Alt-J announce first UK tour in five years, including huge London O2 show: “Break time is over”

Alt-J have announced their first UK headline tour in five years for 2027. Find all the details below.

The trio will head out on the road for their brief ‘Then Again Tour’ next summer, kicking off at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl on July 2. From there, they’ll make stops at The O2 in London (July 14), The Piece Hall in Halifax (July 17) and Cardiff Castle (July 18).

“We’ve been quiet for a while but break time is over,” the band wrote on social media to confirm the dates today (Friday November 13). “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) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale at the same time on Wednesday (November 18) by signing up here.

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Per a press release, the forthcoming gigs will see Alt-J “bringing together music from across their acclaimed catalogue”. Check out the official tour poster below, along with the full schedule.

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 wrapped up their ‘An Awesome Wave’ 10th anniversary tour in North America. They appeared at Victorious Festival in Portsmouth, and Glastonbury earlier that year.

Their most recent full UK and Ireland tour took place in 2022, in support of their fourth and latest album ‘The Dream’. They played multiple nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton as part of the trek, including a special show to celebrate their Mercury Prize and Ivor Novello Award-winning debut record ‘An Awesome Wave’.

Alt-J frontman Joe Newman has since released his first solo album, ‘The Canyon’, under the moniker JJerome87. The project featured the single ‘Brush Me Like A Horse’. He previously spoke to NME about the “Americana, Motown, soul” influenced LP, adding that it “inevitably [has] that kind of odd Alt-J quirkiness; a doom-laden sound to it”.