The Wombats extend tour due to popular demand: where & when can you see them

Indie rockband The Wombats are currently part way through a massive UK tour and are about to embark on a sold-out European leg this weekend.

Due to popular demand however the Scouse band has just announced six more UK dates taking place this winter.

This new announcement comes after The Wombats released their sixth studio album last month, ‘Oh! The Ocean., via AWAL Recordings - which you can stream here.

Find out all about their new shows below...

Which new shows have been announced?

The Wombats - NEW UK Tour Dates are:

December 5 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, Utilita Arena

December 6 - Birmingham, England, bp pulse LIVE Arena

December 7- Bournemouth, England, Bournemouth International Centre

December 9- Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Olympia Theatre

December 10- Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Telegraph Building

December 11 - Blackpool, England, Empress Ballroom

When can I get tickets?

Artist pre-sale tickets go live on Wednesday, March 26 at 9am and general sale begins on Friday, March 28 at 9am - tickets here.

What can you expect from the show?

Two years since scoring their debut UK #1 album with Fix Yourself Not The World, The Wombats are back and bigger than ever with their latest offering - Oh! The Ocean.

The three piece took 50 new songs to Echo Park, LA, in July 2024 for six weeks of sessions with new producer John Congleton (St Vincent, Wallows, Death Cab for Cutie) to create their most sonically adventurous album yet and the title is inspired by a revelatory trip to the beach Murph took on a family holiday.

Speaking on the experience, Murph says: “I’ve been to many beaches and seas and coasts over the years but for some reason it felt like the first time I had ever seen it and was truly present. There was this revelation that I had been living a life caught up in my own head, or in some kind of racing helmet or with blinkers on. It was really a potent experience. I felt like I saw everything new for the first time, and was aware that I had been so selfish to not take in how crazy the world and life is. I’d been caught up in my own BS for way too long.

“The album offers up some internal questions like: why are my head and body disconnected all the time? Why am I incapable at times of seeing any form of beauty in the world or in others? Why do I expect the world to conform to my will? Why do I never stop and smell the flowers? How am I conscious? That’s why I called album 6 ‘Oh! The Ocean”

The album trembles with the confessional emotional honesty that makes the Liverpool band's music as cathartic and relatable as it is catchy and playful, to their continuously growing young fanbase.

Their recent singles have received large support from fans, with ‘Sorry I’m Late, I didn’t Want To Come’ being a Radio 1 playlist track.

You can also expect to hear some of their most popular singles from album’s gone by - including their debut album A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation; 2011’s electro-flecked second album This Modern Glitch which made them Top Ten regulars; 2015’s Glitterbug whuch saw Greek Tragedy’ become a viral hit several times over; 2018’s Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life which saw them step up to arenas and 2022’s Fix Yourself, Not the World their first Number One album.

Have the Wombats got anything else coming up?

As well as their sold out European tour dates and their newly announced UK dates, The Wombats are also confirmed To be performing ata variety of other music events.

In their hometown of Liverpool, you can catch The Wombats at the Pier Head on June 19 as they headline the city’s On The Waterfront Festival.

Elsewhere they will be peforming at the Y Not Festival in Matlock on July 31 and Kendal Calling in Cumbria between July 31- August 3.