Frank Turner has announced a UK headlining tour set to begin later this summer.
Turner and his band The Sleeping Souls will kick off the tour at Glastonbury on June 28 where they are set to perform on the Avalon stage. They will then make their way across the UK with stops in Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Southampton, Birmingham, Nottingham, Cardiff, Oxford and Norwich. The headlining dates will wrap up in Suffolk on July 26.
The Meffs will be serving as opening support. A ticket pre-sale will begin tomorrow (April 24) for fans who have pre-ordered Turner’s upcoming album ‘Undefeated’ by 11:59pm today (April 23). The pre-sale will commence at 11am Wednesday April 24.
General ticket sales will commence on Friday (April 26) at 10am BST. Check out a full list of dates below and visit here to purchase tickets.
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls 2024 UK tour dates are:
JUNE
28 – Glastonbury, Avalon Stage
JULY
13 – Cheltenham, 2000 Trees Festival
14 – Manchester, Academy 2
15 – Leeds. Brudenell Social Club
16 – Glasgow, Garage
18 – Southampton, 1865
19 – Birmingham, Academy 2
20 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
22 – Cardiff, Tramshed
23 – Oxford, 02 Academy 2
24 – Norwich, Epic Studios
26 – Suffolk, Latitude Festival
Speaking about the upcoming dates in a press release, Turner said: “We’re getting closer to the day when ‘Undefeated’ is out in the world. We’ve announced and sold out 14 shows in the UK – all on the same day – so let’s add a few more! I’m bringing the tour, the new album, the Sleeping Souls, and my excellent friends The Meffs, to a string of dates in rooms I know well and love around the UK this July, in between our festival shows.”
The announcement of his UK tour comes after he announced his attempt to break the record for the most shows played in 24 hours in honour of the Music Venue Trust.
In celebration of his upcoming 3,000th show and the release of his 10th album ‘Undefeated’ on May 3, Turner will attempt to play 15 shows of minimum 20-minute sets on May 4. Sponsored by taxi app FREENOW, Turner will travel circa 500 miles to play shows from Liverpool to Southampton.
Turner says of his challenge: “With nearly 3000 shows under my belt, I’ve never been one to do things by halves or shirk a challenge – I once played all 50 American states in 50 days, for goodness sake. For the release of my tenth studio album, ‘Undefeated’, I will be making an attempt at a world record: the most number of shows in different cities in 24 hours.
“It’s not just self-promotion either,” he added. “We’re working with 13 independent record shops and 15 independent grassroots music venues for the shows, highlighting two bits of the infrastructure of the underground that I care about most. It’s going to be tough, but hopefully fun too. Come down for a show!”
Find tickets here and see below for the tight schedule for Turner’s challenge:
Meanwhile, Turner announced his new record in January this year, sharing it was about “survival and defiance, but also one with a sense of fun and self-deprecation.”
“19 years into my solo career, I’m still standing up and putting out some of my best work. It feels good.”
He also spoke to NME about the importance of going to gigs after Covid-19, saying: “We’re trying to remind people that going to independent gigs is fun, and teaching the kids who came of age in 2020 or 2021 that this is a cool thing to do. My role in this is twofold – to shout about it whenever I can and be positive and say it’s a really fucking cool thing to go to indie gigs.
“Don’t fucking go to an arena gig where you get charged nine quid for a beer!”
Previously, the MVT awarded Turner an Outstanding Achievement Award for hosting 27 shows which were instrumental in directly enabling grassroots music venues to survive the coronavirus crisis, having raised nearly £300,000.
