Sleaford Mods announce “low income tickets for people who are struggling” to upcoming UK and European tour

Sleaford Mods have announced details of “low income tickets” for their upcoming UK and European tour, creating more affordable options for those who are struggling financially.

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The post-punk duo – comprising Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn – announced the tour back in September, confirming that it would see them perform across the UK and Europe, and include dates in Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff, Dublin, Belfast and more towards the start of 2026.

At the time, they confirmed they will be donating £1/€1 from every ticket sold to War Child – a charity that they also donated their proceeds from ‘Megatron’ to.

Now, the band have shared that they will be releasing some tickets costing just £5 or €6, offering affordable tickets for those who may not be able to afford one at full price.

“It’s that time of year again,” frontman Jason Williamson said in a new video. “We’re releasing £5 and €6 tickets for the UK and European tours next year. These are low income tickets,” he added, confirming that they will be going on sale on Thursday (November 27) at 12pm local time, and fans can sign up to the mailing list for more information.

“Remember that this is an honesty box. These are low income tickets for people that are struggling, so don’t take the piss.”

You can sign up to find out more information here, and check out a list of upcoming tour dates below.

Sleaford Mods’ 2026 tour dates are:

FEBRUARY
6 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
7 – Academy, Manchester
12 – O2 Academy, Leeds
13 – O2 Academy, Liverpool
14 – Great Hall, Cardiff
19 – 3Olympia, Dublin
20 – Limelight, Belfast
21 – Cyprus Avenue, Cork
26 – O2 Academy, Oxford
27 – Rock City, Nottingham

MARCH
5 – Bristol Beacon, Bristol
6 – Brighton Dome, Brighton
7 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
10 – Casino de Paris, Paris (France)
11 – Location TBA, Brussels (Belgium)
12 – Location TBA, Tilburg (Netherlands)
14 – Tempodrom, Berlin (Germany)
15 – Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg (Germany)

This isn’t the first time that Sleaford Mods have released £5 tickets for those on low incomes. Back in 2024, the duo announced that they would be doing so for the UK dates they had that November.

Speaking to NME about the decision around that time, Williamson shared how while it was “quite a complicated procedure”, they were determined to make it work for the sake of their fans.

“We try and keep it at a price point that’s accessible for people. It’s worth taking the hit because some of the messages from people [who can’t afford tickets], it just breaks your heart,” he said.

“I’m in a lot better position financially than I was 10 years ago and sometimes your ship does leave the port and you kind of forget, but when you get messages like that, it brings it back to you. A lot of people are struggling, so if we can help some people, it does mean a lot. I’ve found as I get older that the real help is trying to help people directly around you. I think the £5 tickets are representative of that.”

Other artists who have made efforts to help keep their tickets affordable include Los Campesinos! who released tickets at a reduced price for those “unemployed/low income fans, who might not otherwise be able to afford to attend” in 2024, and Porridge Radio, who offered discount tour tickets in 2022 as a way to help with the cost of living crisis.

The new dates from Sleaford Mods come in support of their new album ‘The Demise Of Planet X’ – which they announced back in October with the cathartic single ‘The Good Life’.

Discussing the follow-up to 2023’s aggressive but colourful ‘UK Grim‘, the frontman told NME about how he wanted to reflect the state of the world in the new material.

“[The world has] definitely got worse. You’re either freaked out by it or you’re just living with it. A lot of people are freaked out by it even though they don’t think they are. I wanted to try and capture that on the album,” he said.

When asked about what has caused him to see things that way, he replied: “It’s just recent events: October 7, then the genocide, this new wave of nationalism in this country, the fact that we haven’t dealt with COVID, the response from people around me to these things and what I see online.

“All of these things go into a pot. The rot that is social media is ongoing, along with your own problems, introspections and traumas. It’s always ongoing. It doesn’t seem to shift. There’s always something to look at.”

Check out that interview in full here.

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