The Wombats date added at Newcastle NX
IRELAND HEADLINE TOUR
#1 ALBUM FIX YOURSELF, NOT THE WORLD – OUT NOW
“A polished and snappy fifth album” – The Guardian
“Pop ambition, indie ideals and sonic experimentation: it’s all here“– NME
“Matthew Murphy has a melodic gift that keeps giving” – The Sunday Times
The Wombats today announced an additional date to their All The Hits UK tour at Newcastle NX on Thursday 27th October. The three-piece will also play headline shows in Edinburgh, Belfast, Dublin, Sheffield, Norwich, Nottingham, Birmingham and Manchester. The news follows the release of their fifth studio album Fix Yourself, Not The World in January, which topped the UK albums chart, making it their debut number one album.
Over 15 years into their career, The Wombats are pulling in bigger audiences than ever before. The viral success of Oliver Nelson’s remix of their 2015 hit ‘Greek Tragedy’ on TikTok has enraptured a whole new generation of fans, a feat they’ve managed to continually repeat since their 2007 debut A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation. Used in over 600,000 videos (some of which have over 100 million views), the remix has rocketed to over 50 million streams, propelling the original to 140 million streams and sending it Gold in the US. It’s helped the band surpass 1.5 billion worldwide streams, also amassing an extra 2.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify in just 6 months; further illustration, if any were needed, of The Wombats’ ability to reach new generations of fans through the timeless power of their songwriting and lyrics alone.
2022 has seen the most exciting chapter in the story of one of Britain’s most adored bands. The Wombats headlined their biggest ever UK dates with an arena tour in April including London The O2 plus major festival appearances at Tramlines and Kendall Calling. The band also dropped their first ever NFT experience, teaming up with leading Web3 Agency Kollectiff to release 3,000 unique carbon negative NFTs.
Now The Wombats continue this extraordinary wave performing all the hits in August and October. Tickets are on sale now via www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
Tickets for Newcastle go on sale Wednesday 3rd August at 10am
UK Tour Dates (new dates in bold):
12 Aug 2022 – O2 Academy, Edinburgh
21 Aug 2022 – The Telegraph Building, Belfast
22 Aug 22 – Olympia Theatre, Dublin
21 Oct 2022 – O2 Academy, Sheffield SOLD OUT
22 Oct 2022 – Rock City, Nottingham SOLD OUT
23 Oct 2022 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
25 Oct 2022 – UEA (University of East Anglia), Norwich SOLD OUT
27 Oct 2022 – Newcastle NX
28 Oct 2022 – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester SOLD OUT
Festival Dates:
5 August 2022 – Newmarket Racecourse
14 August 2022 – Boardmasters, Cornwall
27 August 2022 – Victorious Festival, Portsmouth
