{"id":2078612,"date":"2026-08-05T10:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2078612"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:41:43","slug":"declan-mckenna-announces-live-and-intimate-uk-warm-up-shows-ahead-of-reading-leeds-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2078612","title":{"rendered":"Declan McKenna announces \u201clive and intimate\u201d UK warm-up shows ahead of Reading &amp; Leeds 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DeclanMcKennaliveandintimateUKtour-warm-up-Reading-Leeds-news-story.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Declan McKenna announces \u201clive and intimate\u201d UK warm-up shows ahead of Reading &amp; Leeds 2026<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>&#8220;This one\u2019s gonna be electric!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Tom Skinner<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-05T11:41:43+01:00\">5th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DeclanMcKennaliveandintimateUKtour-warm-up-Reading-Leeds-news-story-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Declan McKenna press photograph\" title=\"DeclanMcKennaliveandintimateUKtour-warm-up-Reading-Leeds-news-story\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Declan McKenna. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Declan McKenna has announced some \u201clive and intimate\u201d UK warm-up shows ahead of his slots at Reading &amp; Leeds 2026. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Declan McKenna on the journey to his joy-filled third album: \u201cThe whole process has been empowering\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The singer-songwriter will play four small gigs at grassroots venues in Scotland and England this month, marking his first headline dates on these shores in two years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>McKenna, who released his latest album \u2018What Happened To The Beach?\u2019 in 2024, said he was \u201cso buzzing\u201d to share the news. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be loud, live and intimate, and we\u2019re even hitting some places I\u2019ve never been to,\u201d he added. \u201cThis one\u2019s gonna be electric!\u26a1\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The brief tour is set to begin at An Se\u00f2mar in Inverness on August 20. From there, McKenna will head to Dundee\u2019s Music Hall, Stockton-on-Tees\u2019 Georgian Theatre, and Stoke\u2019s Sugarmill.<\/p>\n<p>The artist is then scheduled to perform at Reading Festival on Friday August 28, before heading up to Leeds the following day (Saturday August 29). His slots will take place on R&amp;L\u2019s newly-revamped main stage, now called \u2018The Grid\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for McKenna\u2019s intimate UK tour go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday \u2013 you\u2019ll be able to buy yours here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"p-lang-btn\" class=\"vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dbpyec1gOkQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Declan McKenna\u2019s intimate UK tour dates are:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>AUGUST:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>20 \u2013 An Se\u00f2mar, Inverness<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>21 \u2013 Music Hall, Dundee<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>23 \u2013 The Georgian Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>24 \u2013 Sugarmill, Stoke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McKenna will appear at Reading &amp; Leeds along with this year\u2019s headliners Florence + The Machine, Fontaines D.C., Dave,\u00a0Charli XCX,\u00a0RAYE\u00a0and\u00a0Chase &amp; Status. Meanwhile, Kasabian will serve as the first-ever Thursday night headliner, exclusive to Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, McKenna is currently at work on new music. In October 2024, he followed up his latest album with a double A-side single, \u2018Champagne\u2019 and \u2018That\u2019s Life\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Champagne\u2019 and \u2018That\u2019s Life\u2019 have come together in the last few months as the first finished tracks produced with my good friend Jules [Apollinaire],\u201d he explained at the time. \u201cThey are old ideas that started to come to life while I was messing around with them in my new studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In\u00a0a four-star review of McKenna\u2019s most recent record,\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0wrote: \u201cOn \u2018What Happened To The Beach?\u2019, perfectionism is released to make space to revel in creativity, resulting in a truly joyful effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKenna said in\u00a0an interview with <em>NME <\/em>upon its release that he\u2019d found the process of making the LP \u201cquite empowering\u201d, adding: \u201c[It] has made me feel like I\u2019m capable of executing different kinds of songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see every album of mine as an opportunity to make something that I\u2019m proud of, as well as an opportunity to learn from different people along the way. I followed a dramatically different process to what I have done before, but it allowed me to absorb new methods from the musicians around me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Declan McKenna opened for Imagine Dragons at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the singer appeared in an all-star choir that performed on the \u2018Help(2)\u2019 charity album for War Child earlier this year. 