Richard Ashcroft to follow Oasis support gigs with 2026 UK arena tour 

Richard Ashcroft has announced details of UK headline shows, planned for after his huge support slots with Oasis. Check out the details below.

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The new shows will take place in spring 2026, and follow on from the singer, songwriter, guitarist and former Verve frontman joining Cast in supporting Oasis at their huge ‘Live ‘25’ comeback shows this summer.

They also follow on from the headline show he has scheduled for the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester on November 8, and after he tops the bill at the Live At Scurrier House series in Cornwall on August 23.

The new shows will kick off in Cardiff on March 24, with a stop at the Utilita Arena. They continue two days later (26) with a show at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, and again on the 28th with a stop at The O2 in London.

Due to demand Richard's delighted to announce 4 extra arena shows in Cardiff, Liverpool, London & Leeds Mar/Apr 2026. Tickets on general sale 1st 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/PD8nrl6kHN

— Richard Ashcroft (@richardashcroft) July 28, 2025

The final of the four new shows will be held at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on April 2. Tickets for all new dates go on sale this Friday (August 1) at 9:30am BST. Visit here to buy tickets and find a list of tour dates below.

Richard Ashcroft’s 2025 and 2026 tour dates are:

JULY (with Oasis)
30 – London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
 
AUGUST (with Oasis)
2 – London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
3 – London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
8 – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium (SOLD OUT)
9 – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium (SOLD OUT)
12 –Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium (SOLD OUT)
16 – Dublin, Croke Park (SOLD OUT)
17 – Dublin, Croke Park (SOLD OUT)
23 –Cornwall, Live At Scurrier House (HEADLINE SHOW)
 
SEPTEMBER (with Oasis)
27 – London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
28 – London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
 
NOVEMBER
8 – Manchester, Co-op Live (SOLD OUT)
 
MARCH 2026
24 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena [NEW]
26 – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena [NEW]
28 – London, The O2 [NEW]
 
APRIL 2026
2 – Leeds, First Direct Arena [NEW]

All new headline shows will take place in celebration of Ashcroft’s long-awaited seventh album, ‘Lovin’ You’, which is set for release on October 3 (pre-order/pre-save here).

The album will be his first of entirely new material since 2018’s ‘Natural Rebel’ and follows 2021’s ‘Acoustic Hymns, Vol. 1’. So far, it has been previewed by the lead single ‘Lover’. Songs on ‘Lovin’ You’ were written by the former frontman of The Verve, and also produced by him, alongside Chris Potter and Emre Ramazanoglu.

In other Richard Ashcroft news, the singer recently responded to an Oasis fan who went viral after Shazaming ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ at one of the Cardiff dates. He then addressed the moment at the first Manchester gig, joking: “Get your Shazams out!”

Then, during one of Oasis‘ ‘Live 25’ sets, Liam Gallagher dedicated ‘Cast No Shadow’ to the one and only Richard Ashcroft”. Before then, Ashcroft revealed that Noel Gallagher told him that he was “the only person” who could open for Oasis at their UK and Ireland reunion shows.

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