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They also dropped the raucous new single ‘DEADMEAT’
South Arcade have announced their ‘Welcome To The Real World’ UK and European tour, set to take place in 2027.
The announcement follows a busy run for the Oxford rock band, who recently completed support slots for 5 Seconds Of Summer and delivered a high energy performance at Download Festival over the weekend.
The tour will begin on February 7 at Limelight 1 in Belfast, before continuing across Ireland and the UK with stops in cities including Dublin, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow and more throughout the month.
The UK leg will conclude with their previously announced London show at O2 Academy Brixton on February 25. From there, the band will head into the European section of the tour, with dates confirmed in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna and additional cities across the continent.
Support on all UK dates will come from Mouth Culture, with tickets set to go on sale at 10am BST on Friday June 19.
South Arcade UK and European 2027 tour dates are:
FEBRUARY
7 – Belfast, Limelight 1
8 – Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre
10 – Leeds, O2 Academy Leeds
12 – Manchester, Manchester Academy
13 – Newcastle, NX
14 – Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom
16 – Birmingham, O2 Academy Birmingham
18 – Nottingham, Rock City
19 – Norwich, Nick Rayns LCR, UEA
21 – Cardiff, Cardiff University Students Union
22 – Bristol, O2 Academy Bristol
25 – London, O2 Academy Brixton
MARCH
2 – Amsterdam, Melkweg
4 – Hamburg, Bahnhof Pauli
5 – Berlin, Lido
7 – Warsaw, Proxima
9 – Vienna, Szene
10 – Prague, Fuchsz
11 – Munich, Strom
13 – Milan, Circolo Magnolia
14 – Zurich, Plaza
16 – Cologne, CBE
17 – Brussels, Botanique Museum
18 – Paris, Backstage By The Mill
The tour announcement arrives alongside the release of their recent single ‘DEADMEAT’, which continues the band’s Y2K inspired, nu metal influenced sound that first brought them attention.
The track was described by the band as carrying a sense of “reckless optimism”, built around a modern Romeo and Juliet style narrative. They explained that the song tells the story of two people from different worlds who choose to run away together, embracing an “us against the world” attitude.
“It has this reckless optimism about it where the two characters’ worlds shouldn’t really overlap but they’ve found each other regardless – they want to escape all of that noise, steal a car and leave town,” the band said. “It had this ‘us against the world’ energy that we loved.”
The single follows April’s release ‘SUPERMAN’, which marked their biggest streaming debut to date.
South Arcade were previously featured on the NME 100 and have spoken about their genre blending approach, saying their music intentionally avoids sticking to a single style and instead combines a wide range of influences to create a “weird melting pot” sound.
