Garbage have added three dates to their 2026 UK and European tour, including shows in London and Dublin. Find all the details below.
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The Scottish-American band confirmed a run of headline gigs across Europe last month, after announcing a bill-topping concert at Edinburgh Castle. According to Shirley Manson and co, the latter “most likely will be our last headline show in Scotland”.
They will also play a series of outdoor UK co-headline shows with Skunk Anansie this summer, including stops at Dreamland Margate, Halifax’s The Piece Hall, and Scarborough Open Air Theatre.
Now, Garbage have shared a trio of additional live dates for this year. These will take place at Stockholm’s Grona Lund Tivoli (June 3), London’s Roundhouse (July 14), and Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens (July 18)
Tickets for the extra performances go on general sale this Friday (January 30) at 9am GMT (Dublin) and 10am GMT (London) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Fans can buy tickets for the new Stockholm gig now – visit here to do so.
Garbage are due to play a special concert with Placebo at the Royal Albert Hall in London this March. The event forms part of the venue’s Teenage Cancer Trust live series, which has been curated by The Cure’s Robert Smith for 2026.
The group went out on their final-ever US tour last year, after indicating that they were “unlikely to play many of the cities” on the run “ever again”.
During an interview with NME in 2024, Manson opened up about the crushing and “abusive” financial strains of the music industry.
“Now what you have are musicians who are independently wealthy – maybe they come from a wealthy family – and they can start to carve out a career for themselves in the music industry,” she told us. “You have the old guard who made records before 1995; they themselves can survive. Then the artists who enjoy phenomenal success also survive.”
During another interview with NME last summer, the frontwoman discussed the theme of love that runs through Garbage’s latest album, ‘Let All That We Imagine Be The Light’: “I’ve never really written about love very much. I always think it’s been written about by people a thousand more talented than me. I’m just not a romantic person, really.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, Manson said she didn’t “feel any responsibility towards anyone” as an older female artist. “I have a responsibility to myself. I’ve earned that,” she explained. “I think I’ve found my voice as an artist. That voice is outspoken and always has been.”
She continued: “I don’t have to be young, I don’t have to be fast, I don’t have to be sexy, I don’t have to be appealing, I don’t have to smile. If you cancel me, you cancel me. I’ve had a fucking great career. I really don’t fucking care.”
In a glowing five-star review of ‘Let All That We Imagine…’, NME wrote: “Not only are [Garbage] showcasing some of their most intriguing and impactful material, but they’re also paving the way into a hopeful new chapter.”
Last month, Manson went on a rant about fans holding beach balls in the crowd during Garbage’s show at Melbourne’s Good Things Festival.
