The Kooks have announced a series of UK outdoor shows in 2026 to mark the 20 year anniversary of their debut album ‘Inside In/Inside Out’.
The run of four concerts will see the band kick off their tour at Delamare Forest in Northwich on June 17, with further dates lined up in Scarborough, Halifax and Bristol. You can view the dates below.
Tickets will go on sale this Friday (October 31) from 10am and can be purchased here. An artist pre-sale will also take place on Wednesday (October 29) and can be purchased here.
It comes after the band recently completed a UK arena tour in support of their new album ‘Never/Know’.
‘Inside In/Inside Out’ featured a host of their hits including ‘Naïve’, ‘She Moves In Her Own Way’ and ‘Seaside’ and was famously released on the same day in January 2006 as Arctic Monkeys‘ debut ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not‘.
At the time, The Kooks’ debut went in at Number Nine and peaked at Number Two in the UK albums chart.
Frontman Luke Pritchard recently reflected on a row he once had with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner. Back in 2008, Pritchard spoke about a feud he once had with the singer which resulted in him kicking Turner in the face.
He said at the time: “We have had a weird relationship with the Arctics since we first met. I had to kick Alex in the face after he tried to pull the leads out of my guitar pedals while we were on stage.
“I tried to patch things up with Alex but he just turned his back and walked away. I suppose they are quite arrogant.”
More recently he played down the feud. “From our point of view, it just happened that our [debut] albums came out the same day, we were the same age, and we had similar influences,” he said. “On a personal level, there’s never been a rivalry. But I respect them, and I think they respect us. We come across them quite a bit, and it’s always fine.”
He added: “There was the ‘kick in the head’ – we were meant to tour with them around our first album, and it didn’t happen. They came down to our gig, and there was a bit of an incident. But again, it was all fun. It was crazy times, man.”
Of their new record, the frontman previously told NME: “I didn’t overthink it. It wasn’t necessarily strictly a stream of consciousness, but there was this vibe I was getting when I played it to my wife or my friends. It felt there was maybe a debut-ism to it… trying to get into flow state and let it ride – let it roll.”
The Kooks are also due to make an appearance at the Isle Of Wight Festival 2026, alongside the likes of The Cure, Lewis Capaldi, Calvin Harris, Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, The Last Dinner Party, Wet Leg, Teddy Swims, Tom Grennan and Feeder over the weekend of June 18-21 at Seaclose Park.
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