Popular indie-rock group The Wombats have announced some new touring dates for their fans in the UK and Ireland, this being in addition to their UK arena tour this April. The new dates are set for August and October and will see the three-piece visiting a number of important cities such as Edinburgh, Dublin and Manchester.
UK! We’re adding a bunch of new dates later this year to our All The Hits! Tour. Let’s keep this party going
For access to the pre-sale at 9am on Weds 23rd, sign up here before 4pm on Tues here. https://t.co/3bgyulPjj2
General sale opens 9am this Friday 25th of Feb x pic.twitter.com/EK2LCLk877
— The WOMBATS (@thewombats) February 21, 2022
The tour is in support of their latest album, Fix Yourself, Not The World. Described by mxdwn as “colourfully catchy, upbeat and classy“, the LP became the group’s first-ever number one charting album in the UK just last month. Speaking on the exciting news, the band said that “It’s been an amazing journey since we started back in 2003 and this is such a career milestone for us. Thanks to everyone who helped us make this album … it really does take a lot of wonderful hard working people to make and put an album out.”
Created as lockdown forced people inside their homes, the band had to play the material in different countries, recording the LP remotely. Wombat drummer Dan Haggis spoke about this process, saying that “The album wouldn’t have sounded exactly the same if we’d just all been in the same room. You can’t help but be influenced by where you are, who you were, what the room sounds like …. I think the fact that Murph was doing guitars and vocals in a room altogether in a different country, everything was slightly different than it would have sounded. And I think that made the album richer, sonically.”
Aside from the new dates, the band are also set for some UK festivals on the side, appearing in the likes of Victorious Festival, Boardmasters and Community Festival (the last of which will also feature artists such as Pale Waves and Two Door Cinema Club). If you’re interested in seeing The Wombats live, the presale for tickets begins tomorrow, and following this link is the best way to start about that. Otherwise, the general sale on Friday begins at 9 am, so best rise early if you want what’s left, and for that, you can look here. And as for the new tour dates, they can be seen below.
The Wombats UK Tour Dates
12/08/2022 – O2 Academy – Edinburgh
21/08 – The Telegraph Building – Belfast
22/08 – Olympia Theatre – Dublin
21/10 – O2 Academy – Sheffield
22/10 – Rock City – Nottingham
23/10 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
25/10 – UEA (University of East Anglia) – Norwich
28/10 – O2 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
