Biffy Clyro announce huge 2026 UK and Ireland arena tour with Soft Play and The Armed
Biffy Clyro have announced details of a massive UK and Ireland tour set to take place next year. Check out the details below.
The new tour dates were shared this morning (July 24) and come in celebration of the band’s upcoming album ‘Futique’.
Dates kick off on January 9 with an opening night at the SSE Arena in Belfast, and continue the following night (10) with a stop at the 3Arena in Dublin.
From there, shows at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham and The O2 in London are scheduled for January 12 and 14, respectively, followed by further stops in Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff.
The tour wraps up at the end of the month with a penultimate stop at the P&J Live venue in Aberdeen on January 20 and a final show at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow the night afterwards (21).
Joining them on the run will be special guests Soft Play and The Armed, and speaking about the new announcement, Simon Neil and co. said: “It’s fucking time… ‘The Futique Tour 2026’”.

Tickets go on sale on Thursday July 31 at 10am local time, and pre-sale options will be available from Tuesday (July 29) at the same time. Visit here to buy tickets, and find a list of new shows below.
Biffy Clyro’s 2026 UK and Ireland tour dates are:
JANUARY
9 – SSE Arena Belfast
10 – 3Arena Dublin
12 – Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
14 – The O2 London
16 – Utilita Arena Birmingham
17 – Co-op Live Manchester
18 – Utilita Arena Cardiff
20 – P&J Live Aberdeen
21 – OVO Hydro Glasgow
News of the upcoming live shows follows the band recently sharing their new single ‘A Little Love’ – which saw them head straight to the top of the UK’s Official Vinyl Singles Chart.
They then followed this up by announcing details of ‘Futique’, which will be available on September 26 and is open for pre-order here.
According to the band’s Simon Neil, the record is “an exploration of ideas, objects or relationships that exist across time”. He continued: “We are never aware when we do anything for the last time, and there’s a beauty and sadness within that. What will be your ‘Futique’?”
The record comes as the follow-up to 2020’s ‘A Celebration Of Endings’ and 2021’s ‘The Myth Of The Happily Ever After’, and also follows a busy 2023 of Simon Neil performing with his other group, Empire State Bastard.
The latter is the band he formed with Oceansize’s Mike Vennart, Bitch Falcon bassist Naomi Macleod and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo.
News of the upcoming album arrived just days before Biffy paid tribute to Brian Wilson with a Beach Boys cover on the Pyramid Stage during their set at Glastonbury 2025.
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