Following his headline Legends set at Electric Picnic this weekend, David Gray today announces a brand-new summer run of UK & Ireland dates for June–July 2026 as part of his Past & Present World Tour. We're delighted to confirm that this includes a date in the Villa Marina's Royal Hall on Tuesday 23rd June 2026.
David Gray is a multi-platinum artist, whose signature acoustic-electric sound has been crafted over three decades, and thirteen albums, over critically acclaimed songwriting, along with multiple Brit Award nominations. His landmark album "White Ladder" has sold millions of copies worldwide, and his timeless hits such as "Babylon", "This Year's Love", and "Sail Away" are universally recognised, and cement his place as one of the most influential singer-songwriters of his generation, and a powerful voice in contemporary music.
The tour has already seen him sell out 68 shows across the USA, Australia, UK and Ireland in 2025, including landmark nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Glasgow’s SEC Armadillo, Manchester’s O2 Apollo and Dublin’s 3Arena. His Electric Picnic set marked another milestone in support of his widely praised new album Dear Life (out now via Laugh A Minute Records/Secretly Distribution).
David says, “We’ve had the most amazing tour this year, from the opening night in Boston to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and then on to the Royal Albert Hall in London and the 3Arena in Dublin. These have been some of the most memorable and magical shows of my entire career. We’ve pushed ourselves as a band but it’s been richly rewarding and SO MUCH FUN! When everyone is in such fine form it would seem wrong to stop the ball from rolling - so with that in mind I’m delighted to announce a string of further dates for the summer of 2026. Exciting times!”
David Gray’s story is unlike any other. He spent almost a decade striving to make a breakthrough, and when it happened it did so in the biggest way imaginable as White Ladder became one of the best-selling British albums of recent decades and established him as an arena-filling artist. As the years have passed, his songcraft has only deepened — his natural ability to convey specific emotions, atmospheres, or, as heard on his acclaimed 2021 album Skellig, a sense of place, has positioned him firmly in the lineage of classic poetic singer-songwriters. While the likes of Ed Sheeran, Adele and Hozier have acknowledged his influence, Gray has continued to follow his own artistic path.
🎟️ Tickets go on sale at 10am this Friday 5th September and will be available to purchase online (online queue link to follow)
🚶🚶♀️ In person at the Villa Marina and Welcome Centre, Douglas (subject to availability). Both the Villa Marina and Welcome Centre will commence the sale of tickets at 10am.
Tickets are priced from £60 (downstairs general admission and £65 upstairs seated) and there are a maximum of 4 tickets per transaction.