Freya Ridings has announced a 28-date UK and EU tour for autumn 2026, with shows spanning Belfast, Dublin, and Cork before rolling through England and onto the European continent. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday 17th April here.
The run comes ahead of her third studio album, Mother of Pearl, released on 29th May via BMG. Ridings described the creative process behind the record as reaching into depths she didn’t previously know she had, tapping into “anger and wisdom and womanhood.” She added: “Getting to create, sing and play these songs and have them exist in the real world, that feels like winning to me.”
The tour opens on 6th September in Belfast and works through the Irish Republic before returning to Great Britain for dates in Poole, Brighton, Cambridge, Sheffield, Birmingham, Glasgow, Nottingham, Gateshead, Bristol, Manchester, Cardiff, and Oxford. The UK leg concludes with a headline show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 5th October, before the tour moves into Europe for ten further dates taking in Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
Fans can get early access to tickets via a pre-sale opening on Wednesday 15th April, available to anyone who pre-orders Mother of Pearl here. General tickets then go on sale at 10am local time on Friday 17th April.
Since breaking through with Top 10 single ‘Lost Without You’ in 2017, which has accumulated almost half a billion Spotify streams, Ridings has established herself as one of the UK’s most distinctive vocal talents. Her 2019 self-titled debut and 2023 follow-up Blood Orange both reached the Top 10 of the UK Album Charts, and earned her a BRIT nomination for Best Female Solo Artist. She’s also confirmed for the Big Feastival 2026 line-up this August Bank Holiday weekend.
Freya Ridings 2026 tour dates:
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 6 Sep | Belfast | Ulster Hall |
| Mon 7 Sep | Dublin | 3Olympia |
| Tue 8 Sep | Cork | Opera House |
| Thu 10 Sep | Kilkenny | St Canice’s Cathedral |
| Tue 15 Sep | Poole | Lighthouse |
| Thu 17 Sep | Brighton | Dome |
| Fri 18 Sep | Cambridge | Corn Exchange |
| Sun 20 Sep | Sheffield | City Hall |
| Tue 22 Sep | Birmingham | Town Hall |
| Wed 23 Sep | Glasgow | Royal Concert Hall |
| Thu 24 Sep | Nottingham | Royal Concert Hall |
| Sun 27 Sep | Gateshead | The Glasshouse |
| Mon 28 Sep | Bristol | Beacon |
| Wed 30 Sep | Manchester | Bridgewater Hall |
| Thu 1 Oct | Cardiff | New Theatre |
| Sat 3 Oct | Oxford | New Theatre |
| Mon 5 Oct | London | Royal Albert Hall |
| Wed 7 Oct | Brussels | La Madeleine |
| Thu 8 Oct | Frankfurt | Alte Oper |
| Fri 9 Oct | Cologne | Carlswerk Victoria |
| Sun 11 Oct | Hamburg | Grosse Freiheit 36 |
| Mon 12 Oct | Berlin | Admiralspalast |
| Wed 14 Oct | Leipzig | Werk2 |
| Fri 16 Oct | Munich | Tonhalle |
| Sun 18 Oct | Vienna | WUK |
| Mon 19 Oct | Zurich | X-Tra |
| Wed 21 Oct | Utrecht | TivoliVredenburg |
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