{"id":548550,"date":"2026-04-24T16:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/548550\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:19:09","slug":"a-beano-is-guaranteed-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/548550\/","title":{"rendered":"A beano is guaranteed for all"},"content":{"rendered":"

Babyshambles<\/a> have announced a huge one-off UK headline show for 2026. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0Babyshambles tell us about reuniting for UK tour: \u201cWe have to do this now\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The London band reunited in 2025 for their first gigs together in 11 years<\/a>, the first of which took place in Hastings in November<\/a>. This coincided with Pete Doherty<\/a> and co. releasing \u2018Dandy Hooligan\u2019 \u2013 their first single in 12 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year, Babyshambles are scheduled to keep the reunion going with stops at some European festivals, as well as a trio of Irish gigs in Cork, Dublin and Belfast. They\u2019ll also make an appearance at Rock N Roll Circus 2026<\/a> in Sheffield.<\/p>\n

Now, the group have shared details of their only UK headline date for this year. They\u2019ll take to the stage at Dreamland in Margate, Kent, on Sunday August 30, on Bank Holiday Weekend.<\/p>\n

The massive seaside concert will feature support slots from Big Special<\/a>, Warmduscher<\/a>, rising Birmingham outfit Gans, and electronic punk group Pregoblin \u2013 the latter of whom have previously collaborated with Doherty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are only doing one show in our beautiful and pleasant Albion this year, and where better than Margate?\u201d Doherty said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cA beano is guaranteed for all. Kiss me quick \u2013 sun, sea, sand on a Bank Holiday Weekend \u2026does it get any better? \u2026no. \u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST next Friday (May 1) \u2013 you\u2019ll be able to buy yours here<\/a>. Alternatively, fans can access an artist pre-sale at the same time on Tuesday (April 28), or a venue pre-sale on Wednesday (29). Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last summer saw Doherty play a show with The Libertines<\/a> as part of the Dreamland Margate series. This year\u2019s edition will also host the likes of The Streets<\/a>, Paul Weller<\/a>, Garbage<\/a> and The Kooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on their 2025 comeback tour, Babyshambles paid tribute to the \u201cfragile\u201d and \u201cbeautifully volatile\u201d Patrick Walden as they returned to London<\/a> for a big show at the O2 Academy Brixton.<\/p>\n

They then played another date in the capital in December, at Camden Town\u2019s KOKO. Here, they brought Carl Bar\u00e2t on stage for\u00a0The Libertines\u2019\u00a0\u2018What Katie Did\u2019 and played \u2018Wolfman\u2019 for the first time in 20 years<\/a>. This marked Babyshambles\u2019 most recent show, per Setlist.FM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The band are yet to release any more music following last year\u2019s \u2018Dandy Hooligan\u2019. Speaking to NME last autumn about the prospect of new material<\/a>, Doherty explained: \u201cWhen we do the bigger shows, it\u2019d be nice to release a single and a couple of B-sides.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got a couple of ideas and when we get in a room, we\u2019ll try them out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He also told NME that the reunion only became possible once he and guitarist Mick Whitnall had both been clean for a number of years. He revealed that original guitarist Walden \u2013 who passed away last June<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 was meant to be involved in the comeback, too.<\/p>\n

Doherty said Walden\u2019s death was \u201ca real trigger to get it done\u201d. \u201cMy first thought was of just seeing his face up there while we\u2019re playing and that\u2019ll be an important part of it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was always talk about it; there was always a desire to play those songs again,\u201d Doherty told\u00a0NME, \u201cbut the centrifugal point of it was addiction really, and the danger that me and Mick would be an unhealthy influence on each other. So it was people around us not wanting to meet up and probably us both knowing that it wasn\u2019t a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Babyshambles have announced a huge one-off UK headline show for 2026. Find all the details below. READ MORE:\u00a0Babyshambles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,3583,7632,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-548550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-indie","tag-live-music-news","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}