Jamie T expands UK tour: shows added in Birmingham, London and Glasgow
British singer-songwriter Jamie T has expanded his December 2026 UK tour following strong ticket demand. According to a September 7 report by music magazine NME, three new shows have been added to the schedule: December 6 at O2 Academy Birmingham, December 12 at Olympia in London, and December 16 at O2 Academy Glasgow. This means the originally announced series of seven performances has grown to ten concerts, and the tour will now begin one day earlier than initially planned. The additional London date is drawing particular attention because Jamie T will perform at Olympia on two consecutive nights, December 11 and 12. Ticketmaster currently lists both London concerts as on sale, with limited ticket availability indicated for the first date.
The tour expansion comes as Jamie T returns to more intensive live activity after an extended break while simultaneously preparing the release of his sixth studio album Ghosts (100 Days of Morning). The artist's official website states that the album will be released on October 9, 2026, while the official store confirms that the release contains 11 tracks. The tour will therefore be more than a review of his familiar catalogue: it will also be the first major UK run of shows following the release of the new material. According to NME, interest in the initially announced dates was strong enough for organizers to add extra nights in three of the tour's biggest concert hubs. Tickets for the new dates are already on sale, with availability varying from city to city.
Ten concerts from Birmingham to Brighton
The new schedule means the tour will begin in Birmingham on December 6, where the first of the three additional concerts has been added. Jamie T will also perform at O2 Academy Birmingham the following evening, December 7, before heading to Newcastle on December 8 for a show at O2 City Hall. After a short break, two London nights at Olympia follow on December 11 and 12, with the December 12 performance being the date added later due to demand. The tour then moves to Leeds on December 14, followed by two concerts at O2 Academy Glasgow on December 15 and 16. The finale is reserved for larger venues: Jamie T performs at Co-op Live in Manchester on December 18, while the final concert is scheduled for December 20 at Brighton Centre.
According to the current schedule published by Ticketmaster and the artist's promotional channels, all ten dates take place in England and Scotland. This makes the tour a geographical cross-section of several key British music markets, from the West Midlands and northeast England to London, Yorkshire, Scotland, Manchester and the south coast. The double dates in Birmingham, London and Glasgow also show where demand was high enough to justify expanding the schedule. The organizers did not add new cities, but instead increased the number of nights in places that were already part of the tour. Such a move allows more members of the audience to attend the concerts without changing the tour's basic route and the logistics between cities.
- December 6, 2026 - O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham - new date
- December 7, 2026 - O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
- December 8, 2026 - O2 City Hall Newcastle, Newcastle
- December 11, 2026 - Olympia, London
- December 12, 2026 - Olympia, London - new date
- December 14, 2026 - O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds
- December 15, 2026 - O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow
- December 16, 2026 - O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow - new date
- December 18, 2026 - Co-op Live, Manchester
- December 20, 2026 - Brighton Centre, Brighton
London gets a second night at Olympia
The most notable change to the schedule for audiences in the British capital is the addition of a concert on Saturday, December 12. The original London performance at Olympia is scheduled for Friday, December 11, and Ticketmaster is marking it in early September as an event with limited ticket availability. The second concert now creates a two-day London block at the same venue, in line with the way the dates in Birmingham and Glasgow have also been expanded. For both London events, Ticketmaster lists doors opening at 6 p.m., while buyers should check current information from authorized ticket outlets for specific entry conditions and the availability of individual ticket categories. Since sales status can change quickly, availability indicators should be viewed as a snapshot of the current situation rather than a guarantee that a particular ticket category will remain available.
The additional London night also carries symbolic weight in the context of Jamie's return to the stage. NME reports that London was the site of his intimate comeback concert at Scala in recent weeks, held on August 20, 2026, and marking his first full performance in almost two years. Shortly afterwards, he also appeared at Reading Festival, where on August 28 he played a surprise set lasting 33 minutes and 10 seconds. That duration was an intentional reference to the title of the new single 3310, which marked the beginning of the current phase of his career. The December concerts therefore follow a short run of performances that served to reintroduce the artist to audiences ahead of the album release and the major indoor tour.
New album arrives in October
The tour is directly linked to the album Ghosts (100 Days of Morning), which, according to official information from Jamie T and record label Polydor, will be released on October 9, 2026. It is his sixth studio album and the successor to 2022's The Theory of Whatever. The artist's official store describes the new release as an 11-track collection dealing with growing up, moving away from youth, love, loss and nostalgia connected to the British indie scene. According to the same source, production involved James Dring, known for his work with Loyle Carner and Blur, and Hugo White of The Maccabees, alongside Jamie T. The tracks include Cocktail, a collaboration with Damon Albarn, as well as the closing song Tallahassee.