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class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Yaelokre\u2019s Keath \u00d3sk launches new solo era with debut album \u2018Foreword\u2019 and experimental single \u2018And The Hound\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Declan McKenna has announced some \u201clive and intimate\u201d UK warm-up shows ahead of his slots at Reading &amp; Leeds 2026. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Declan McKenna on the journey to his joy-filled third album: \u201cThe whole process has been empowering\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The singer-songwriter will play four small gigs at grassroots venues in Scotland and England this month, marking his first headline dates on these shores in two years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>McKenna, who released his latest album \u2018What Happened To The Beach?\u2019 in 2024, said he was \u201cso buzzing\u201d to share the news. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be loud, live and intimate, and we\u2019re even hitting some places I\u2019ve never been to,\u201d he added. \u201cThis one\u2019s gonna be electric!\u26a1\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The brief tour is set to begin at An Se\u00f2mar in Inverness on August 20. From there, McKenna will head to Dundee\u2019s Music Hall, Stockton-on-Tees\u2019 Georgian Theatre, and Stoke\u2019s Sugarmill.<\/p>\n<p>The artist is then scheduled to perform at Reading Festival on Friday August 28, before heading up to Leeds the following day (Saturday August 29). His slots will take place on R&amp;L\u2019s newly-revamped main stage, now called \u2018The Grid\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for McKenna\u2019s intimate UK tour go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday \u2013 you\u2019ll be able to buy yours here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"p-lang-btn\" class=\"vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dbpyec1gOkQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Declan McKenna\u2019s intimate UK tour dates are:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>AUGUST:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>20 \u2013 An Se\u00f2mar, Inverness<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>21 \u2013 Music Hall, Dundee<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>23 \u2013 The Georgian Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>24 \u2013 Sugarmill, Stoke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McKenna will appear at Reading &amp; Leeds along with this year\u2019s headliners Florence + The Machine, Fontaines D.C., Dave,\u00a0Charli XCX,\u00a0RAYE\u00a0and\u00a0Chase &amp; Status. Meanwhile, Kasabian will serve as the first-ever Thursday night headliner, exclusive to Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, McKenna is currently at work on new music. In October 2024, he followed up his latest album with a double A-side single, \u2018Champagne\u2019 and \u2018That\u2019s Life\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Champagne\u2019 and \u2018That\u2019s Life\u2019 have come together in the last few months as the first finished tracks produced with my good friend Jules [Apollinaire],\u201d he explained at the time. \u201cThey are old ideas that started to come to life while I was messing around with them in my new studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In\u00a0a four-star review of McKenna\u2019s most recent record,\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0wrote: \u201cOn \u2018What Happened To The Beach?\u2019, perfectionism is released to make space to revel in creativity, resulting in a truly joyful effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKenna said in\u00a0an interview with <em>NME <\/em>upon its release that he\u2019d found the process of making the LP \u201cquite empowering\u201d, adding: \u201c[It] has made me feel like I\u2019m capable of executing different kinds of songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see every album of mine as an opportunity to make something that I\u2019m proud of, as well as an opportunity to learn from different people along the way. I followed a dramatically different process to what I have done before, but it allowed me to absorb new methods from the musicians around me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Declan McKenna opened for Imagine Dragons at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the singer appeared in an all-star choir that performed on the \u2018Help(2)\u2019 charity album for War Child earlier this year. The compilation was recently shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/declan-mckenna-announces-live-and-intimate-uk-warm-up-shows-ahead-of-reading-leeds-2026-buy-tickets-3960922&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DeclanMcKennaliveandintimateUKtour-warm-up-Reading-Leeds-news-story.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Declan McKenna announces \u201clive and intimate\u201d UK warm-up shows ahead of Reading &amp; Leeds 2026 &#8220;This one\u2019s gonna be electric!&#8221; By Tom Skinner 5th August 2026 Declan McKenna. CREDIT: Press Declan McKenna has announced some \u201clive and intimate\u201d UK warm-up shows ahead of his slots at Reading &amp; Leeds 2026. 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