The Wombats announce ‘A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation’ 20th anniversary UK and European tour

The Wombats have announced a new UK and European tour, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough debut album ‘A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation’.

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A turnê começará na próxima primavera com uma noite de abertura em Paris no dia 1º de abril, seguida por mais paradas em Colônia, Berlim, Munique, Amsterdã e Antuérpia na semana seguinte.

From there, four UK shows are lined-up, taking place in Manchester, Glasgow, London and Liverpool through the rest of the month.

At each show, frontman Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy and co. will perform their iconic debut album from start to finish during the first half to celebrate 20 years since its release.

Na segunda metade, eles vão exibir mais alguns de seus maiores sucessos e favoritos dos fãs do restante de sua discografia.

Joining them as support will be The Snuts, Cherryholt, Abbie McCarthy and Filip Clements, and tickets go on sale this Friday (October 16) at 9am BST. Pre-sale options open from Wednesday (October 14) and you can visit here for tickets and more information.

The Wombats ‘A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation’ 20th anniversary tour dates are.

APRIL 2027 1 – Paris, Le Trianon 3 – Cologne, Palladium 4 – Berlin, Columbiahalle 5 – Munich, Zenith 7 – Amsterdam, Gashouder 8 – Antwerp, Trix 10 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse 13 – Glasgow, O2 Academy Glasgow 16 – London, O2 Academy Brixton 18 – Liverpool, Arts Club.

The Wombats dropped ‘A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation’ back in 2007 and it featured fan favourites including ‘Let’s Dance to Joy Division’, ‘Kill the Director’ and ‘Moving to New York’.

It immediately put them on the map as one of the UK’s most exciting new indie bands and the debut record went on to sell over 400,000 copies in the UK alone.

It was followed by 2011 sophomore record ‘This Modern Glitch’, as well as 2015’s ‘Glitterbug’, 2018’s ‘Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life’, and 2022’s ‘Fix Yourself, Not the World’.

O álbum mais recente deles foi ‘Oh! The Ocean’, que chegou em fevereiro de 2025 e os levou a alcançar o Número Quatro na UK Official Albums Chart.

Shortly after the release of that record, the frontman spoke to NME for our ‘Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!’ series and opened up about the time Mick Jagger posted a video of himself dancing to their song ‘Techno Fan’ in 2019.

When asked if there were any more unexpected artists they noticed who are fans of their music, Murphy shared: “The oddest one is Addison Rae. It was completely her doing that ‘Greek Tragedy’ kicked off again.

She posted a TikTok dance of her miming to its opening verse and chorus. I’d never heard of her – nor had I heard the remix that she’d used, so that was the weirdest celebrity moment considering I didn’t even realise she was a celebrity, nor what TikTok was capable of.”.

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