Belle & Sebastian have expanded a 2026 tour that already has clear value for catalog-focused artists and rights holders: the band is keeping two landmark albums front and center while adding more live dates across the UK and Europe. The new run extends a campaign built around the 30th anniversaries of Tigermilk and If You’re Feeling Sinister, with each show structured around full-album performances and fan favourites.[1]
A 30th-anniversary tour gets bigger
The Glasgow band announced last summer that they would hit the road in 2026 to mark three decades of their first two studio albums.[1] The tour began in February with double-header shows in cities across Europe, the UK and North America, where they played Tigermilk in full at one date and If You’re Feeling Sinister in full at the other.[1]
The original schedule was set to finish with two nights at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Bandstand on June 26 and 27.[1] Belle & Sebastian have now added another round of UK and European dates between November 27 and December 9.[1]
New cities, new ticket window
The additional dates include Athens, Rome, Munich, Frankfurt, Fribourg, Rotterdam, Maastricht, Nijmegen and Brussels, followed by UK stops in Nottingham, Norwich, Cardiff, Bristol, Bexhill-on-Sea, Liverpool, Sheffield and Glasgow.[1] The new shows will mostly feature If You’re Feeling Sinister in full along with fan favourites, except for Rotterdam, Nottingham and Bristol, where the band will play Tigermilk in full with fan favourites.[1]
Tickets for the new shows go on general sale at 9am BST/10am CEST on Friday, June 19.[1]
World Cup anthem lands ahead of the extra run
The new dates follow the release of Belle & Sebastian’s 2026 Scotland World Cup anthem, It Only Takes One Lion, which came out earlier this month.[1] The band wrote the song after Scotland’s surprise 4-2 qualifying win against Denmark, and Stuart Murdoch discussed the track with NME.[1]
Other live dates already on the calendar include festival appearances at Halifax’s Live At The Piece Hall and On The Mount at Wasing in Berkshire, plus Australian tour dates in September.[1]
What to watch next: the band’s June and September dates, then the newly added November and December shows when ticket sales open on June 19.[1]
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