The Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter have announced a raft of new dates for their forthcoming winter ’50 Years Of Punk’ tour.
Earlier this year, they announced an arena tour marking five decades since punk’s most momentous year, with 1976 seeing the original line-up play a series of legendary gigs in now mythic venues like The Marquee, The 100 Club, The Nashville and the El Paradiso strip club.
A series of headline dates kicking off at Dublin’s 3Arena on December 7 along with further dates at Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange, Glasgow’s O2 Academy, and London’s Brixton Academy and Eventim Apollo were initially announced.
Now further dates at Leeds O2 Academy, Newcastle NX, Liverpool Olympia, Birmingham O2 Academy, Portsmouth Guildhall and Bristol Prospect Building have been added to the schedule.
Tickets go on general sale this Friday (September 4) at 10am BST. You can check out a full list of dates below, and find your tickets here.
The Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter’s ‘Anarchy In The UK’ 2026 tour dates are:
DECEMBER
4 – Leeds O2 Academy
5 – Newcastle NX
7 – 3Arena – Dublin
9 – Corn Exchange – Edinburgh
10 – O2 Academy – Glasgow
12 – Liverpool Olympia
14 – Birmingham O2 Academy
15 – Portsmouth Guildhall
16 – Bristol Prospect Building
18 – Brixton Academy – London
20 – Eventim Apollo – London
A flurry of incendiary shows came before they recorded the seminal ‘Never Mind The Bollocks, Here the Sex Pistols were maybe best immortalised by their stop at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall.
Widely considered some of the most influential shows of all time, the two shows at the Manchester venue are credited with inspiring musicians who’d go on to be in bands including Joy Division, The Smiths and The Fall.
The band, reformed with Carter as vocalist in 2024 – initially to raise funds for London’s Bush Hall venue but have since played everywhere from Australia to Japan, making several stops at European festivals and playing a show at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust, where Carter conjured a giant circle pit.
Guitarist Steve Jones said of the upcoming tour: “We’re having a blast – we’re like a well-oiled machine right now – and it’s been incredible to get out there with these songs we wrote 50 years ago. We love it.
“Frank’s a great frontman and really gets the crowd going. Every person in the audience loves these songs as much as we do and it’s an absolute pleasure to get out there and play them.”
Speaking to NME previously, bassist Glen Matlock said of Carter: “He’s got a lot more energy than people of our age. He’s in the crowd; he’s a class act. He was recommended by my son, Louis, who’s in tune with what’s going on. It’s not the same as with John, but it’s not supposed to be.”
Jones echoed his point while talking to NME recently about the 2022 TV biopic Pistol, which was based on his memoir, Lonely Boy; Matlock’s criticism of the show, Donald Trump’s America; and Johnny Rotten’s vocal support of the President and reforming with him.
“None of us knew [how well Carter’s addition would be received]. Frank was the first singer we [tried], because me, Cookie and Glen wanted to play. It just worked straight away. He’s a lot younger than us. He’s 40, so he has all that energy and us old farts can just jam at the back! It was so much fun and people loved it, and I loved looking at people loving it,” he said.
“I was ready to throw it in, touring and all that. I couldn’t care less. But with Frank, it just made it easy. We all get along. There’s no aggro. It’s just fun!”
When asked about the potential for new Pistols material, he replied, “I think if you do anything new and you’re playing it live, that’s when people go and get a drink. When was the last time you heard a good Rolling Stones song?”
Despite this, Matlock said last year that the band did “have ideas” for making new music with Carter. “We talked about it with Steve Jones,” he told the Daily Star. “We have ideas and Frank is a very good lyricist. Everyone has ideas, but we’re very busy at the moment and haven’t had a chance to really work things out.”
He went on to reflect on how any new music would impact the band’s legacy. “Above all, we have to ask ourselves if the public really wants us to release new music,” he said. “In the end, who knows?”
