Company, NME reported on August 14. The tour opens November 24 at the Prospect Building in Bristol and runs through stops in Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Wolverhampton and London before closing December 4 in Brighton.

Dead Company, out November 13 via Warner Records, follows 2023's Back To The Water Below. Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher entered the studio in 2025 without a deadline, and the band said in a statement that the record sees them playing faster and harder than in recent years: "After putting the Royal Blood engine in neutral for a couple of years, we've been building up the revs." The album was entirely self-produced.

DIY, reporting the tour details on August 17, notes the shows follow the band's new single "Ten Over Ten," the first track released from Dead Company, and describes the duo as returning "on blistering form" after time out of the public eye.

Royal Blood have spent the past two years marking their own history alongside making new music. In 2024 they celebrated the 10th anniversary of their self-titled debut album, telling NME at the time that "it's still a record that we live and breathe." Back To The Water Below picked up a four-star NME review that called it a record that "feels like a return for Royal Blood."

Pre-order customers get presale access from 9:30am on August 19, with general sale following on August 23. Royal Blood also has a handful of intimate UK shows this month in Margate, Southampton and Guildford. The tour is tracked on the tour guide and the album on the release calendar, part of this week's new rock news.