Pixies announce 40th anniversary UK and European tour for 2026

Pixies have announced a 40th anniversary UK and European tour for 2026. Find all the details below.

The Boston band, who formed in 1986, are due to hit the road next year for a global run of live dates. Today (September 23), they’ve shared details about the first leg of the trek.

Kicking off in York on May 20, the forthcoming UK and European tour also includes shows in Dunfermline, Manchester, Limerick, Dublin, Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Milan, Rotterdam, Enschede and Heerlen.

Pixies’ return to these shores will also see them play a headline concert at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London on Thursday May 28. This will mark the group’s first performance at the venue.

Tickets for all dates go on sale at 10am BST this Friday (September 26) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Find pre-sale details via Ticketmaster. Check out the announcement post and full list of dates below.

Pixies’ UK and European headline shows for 2026 are:

MAY
20 – Barbican, York
21 – Alhambra theatre, Dunfermline
25 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
28 – Royal Albert Hall, London
31 – Live At The Castle, Limerick

JUNE
02 – Olympia, Dublin
30 –Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin

JULY
01 – Parkbühne Clara-Zetkin-Park, Leipzig
02 – myticket Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt
14 – Parco Della Musica, Milan
17 – Maassilo, Rotterdam
18 – Muziekcentrum, Enschede
19 – PLT, Heerlen

Pixies released their ninth and latest studio album, ‘The Night The Zombies Came’, last October.

Speaking to NME around that time, the group discussed the possibility of performing more of their classic albums in full on tour after doing so with ‘Trompe le Monde’ and ‘Bossanova’.

“I’m sure that’s in our future,” said Joey Santiago. Dave Lovering added: “When [2014’s] ‘Indie Cindy’ becomes 20 years old or something.”

Santiago went on: “As a fan, I love those things. We went to ‘Aja’, the Steely Dan show. It’s incredible knowing that it’s going to be all of ‘Aja’ and right behind me were all the drummers – Danny [Carey] from Tool, Josh Freese, Pat Wilson were all behind me watching it.

“I’m just saying Steely Dan’s cool…The only thing about doing it in order is that Charles [aka Black Francis] and I have to switch guitars. So there’s a lot of that going on, so it disrupts the show a little bit. But we like doing it.”

Meanwhile, Pixies recently opened for My Chemical Romance in Toronto as part of the band’s North American ‘Long Live The Black Parade’ tour.

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