For Immediate Release:

December 11, 2025

LONDON POST-PUNK BAND, WORLD NEWS, 
ANNOUNCES 2026 UK/EU HEADLINING TOUR

21-CITY RUN BEGINS ON APRIL 10TH IN LUTON

TICKETS GO ON SALE TOMORROW

SEE ALL DATES HERE

[Download photo by Sean O'Shea]

London post-punk band World News are excited to announce their Spring 2026 UK/EU headlining tour. The 21-city run begins on April 10th in Luton, followed by a hometown show at London's 100 Club on the 11th, and then stops across England, Scotland, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, and Germany, with the final show being at Berlin's Neue Zukunft on June 4th. Tickets go on sale tomorrow – find more information here, and see the full list of tour dates below.

With a live set that instantly enamors their already dedicated fans, World News took their addictive atmospheric indie-rock on the road this fall with headlining shows across the UK and Spain, including sold out performances in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Sheffield.

2025 also saw the release of two singles from the band's highly anticipated debut album, which they are gearing up to release next year. In September, they shared the moody and nostalgic "Everything Is Coming up Roses,” and back in May, the jangly "Don’t Want to Know" – both of which DJ John Richards premiered and played back to back on KEXP’s morning show. The band also saw a recent unexpected surge in streams on their fan-favorite 2023 single “The Tinman,” which made it into global top 10 viral charts.



"We’re excited to hit the road next April, May, and June, playing in a lot of cities we’ve never played before," shares bassist Rory Evans. "We’ll be playing some new material from our debut LP coming in 2026, but we won’t be neglecting the favorites, especially since we’re expecting to see lots of new faces on the road. We want the shows to be a mix of old and new."

WORLD NEWS

2026 UK/EU TOUR DATES

APRIL

10 - Luton, UK - The Castle

11 - London, UK - 100 Club

17 - Bristol, UK - The Louisiana

18 - Cardiff, UK - Clwb lfor Bach

19 - Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds

21 - Manchester, UK - Yes (Basement)

22 - Leeds, UK - Hyde Park Book Club

23 - Sheffield, UK - Sidney and Matilda

24 - Brighton, UK - Dust

MAY

1 - Edinburgh, UK - The Mash House

2 - Glasgow, UK - The Flying Duck

22 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront Studios

23 - Southampton, UK - Wanderlust Festival

27 - Paris, FR - Supersonic

28 - Ghent, BE - Ringo

29 - Groningen, NE - Simplon

30 - Rotterdam, NE - De Kroepoekfabriek

31 - Amsterdam, NE - Cinetol

JUNE

2 - Hamburg, DE - MS Stubnitz

3 - Hanover, DE - LUX

4 - Berlin, DE - Neue Zukunft

[Download hi-res tour poster]

PRAISE FOR WORLD NEWS:

“...throwback indie rock of the highest order”

–THE FADER

“If you think that jangly, bittersweet indie-pop is a lost art, then you owe it to yourself to check out this London band, who would’ve been stars on ’80s college radio.”

–STEREOGUM

“The bottom line is that World News is a real band with real talent, not some poseurs who hide behind synths and digital gimmicks.”

–THE LINE OF BEST FIT 

“addictively bittersweet post-rock”

–PASTE

“World News has the musicianship of a band that's been around for decades…”

–EARMILK

ABOUT WORLD NEWS:

Heartbreak, night shifts, and the claustrophobia of London life in a windowless room–World News’ debut came out of their lowest point: lockdown during the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020. Restless, disillusioned, and yearning for more, the quartet set into overdrive in the years that followed, releasing three EPs and a dozen singles and committing to a fiercely independent DIY ethos.

Originally performing under the name Tinman, brothers Alex and Rory Evans cut their teeth in Brighton’s grassroots scene back in 2018, relentlessly chasing opening slots in the city’s thriving music community. Following a case of mistaken identity–when gig-goers arrived expecting an Austrian DJ of the same name–and a chance meeting with drummer Malte Henning at a Pizza Express, they found their final form as World News. They were gaining momentum fast, having sold out their first headlining show in London at The Shacklewell Arms, when the pandemic hit and brought it all to a halt.

2020 saw the release of their debut EP Job and Money, a raw and pensive collection written by Alex during a time of personal turmoil, followed by highlight singles “Wrapped in Gold” and “The Tinman” in 2023. Riding that momentum, 2024 brought the rapid-fire release of two EPs, Escape and Mindsnap, and the addition of rhythm guitarist Jack Tollman. Escape expanded on their signature jangly sound, while Mindsnap dove into darker, gothic territory and marked the first body of work co-written by Alex and Rory.

World News are closing out 2025 with recognition from Stereogum, The Fader, KEXP, The Line of Best Fit, and Paste for their newest singles "Don't Want to Know" and "Everything Is Coming up Roses," on top of back-to-back sold out headlining shows across the UK as they gear up to release their debut album in 2026.

[Download photo by Sean O'Shea]

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