Frank Turner has announced a UK headlining tour for Summer 2023. The tour will kick off at Glastonbury on June 28 and will include stops in Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Southampton, Birmingham, Nottingham, Cardiff, Oxford and Norwich. The tour will wrap up in Suffolk on July 26.
The tour announcement comes after Turner revealed his attempt to break the record for the most shows played in 24 hours. In celebration of his upcoming 3,000th show and the release of his 10th album ‘Undefeated’ on May 3, Turner will attempt to play 15 shows of minimum 20-minute sets on May 4. Sponsored by taxi app FREENOW, Turner will travel circa 500 miles to play shows from Liverpool to Southampton.
The Meffs will be serving as opening support for the tour. A ticket pre-sale will begin tomorrow (April 24) for fans who have pre-ordered Turner’s upcoming album ‘Undefeated’ by 11:59pm today (April 23). The pre-sale will commence at 11am Wednesday April 24. General ticket sales will commence on Friday (April 26) at 10am BST.
Speaking about the upcoming dates in a press release, Turner said: “We’re getting closer to the day when ‘Undefeated’ is out in the world. We’ve announced and sold out 14 shows in the UK – all on the same day – so let’s add a few more! I’m bringing the tour, the new album, the Sleeping Souls, and my excellent friends The Meffs, to a string of dates in rooms I know well and love around the UK this July, in between our festival shows.”
Turner’s UK tour announcement comes after he announced his attempt to break the record for the most shows played in 24 hours in honour of the Music Venue Trust. With nearly 3000 shows under his belt, Turner has never been one to do things by halves or shirk a challenge – he once played all 50 American states in 50 days.
Meanwhile, Turner announced his new record in January this year, sharing it was about “survival and defiance, but also one with a sense of fun and self-deprecation.” “19 years into my solo career, I’m still standing up and putting out some of my best work. It feels good.”
He also spoke to NME about the importance of going to gigs after Covid-19, saying: “We’re trying to remind people that going to independent gigs is fun, and teaching the kids who came of age in 2020 or 2021 that this is a cool thing to do. My role in this is twofold – to shout about it whenever I can and be positive and say it’s a really fucking cool thing to go to indie gigs.
“Don’t fucking go to an arena gig where you get charged nine quid for a beer!”
Previously, the MVT awarded Turner an Outstanding Achievement Award for hosting 27 shows which were instrumental in directly enabling grassroots music venues to survive the coronavirus crisis, having raised nearly £300,000.
