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Yard Act offer up new single ‘New Beginnings’
Our current cover stars have shared a second taste of their forthcoming third LP, ‘You’re Gonna Need A Little Music’.
Current DIY cover stars Yard Act have offered up another preview of their forthcoming third LP, ‘You’re Gonna Need A Little Music’.
The Leeds quartet have followed up by the album’s lead single ‘Redeemer’ - which landed last month alongside the album’s announcement - with the sunny, Britpop-flecked ‘New Beginnings’. “‘New Beginnings’ is a bit of light to counteract the dark we led with [‘Redeemer’],” the band’s vocalist James Smith has said. “Sometimes we’ve already shed our old skin without even realising it’s happening. Celebrate the new, because you can’t go back.”
The band’s forthcoming album will follow on from their 2024 effort ‘Where’s My Utopia?’ when lands next month, on 13th July via Island Records. Written during a uninterrupted five month stint the band had off the road, the record was then recorded in both Leeds and Los Angeles with producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Nine Inch Nails, Beck, St Vincent). To mark the album’s release, the band have also now announced plans for a six-date UK in-store / out-store tour this July, before they head out on the road on a big ol’ headline run later this year.
Check out ‘New Beginnings’, dig into their upcoming live schedule and check out our recent cover interview with the band, below.
JULY 2026
02 Rock Werchter, Werchter
15 Belle Anglais, Edinburgh (in association with Assai Records)
16 Baltic, Liverpool (in association with Jacaranda Records)
18 Rough Trade East, London
21 Rough Trade, Nottingham
22 Rough Trade, Bristol
24 Chalk, Brighton (in association with Resident Records)
AUGUST 2026
05 Belly Up, Solana Beach
06 Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles
07 Outside Lands, San Francisco
09 Revolution Hall, Portland
10 Neptune Theatre, Seattle
11 The Pearl, Vancouver
13 Warsaw, Brooklyn
14 Black Cat, Washington
15 Underground Arts, Philadelphia
16 The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
SEPTEMBER 2026
17 Fine Line, Minneapolis
18 Riot Fest, Chicago
20 Magic Stick, Detroit
22 The Opera House, Toronto
OCTOBER 2026
01 La Cigale, Paris
02 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
03 Tivoliredenburg Ronda, Utrecht
05 Gloria, Cologne
07 Uebel & Gefährlich
08 Rockefeller, Oslo
09 Kagelbanan, Stockholm
10 Vega Main Hall, Copenhagen
12 Niebo, Warsaw
13 MeetFactory, Prague
14 Festival Kreuzberg, Berlin
16 Les Docks, Zurich
17 Magazzini Generali, Milan
19 La Cabane, Toulouse
20 Apolo, Barcelona
21 Teatro Eslava, Madrid
23 Capitolio, Lisbon
NOVEMBER 2026
06 O2 Academy, Leeds
07 O2 Academy, Leeds *New Date*
10 NX, Newcastle *New Date*
11 Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow *New Date*
12 Octagon Centre, Sheffield *New Date*
13 O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
15 Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton *New Date*
16 O2 Academy, Leicester *New Date*
17 Rock City, Nottingham *New Date*
18 Junction 1, Cambridge *New Date*
20 O2 Academy, Oxford *New Date*
21 Bristol Beacon, Bristol *New Date*
23 Plymouth Arena, Plymouth *New Date*
24 O2 Guildhall, Southampton *New Date*
26 O2 Academy Brixton, London
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