{"id":465306,"date":"2026-05-24T21:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465306\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:38:08","slug":"president-2026-uk-and-european-tour-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465306\/","title":{"rendered":"President 2026 UK and European tour announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

President<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0announced a UK and European headline tour for later this year \u2013 see all the dates and ticket info below.<\/p>\n

The masked metal band recently announced\u00a0the debut album \u2018Blood\u00a0Of\u00a0Your Empire\u2019,\u00a0which will be released on September 4 via Atlantic Records, and now they have confirmed details of an accompanying tour for November.<\/p>\n

They have just completed a North American run supporting Bad Omens, and their new tour will kick off on November 1 in Stockholm\u2019s Slaktkyrkan. Dates will follow in Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Paris and Brussels.<\/p>\n

They then launch the UK run in Cardiff\u2019s Depot on November 18, before heading to Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham, before a blow-off date at the O2 Academy Brixton in London on November 24.<\/p>\n

A pre-sale for tickets begins at 10am on Tuesday (May 27), while the general sale is at the same time on Friday (May 29) \u2013 you will be able to find yours\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

President will play:\u00a0<\/p>\n

NOVEMBER\u00a0
1 \u2013 Stockholm, Slaktkyrkan\u00a0
2 \u2013 Oslo, Rockefeller\u00a0
3 \u2013 Copenhagen, Amager Bio\u00a0
5 \u2013 Berlin, Kesselhaus\u00a0
6 \u2013 Hamburg, Docks\u00a0
7 \u2013 Cologne, Live Music Hall\u00a0
14 \u2013 Paris, Elysee Monmartre\u00a0
16 \u2013 Brussels,\u00a0Ancienne\u00a0Belgique\u00a0
18 \u2013 Cardiff, Depot\u00a0
19 \u2013 Glasgow, O2 Academy\u00a0
21 \u2013 Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse\u00a0
23 \u2013 Birmingham, O2 Academy\u00a0
24 \u2013 London, O2 Academy Brixton\u00a0<\/p>\n

The band have released\u00a0\u2018Angel Wings<\/a>\u2019,\u00a0\u2018Mercy<\/a>\u2019 and\u00a0\u2018Doom Loop\u2019 as tastes\u00a0of \u2018Blood\u00a0Of Your Empire\u2019,\u00a0describing the latter as\u00a0being\u00a0\u201cabout the strange tragedy of time \u2013 how we spend our lives chasing it, wasting it, and fearing it \u2013 only to\u00a0realise\u00a0its value once a moment is gone\u201d.<\/p>\n

The group, fronted by an unknown masked singer,\u00a0made their debut live appearance at Download 2025 last summer<\/a>.\u00a0They\u00a0later\u00a0played their first headline gig at The Garage in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a three-star review of President\u2019s first London gig<\/a>,\u00a0NME\u00a0noted \u201ca cultlike atmosphere\u201d inside the venue. It read: \u201cSweat is already dripping from our singer\u2019s disturbing mask as he arrives at the glowing red lectern onstage.\u00a0He\u2019s\u00a0soon overpowered by the audience \u2013 a running theme across the night \u2013 who are awestruck and roaring from minute one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many fans are convinced<\/a>\u00a0that the band\u2019s\u00a0frontman\u00a0is\u00a0Charlie Simpson <\/a>of Busted <\/a>and Fightstar <\/a>fame. The speculation was\u00a0fuelled\u00a0by\u00a0Simpson revealing to\u00a0NME\u00a0in 2024 that he was working on new music<\/a>. However, he only mentioned his plans with Busted and Fightstar, rather than any new projects coming up.<\/p>\n

The stage names of all the members were subsequently revealed<\/a>, but President said they were \u201cnever going to discuss or acknowledge our identities\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President\u00a0have\u00a0announced a UK and European headline tour for later this year \u2013 see all the dates and ticket…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,15533,637,278],"class_list":["post-465306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-live-music-news","tag-metal","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}