Interpol and Bloc Party announce 2026 UK and Europe coheadlining tour

Interpol and Bloc Party will coheadline an 18-date UK and European tour in November and December 2026, beginning in Copenhagen on November 10 and concluding with two nights at London’s Olympia on December 4 and 5, the bands announced. The run will visit major venues across the continent and the UK, including Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Brighton, Sheffield, Dublin and Glasgow, and will feature material drawn from both groups’ two-decade-plus catalogues.

The tour opens at Copenhagen’s Royal Arena on November 10 and moves through Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Paris’s Le Zénith and Amsterdam’s AFAS Live before reaching the UK on November 20 with a show at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena. The schedule includes two nights at Manchester’s Aviva Studios, two nights at Brighton Centre and a stop at Dublin’s 3Arena on November 30, with Glasgow’s OVO Hydro hosting the penultimate show on December 2. Tickets go on general sale at 9am GMT on Friday, November 7; fans who sign up to the bands’ mailing lists will have access to a presale beginning at 9am GMT on Wednesday, November 5.

The pairing reunites two acts that first toured together in 2004 and have shared bills at...