The first single 3310 has already taken on a prominent role in the album's promotion, and its title was also used as the concept for the surprise festival performance at Reading. The official track list also includes Waist 36 Leg 32, All I Wanna See Is Now, The Won, Chelsea Girls, the title track Ghosts, Crimson & Clover, Crucible and Caught Cheating. This means audiences on the December tour will have enough time to become familiar with the new material before Jamie T presents it in concert halls. Organizers have not yet published an official setlist for the tour, so it has not been confirmed how much of the concert programme will be devoted to the new album compared with older songs. Still, the fact that the tour is officially being promoted alongside Ghosts (100 Days of Morning) clearly indicates that the new release will play a central role.
Return after the album that topped the UK chart
Jamie T enters the new phase following one of the biggest commercial successes of his discography. Official Charts Company data shows that The Theory of Whatever reached number one on the official UK albums chart in August 2022, giving him his first UK number one. The same source states that it was also his fifth consecutive studio album to enter the country's top five best-selling releases. His debut Panic Prevention reached number four in 2007, Kings & Queens number two in 2009, Carry on the Grudge number four in 2014, and Trick number three in 2016. Such consistency explains why the return with a new album and an expanded tour is being viewed as a significant event on the British indie and alternative scene.
Jamie T's career, whose real name is Jamie Alexander Treays, has from the beginning been characterized by combining indie rock, punk, folk and rhythms associated with hip-hop, together with a strong storytelling component in his lyrics. His debut album Panic Prevention was among the releases nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize, while songs such as Sheila, If You Got the Money, Sticks 'N' Stones and Zombie have remained among the most recognizable titles in his catalogue. Official Charts Company records that all of his studio albums to date have finished within the top four positions on the UK chart, with The Theory of Whatever going one step further and taking the top spot. In that context, Ghosts (100 Days of Morning) is not arriving as a comeback release by an artist merely trying to rebuild an audience, but as a continuation of a long-standing relationship with the British market and concert audiences. The additional dates in three cities are the first concrete indication of how much interest surrounds the new phase before the album has even been released.
From the intimate Scala to major venues
The dynamics of Jamie's return during August and September show a deliberate gradual increase in the scale of his live performances. NME reported that the intimate show at London's Scala on August 20 was his first concert in almost two years, following his appearance at Victorious Festival in Portsmouth in August 2024. That event also served as an opportunity to perform new material in front of a smaller audience. Eight days later came a secret performance at Reading Festival, one of Britain's biggest music events, where Jamie T opened the festival day with a short set on the main stage. Alongside 3310, the programme included older songs such as Hippodrome, Salvador, If You Got the Money, Sheila, Sticks 'N' Stones and Zombie.
Such a transition from a smaller club space to a festival stage, and then to a ten-show indoor tour, gives a clear picture of the scale of the current return. The December schedule includes established Academy venues in Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow, London's Olympia and the large Co-op Live in Manchester. This allows the concert programme to be presented in different types of spaces, from established Academy venues to a major arena in Manchester. For audiences, the most important practical consequence of the expansion is that the three additional nights have increased the tour's total capacity without extending the final date beyond December 20. It has not officially been confirmed whether more concerts will be added, so the current ten performances for now make up the complete published UK schedule for December.
Demand raises expectations ahead of the release of Ghosts (100 Days of Morning)
The addition of concerts before the album itself is released suggests that Jamie T can still mobilize a large concert audience drawing both on his long-standing catalogue and on interest in the new material. According to Ticketmaster, the tour will cover seven cities but ten separate performances, thanks to double nights in Birmingham, London and Glasgow. Those additional dates are the most important new development compared with the initial announcement: Birmingham now gets a concert on December 6, London on December 12 and Glasgow on December 16. NME directly linked the expansion to strong ticket demand, while sales pages in early September are already showing reduced availability for some earlier dates. Interested visitors should therefore continue checking only official and authorized sales channels, especially because ticket availability may change as the concerts approach.
By the start of the tour, audiences will already have had almost two months to listen to Ghosts (100 Days of Morning), allowing Jamie T to present the new material at a point when the songs may already have become established among listeners. At the same time, the comeback performances at Scala and Reading showed that the older part of his catalogue remains an important element of his live identity. The combination of those two strands, the new album and the songs that have accompanied his career since Panic Prevention, will probably determine the character of the December performances, although an official setlist has not yet been announced. The additional concerts in three cities are so far the clearest signal that audiences are expecting precisely that combination. The tour will end on December 20 in Brighton, bringing to a close a year that marked Jamie T's return to the stage, the release of his sixth album and a renewed expansion of his concert schedule in response to demand.
Sources:
- NME - report on the addition of three new dates, the original tour schedule, the comeback at Scala and the new album (link)
- Jamie T official website - confirmation of the album Ghosts (100 Days of Morning), its release date and the 2026 tour (link)
- Jamie T official store - track list, collaborators and production details for the album Ghosts (100 Days of Morning) (link)
- Ticketmaster UK - current list of all ten tour dates and information about the London concerts at Olympia (link)
- Official Charts Company - history of Jamie T's album chart positions and confirmation that The Theory of Whatever reached number one in 2022 (link)
- Jamie T official store - information on debut album Panic Prevention and its nomination for the 2007 Mercury Prize (link)
- NME - report on Jamie T's surprise performance at Reading Festival on August 28, 2026 (link)