Richard Ashcroft adds more shows to 2026 UK arena tour due to “overwhelming demand”

Richard Ashcroft has announced extra shows for his 2026 UK arena tour. Find all the details below.

The soloist and former Verve frontman is due to hit the road for a run of huge headline dates next spring, following a concert at Manchester’s Co-op Live in November.

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Ashcroft will be performing in support of his long-awaited seventh studio LP, ‘Lovin’ You’, which is released on October 3 (pre-order/pre-save here).

Now, he has confirmed three additional gigs as part of next year’s trek. These are Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on March 31, Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on April 4, and Newcastle’s Utilita Arena on April 6.

The announcement comes after “overwhelming demand” for tickets, and the immediate sell-out of the singer-songwriter’s appearance at Manchester’s Co-Op Live.

Tickets for the newly added shows go on general sale at 9:30am BST this Friday (August 15) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, fans can pre-order ‘Lovin’ You’ here for pre-sale access.

Check out the post and updated itinerary below.

Due to overwhelming demand 3 extra arena shows added in Glasgow, Birmingham & Newcastle in March/April 2026. Tickets go on general sale Fri 15th Aug 9:30am. Pre-order ‘Lovin You’ from the official store for pre-sale link + code for early access to tickets https://t.co/21VmzarW8S pic.twitter.com/KzVwUwYA2j

— Richard Ashcroft (@richardashcroft) August 11, 2025

Richard Ashcroft’s 2025/2026 UK headline dates are:

NOVEMBER 2025
08 – Co-op Live, Manchester
 
MARCH 2026
24 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
26 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
28 – The O2, London
31 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow (new date)
 
APRIL 2026
02 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
04 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham (new date) 
06 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle (new date)

Ashcroft is currently opening for Oasis on the UK and Ireland leg of their massive Live ’25 reunion tour, along with Cast. There’s another Edinburgh gig scheduled for tonight (August 12) ahead of stops in Dubin, and two extra nights in London next month.

At an earlier date in Cardiff, Ashcroft responded to an Oasis fan who went viral after Shazaming The Verve’s ‘Bittersweet Symphony’. He later addressed the moment at the first Manchester gig, joking: “Get your Shazams out!”

Elsewhere, Liam Gallagher dedicated Oasis’ ‘Cast No Shadow’ to the one and only Richard Ashcroft”.

The forthcoming ‘Lovin’ You’ will follow 2018’s ‘Natural Rebel’ and 2021’s ‘Acoustic Hymns, Vol. 1’. Ashcroft has already previewed the LP with the single ‘Lover’, which was released in May.

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