Del Amitri are stepping into 2026 with a tour that feels less like a run of shows and more like a living retrospective. The newly announced Past To Present UK Tour marks forty years of songs that have threaded themselves through car stereos, student flats, heartbreaks, road trips, and the quiet corners of everyday life. It’s a celebration of a band who have never chased trends, never lost their melodic instinct, and never stopped meaning something to the people who grew up with them.
From their beginnings as a Glasgow indie outfit in the mid‑’80s, Del Amitri quickly found themselves writing the kind of songs that outlived their release cycles. The breakthrough came with 1989’s Waking Hours, the record that carried “Nothing Ever Happens” onto Top of the Pops and into the national bloodstream. What followed was a run of singles — “Always The Last To Know,” “Roll To Me,” and more — that cemented the band as one of Britain’s most quietly enduring exports.
Across six studio albums between 1985 and 2002, Del Amitri sold over six million records worldwide. But numbers only tell part of the story. Their longevity comes from something more elemental: sharp, humane songwriting and melodies that feel like they’ve always existed.
After a long hiatus, Justin Currie and Iain Harvie reunited for a series of acclaimed tours, reminding audiences just how much space their songs still occupy. That momentum carried into 2021’s Fatal Mistakes, their first studio album in 18 years — a record that didn’t just reintroduce the band, but reaffirmed their relevance. Extensive touring followed across the UK, Europe, Australia and North America, proving that Del Amitri’s audience had never really gone anywhere.
The 2026 tour promises a career‑spanning setlist that moves through every era: the early indie years, the chart‑topping ’90s, the reunion, and the creative resurgence of the present day. Expect the classics, the fan favourites, and the newer material that shows a band still writing with purpose.
The run includes a night at London’s Roundhouse, a return to Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, and a string of Scottish dates culminating in a homecoming at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom — a venue woven into the band’s mythology.
Tickets go on general sale Friday 27th February at 9:30am via gigsandtours.com, ticketmaster.co.uk and delamitri.info
UK TOUR DATES 2026
Monday 16 November — York Barbican
Tuesday 17 November — Sheffield City Hall
Wednesday 18 November — Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Friday 20 November — Cambridge Corn Exchange
Saturday 21 November — Bournemouth O2 Academy
Sunday 22 November — London Roundhouse
Tuesday 24 November — Birmingham O2 Institute
Wednesday 25 November — Bath Forum
Friday 27 November — Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Saturday 28 November — Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Sunday 29 November — Newcastle O2 City Hall
Tuesday 01 December — Edinburgh Usher Hall
Wednesday 02 December — Perth Concert Hall
Friday 04 December — Aberdeen Music Hall
Saturday 05 December — Dundee Caird Hall
Sunday 06 December — Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Tuesday 08 December — Glasgow Barrowland