Jamie T made his return to the live stage last night (August 20) with a last-minute, intimate gig at London’s Scala before announcing a full-scale 2026 UK tour.
See what went down and tour details below.
The show was announced last week, with fans reporting tickets selling out in minutes. It marked the musician’s first live performance in almost exactly two years, following a 2024 set at Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival.
As Jamie T – full name Jamie Treays – walked out on stage with his band at 8. 30pm, he was greeted with chants from the audience of “Jamie, Jamie, Jamie fucking T!”.
The chant reappeared at several moments in the set, including as the artist left the stage for one final time.
Jamie T live at Scala, London, 2026. Credit: Harvey Aspell.
The performance took place days after Treays announced details of his sixth album, ‘Ghosts (100 Days Of Morning)’, and he previewed some of the record’s material during the show.
Treays pulled fairly evenly from across his five already-released albums, dropping versions of ‘The Theory Of Whatever’’s ‘The Old Style Raiders’ and ‘90s Cars’ early in the 85-minute set.
Aah!” “That’s what I hear when I go to sleep,” Treays quipped.
Early in the latter track, though, he realised he’d been singing the wrong lyrics and restarted it. “I worked it out – it was your fucking fault with the ‘ooh! Aah’!” he laughed.
Before ‘Salvador’, Treays took a moment to reflect on his history with the venue. “This is the venue I first played with the band in 200[6],” he told the crowd.
Sandwiched between ‘The Man’s Machine’ and ‘Dragon Bones’, Treays performed ‘Thank You’, from ‘The Theory Of Whatever’, noting that he had “never really played it live before”, adding that it was written “with a good friend of mine, Mr.
After a short break, he returned for a five-song encore that kicked off with ‘3310’ before Treays picked up an acoustic bass for ‘Back In The Game’. The final three songs took the already sweaty venue to even higher temperatures as ‘Sheila’ prompted the loudest and rowdiest sing-along of the night.
Treays then introduced a special guest to the stage, bringing out The Maccabees’ Hugo White – and longtime collaborator of Treays’ – to play guitar on ‘Sticks N’ Stones’ and ‘Zombies’.
Before the former, his host led the crowd in chanting White’s first name before commenting: “Let’s see if he knows this tune.”.
Jamie T has also announced that he’ll be embarking on a full December 2026 UK tour, with tickets on pre-sale from 10am on Wednesday August 26 before going on general sale from 10am on Friday August 28.
See full dates below and visit here for tickets and more information.
DECEMBER 7 – O2 Academy, Birmingham 8 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle 11 – Olympia, London 14 – O2 Academy, Leeds 15 – O2 Academy, Glasgow 18 – Co-op, Manchester 20 – Brighton Centre, Brighton.
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