The Prodigy announce 2026 UK and Ireland arena tour with Carl Cox

The Prodigy have announced a 2026 UK and Ireland arena tour, alongside “very special guest” Carl Cox.

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The iconic electronic band will play 10 arena dates in April of next year, starting at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on April 15 before stops in Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bournemouth, Leeds, London, Belfast, and Dublin.

A full list of dates are below, and tickets are available on general sale from Friday June 27 at 9am via www.theprodigy.com.

The official press release read: “The World Heavyweight Champions Re-unite for a tour of straight up ruckus that sees The Prodigy blast through their headline set, performing tracks from across their seven UK number one albums, along with Carl Cox returning to his genre breaking three deck vinyl setup for a two-hour set from doors each night”.

Bandmember Liam Howlett said in a statement: “We’re bringin back that full experience of non-stop noise and beats from doors to getting chucked out. It will be that full Prodigy experience as it was then and how it continues to be now… and droppin’ new tunes for the people… We’ve got our old friend Carl joining us so expect full attack mode, factor nine… Let’s go!”

The announcement comes ahead of The Prodigy headlining The Other Stage at Glastonbury on Sunday (June 29). Their fourth performance at the festival, it will be the first without former front man Keith Flint. The band cancelled their appearance at 2019’s festival following his death in March of that year, aged 49.

The surviving members returned to performing in 2022. Last August, the band headlined The Chevron Stage at Reading & Leeds, and Howlett talked to NME about going on without their bandmate and friend.

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“After losing Keith we couldn’t even think or talk about the band” he recalled. “I think it was two years after his death that me and Maxim started bringing it up. ‘Could we play live again? Did we even want to? Why? How?’ All that shit”.

He continued: “We realised the only possible real way to know how we would feel was to do it: get back on stage and do a bunch of gigs. It was so hard to walk onto that stage without our brother, but we really felt the crowd with us. Those gigs were highly emotionally-charged but we came out the other end with our answer”.

This also inspired new music. “We have owned our own sound since the start, so we ain’t about to change” he explained. “It’s all about writing bigger tunes and finding different ways to sonically attack the crowd when we play live”.

NME’s four star review of that Reading & Leeds set praised their energy, saying: “For a good hour, this is the Greatest Show on Earth,” adding that: “the abiding image is that of the festival’s fairground rides scything away in the background as punters pulsate to audio-visual chaos from ahead and above, Flint’s spirit well and truly imbibed”.

The Prodigy’s 2026 UK & Ireland tour dates are:

APRIL:
15 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
16 – Co-op Live, Manchester
18 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
19 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
21 – BIC, Bournemouth
22 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
24 – Wembley OVO Arena, London
25 – Wembley OVO Arena, London
27 – The SSE Arena, Belfast
28 – 3Arena, Dublin

In February, The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett calls for band to be in Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: “Make it happen!”

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