{"id":531035,"date":"2025-10-27T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/531035\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:00:12","slug":"the-kooks-announce-huge-uk-outdoor-shows-for-summer-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/531035\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kooks announce huge UK outdoor shows for summer 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-kooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kooks<\/a> have announced a series of UK outdoor shows in 2026 to mark the 20 year anniversary of their debut album \u2018Inside In\/Inside Out\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-kooks-interview-new-album-never-know-luke-pritchard-tiktok-3833349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kooks tell us about \u201cpositive\u201d and \u201cromantic\u201d new album \u2018Never\/Know\u2019: \u201cIt\u2019s such a guitar record, but it\u2019s also got a modernity to it\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The run of four concerts will see the band kick off their tour at Delamare Forest in Northwich on June 17, with further dates lined up in Scarborough, Halifax and Bristol. You can view the dates below.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will go on sale this Friday (October 31) from 10am and can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fthe-kooks-tickets%2Fartist%2F1098654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. An artist pre-sale will also take place on Wednesday (October 29) and can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/thekooks.com\/#live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-kooks-announce-2025-uk-arena-tour-buy-tickets-3855252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently completed a UK arena tour in support of their new album \u2018Never\/Know\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_thekooks_press_2000x1270.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Inside In\/Inside Out\u2019 featured a host of their hits including \u2018Na\u00efve\u2019, \u2018She Moves In Her Own Way\u2019 and \u2018Seaside\u2019 and was famously released on the same day in January 2006 as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/arctic-monkeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arctic Monkeys<\/a>\u2018 debut \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/reviews-arctic-monkeys-7837-317720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whatever People Say I Am, That\u2019s What I\u2019m Not<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, The Kooks\u2019 debut went in at Number Nine and peaked at Number Two in the UK albums chart.<\/p>\n<p>Frontman Luke Pritchard recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-kooks-55-1325299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reflected on a row<\/a>\u00a0he once had with\u00a0Arctic Monkeys frontman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/alex-turner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Turner<\/a>. Back in 2008, Pritchard spoke about a feud he once had with the singer which resulted in him kicking Turner in the face.<\/p>\n<p>He said at the time: \u201cWe have had a weird relationship with the Arctics since we first met. I had to kick Alex in the face after he tried to pull the leads out of my guitar pedals while we were on stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to patch things up with Alex but he just turned his back and walked away. I suppose they are quite arrogant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-kooks-luke-pritchard-looks-back-on-arctic-monkeys-row-after-once-kicking-alex-turner-in-the-face-3855106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he played down the feud<\/a>. \u201cFrom our point of view, it just happened that our [debut] albums came out the same day, we were the same age, and we had similar influences,\u201d he said. \u201cOn a personal level, there\u2019s never been a rivalry. But I respect them, and I think they respect us. We come across them quite a bit, and it\u2019s always fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThere was the \u2018kick in the head\u2019 \u2013 we were meant to tour with them around our first album, and it didn\u2019t happen. They came down to our gig, and there was a bit of an incident. But again, it was all fun. It was crazy times, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of their new record,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-kooks-interview-new-album-never-know-luke-pritchard-tiktok-3833349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the frontman previously told NME<\/a>: \u201cI didn\u2019t overthink it. It wasn\u2019t necessarily strictly a stream of consciousness, but there was this vibe I was getting when I played it to my wife or my friends. It felt there was maybe a debut-ism to it\u2026 trying to get into flow state and let it ride \u2013 let it roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Kooks are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-cure-lewis-capaldi-calvin-harris-lead-stacked-isle-of-wight-festival-2026-line-up-3895778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also due to make an appearance<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/festivals\/isle-of-wight-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isle Of Wight Festival 2026<\/a>, alongside the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-cure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cure<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/lewis-capaldi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lewis Capaldi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/calvin-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvin Harris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/sex-pistols\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sex Pistols<\/a>\u00a0featuring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/frank-carter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank Carter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-last-dinner-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last Dinner Party<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/wet-leg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wet Leg<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/teddy-swims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teddy Swims<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/tom-grennan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Grennan<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/feeder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feeder<\/a> over the weekend of June 18-21 at Seaclose Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kooks have announced a series of UK outdoor shows in 2026 to mark the 20 year anniversary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,481,3982,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-531035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-indie","10":"tag-live-music-news","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115446024787205944","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}