{"id":37334,"date":"2025-12-14T00:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T00:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/laura-jane-grace-announces-2026-uk-and-ireland-grassroots-venues-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T00:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T00:12:11","slug":"laura-jane-grace-announces-2026-uk-and-ireland-grassroots-venues-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/laura-jane-grace-announces-2026-uk-and-ireland-grassroots-venues-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Jane Grace announces 2026 UK and Ireland grassroots venues tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LauraJaneGrace_Nessia_Huu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/laura-jane-grace\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fLaura Jane Grace<\/a>\u00a0has announced a\u00a0tour of UK and Ireland grassroots venues for 2026 \u2013 find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"447\" data-list-defn-props='{\"335552541\":1,\"335559683\":0,\"335559684\":-2,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Symbol\",\"469769242\":[8226],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"\uf0b7\",\"469777815\":\"hybridMultilevel\"}' data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/laura-jane-grace-interview-hole-in-my-head-against-me-reunion-3584582\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Laura Jane Grace talks \u2018Hole\u00a0In\u00a0My Head\u2019 and the return of Against Me!<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/against-me\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Against Me!<\/a> singer will be hitting the road for a total of 11 dates next March and April, kicking off at Norwich\u2019s Waterfront on March 30 and taking in dates in Southampton, Bristol, Milton Keynes, London, Nottingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and Belfast, before finally wrapping at Dublin\u2019s The Grand Social on April 10.<\/p>\n<p>She has said she has chosen the venues as they\u00a0represent\u00a0the DIY punk ethos that she has\u00a0sought\u00a0to\u00a0represent\u00a0throughout her career.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the shows go on sale at 10am on Friday (December 12), and you will be able to\u00a0purchase\u00a0yours from then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Flaura-jane-grace-tickets%2Fartist%2F1889234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSFDPF-jVaO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSFDPF-jVaO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> \n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Grace has said:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s always a privilege and a pleasure coming back to the UK &amp; Ireland, and I consider it an\u00a0honour\u00a0to be launching this tour with a heavy focus on supporting grassroots and independent venues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout these spaces, there is no scene, and without a scene, what\u2019s the\u00a0point?,\u201d she added. \u201cThe band and I will be playing a mix of everything and anything from my song catalogue. So let us know what you want to\u00a0hear!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Laura Jane Grace will play:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>MARCH 2026\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>30 \u2013 Norwich, Waterfront\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>31 \u2013 Southampton, The Joiners\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>APRIL 2026\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1 \u2013 Bristol, The Fleece\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2 \u2013 Milton Keynes, The\u00a0Crauford\u00a0Arms\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3 \u2013 London, 229\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4 \u2013 Nottingham, Rescue Rooms\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5 \u2013 Manchester, Manchester Punk Fest\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>7 \u2013 Glasgow, Slay\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>8 \u2013 Newcastle, Boiler Shop\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>9 \u2013 Belfast, Voodoo\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>10 \u2013 Dublin, The Grand Social\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In July,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/laura-jane-grace-cancels-remainder-of-2025-tour-after-spousal-abuse-accusations-3880973\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grace cancelled the\u00a0remainder\u00a0of her 2025 dates<\/a>\u00a0following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/against-mes-laura-jane-grace-accused-of-spousal-abuse-by-wife-3879542\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegations of spousal abuse made by her wife<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Patis Campbell Grace had posted on social media, asking the singer to leave their shared home,\u00a0stating\u00a0that she felt \u201cunsafe\u201d.\u00a0She accused her partner of recurrently \u201cusing her massive platform to attempt to hurt me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/laura-jane-grace-responds-to-wifes-accusations-of-spousal-abuse-3880647\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grace later responded to the accusations by apologising for her \u201cpoor decisions\u201d<\/a>\u00a0but suggesting that the issue came from both sides of the marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was reckless of me to get married so\u00a0quickly\u00a0and I made a lot of poor decisions where I absolutely should have known better,\u201d she said. \u201cMy poor decisions have\u00a0impacted\u00a0my kid, my\u00a0band\u00a0and my community. I hold myself accountable for it and sincerely\u00a0apologise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grace released her second solo album \u2018Hole\u00a0In\u00a0My Head\u2019 last year, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/laura-jane-grace-interview-hole-in-my-head-against-me-reunion-3584582\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she told\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>at the time about how it was influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came out of that experience, a little bewildered without my band and made the choice to start going to St Louis, just needing some kind of change from Chicago,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0know anyone in St Louis, and St Louis is\u00a0kind of an\u00a0intimidating place.\u00a0So\u00a0I was just\u00a0really out\u00a0of my comfort zone, which in a lot of ways is\u00a0really healthy\u00a0for you as a writer. It pushes you to work hard because\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0writing for your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/laura-jane-grace-announces-2026-uk-and-ireland-grassroots-venues-tour-3918422\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Jane Grace announces 2026 UK and Ireland grassroots venues tour<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NME<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>fLaura Jane Grace\u00a0has announced a\u00a0tour of UK and Ireland grassroots venues for 2026 \u2013 find all the details below. READ MORE:\u00a0Laura Jane Grace talks \u2018Hole\u00a0In\u00a0My Head\u2019 and the return of Against Me! The former\u00a0Against Me! singer will be hitting the road for a total of 11 dates next March and April, kicking off at Norwich\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-art"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-25 21:40:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}