IST IST are back with the infectious new single “Warning Signs”.
One of the most urgent, immediate and irrepressible tracks the band have delivered to date, “Warning Signs” is a lightning bolt of realisation and unrequited love.
Of the track, vocalist Adam Houghton says:
''I wanted to write from a place of regret — that gut-wrenching moment when you realise pride and fear have cost you the person you love. The song is a confession and a plea, filled with what-ifs and too-lates. I wanted the repetition and directness to feel desperate, like someone haunted by what they didn’t say soon enough. It’s about confronting the pain of being without the one who grounded you and understanding too late that love requires vulnerability. The goal was to make the emotion feel raw, honest, and painfully human.’'
New single "Warning Signs” is an unignorable reminder of the band’s highly awaited fifth album ‘DAGGER’, as produced by Joe Cross (Hurts, Courteeners, Slow Readers Club). It arrives on 6 February 2026, via the band’s own Kind Violence Records.
The new track comes complete with an official video shot by Joyce Van Doorn and edited by Shaolin Pete. Featuring live and backstage footage from IST IST’s triumphant recent tour of Europe, it’s a tantalising reminder for what’s to come at their upcoming UK comeback shows, which kick-off this week in Leeds, Glasgow, London, and Birmingham (28th November - 6th December, check dates below).
IST IST will also be hitting the road again in April 2026, with additional shows in Norwich, Exeter, Oxford, Newcastle, Sheffield, Nottingham, Bristol, and Brighton, paving the way towards their biggest hometown show to date, at Manchester’s Albert Hall in May. All dates are listed below, with all tickets on sale now.
Catch IST IST marking their decade long career and playing new music from ‘DAGGER’ at the following UK shows:
IST IST - 2025/26 EUROPE & UK TOUR DATES
Friday 28th November - Leeds - Warehouse
Saturday 29th November - Glasgow - Oran Mor
Friday 5th December - London - 229
Saturday 6th December - Birmingham - O2 Academy2
Thursday 9th April - Norwich - The Waterfront
Saturday 11th April - Exeter - Phoenix
Sunday 12th April - Oxford - 02 Academy2
Thursday 16th April - Newcastle - The Grove
Saturday 18th April - Sheffield • Network
Thursday 23rd April - Nottingham • Rescue Rooms
Friday 24th April - Bristol - Thekla
Saturday 25th April - Brighton - Quarters
Friday 1st May 2026 - Manchester - Albert Hall (w/ Support from DESPERATE JOURNALIST + THE YOUTH PLAY)
Tickets for all shows on sale here:
https://www.ististmusic.com/pages/live
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