Scarborough Open Air Theatre – Sat July 11
The Piece Hall – Friday August 28
Multi-platinum selling indie pop band Bastille today announce two headline shows in Yorkshire next summer.
The four-piece, fronted by vocalist Dan Smith, alongside Kyle Simmons on keys, bass and guitarist Will Farquarson and drummer Chris ‘Woody’ Wood, has revealed it will be playing TK Maxx presents Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Saturday July 11. They then make the journey to Halifax to headline Live at The Piece Hall on Friday August 28.
They will be joined in Scarborough by special singer-songwriter Nectar Woode and in Halifax by emerging artist Carpetman.
Tickets for both shows go on sale at 10am Friday via ticketmaster.co.uk
Today’s announcement follows Bastille’s return to the stage earlier this month for their From All Sides tour after a two year hiatus from performing live. Selling out arena shows in nine cities across the UK, alongside celebrating the band’s career to date, the expansive set carried a forward-looking energy bringing together over a decade of the band’s music with a clear sense of evolution, seamlessly threading in the sounds and ideas shaping their next chapter. The tour culminated with the release of the band’s first original new music in three years, new single SAVE MY SOUL – which was released last Friday.
With more than 13 million records sold, three UK No.1 albums, six UK Top 40 singles, more than two billion video views and more than seven billion Spotify streams, Bastille remain one of the world’s most streamed acts, and one of the most influential British bands of a generation.
Bastille’s distinctive sound and cinematic songwriting have connected with audiences across the globe like few other British bands in recent memory.
Their triple platinum, chart-topping, twice No.1 debut album Bad Blood – featuring the era-defining hit Pompeii – was the biggest-selling digital album of 2013 and made Bastille the year’s biggest global breakthrough act. The band won the British Breakthrough Act award at the 2014 BRIT Awards and received two GRAMMY Award nominations.
Further number one albums followed with Wild World (2016) and Give Me The Future (2022), and their 2018 Happier collaboration with Marshmello has been streamed more than seven billion times.
In 2023, the band celebrated the 10-year anniversary of Bad Blood with the release of Bad Blood X and a sold-out international run of shows and festivals. That same year, they collaborated with multiple Academy and GRAMMY award-winning composer Hans Zimmer on Pompeii MMXXIII, a powerful rework of their breakthrough hit that closed BBC’s Planet Earth III.
Rising British-Ghanaian soul star Nectar Woode – likened to Nina Simone by Elton John earlier this year – will support in Scarborough. Her music, described as a vivid tapestry of neo-soul, folk, jazz, gospel and raw, diaristic songwriting, has found her listeners across the world.
She has also supported the likes of Nao, Norah Jones, Leon Bridges and The Teskey Brothers, with her reputation as a live performer growing at pace, whether commanding an intimate stage or captivating festival audiences, Nectar’s shows brim with emotional precision and natural charisma.
Halifax special guest will be Carpetman – a young Ukrainian musician, known for performing under a signature carpet mask – whose boundary pushing music sits between house and blues, to create something truly unique. With almost 40million streams across Spotify and Apple Music, Carpetman is an emerging artist ready to captivate audiences.
Bastille joins CMAT, Bowling For Soup and Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Holly Johnson, Scissor Sisters, The Streets, Madness, Paul Weller and James Taylor among the headliners announced for TK Maxx presents Scarborough Open Air Theatre 2026.
Julian Murray, of Scarborough OAT promoters Cuffe and Taylor, said: “Bastille have been such an influential band – their recent tour was an amazing celebration of 15 years together. It’s fantastic to be bringing their powerful and distinctive music back to Scarborough – after their brilliant headline show here in 2018. This will undoubtedly be a real highlight of the summer on the Yorkshire coast.”
Bastille join the likes of CMAT, Bowling For Soup and Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Holly Johnson, Amy Macdonald, Scissor Sisters and Paul Weller among the headliners announced for TK Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall 2026 – with more announcements to come.
Nicky Chance-Thompson MBE DL, CEO of The Piece Hall Charitable Trust, said: “Hot off the back of an arena tour it’s a major coup to get a band of this calibre to Halifax.Indie anthems really don’t come much bigger and better than theirs, and I know they’ll bring an exceptional atmosphere to our award-winning venue.This show will lift our hearts and voices, and seeing The Courtyard come together for some epic musical moments will be incredibly special.”
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