Sleeper have announced their biggest UK headline tour since reforming, with the band set to take their forthcoming sixth studio album End Of The World on the road across the UK in March and April 2027.
Louise Wener of Sleeper
The ten-date End Of The World Tour will see Sleeper joined by South London four-piece Turin Brakes as special guests, with the run including a major London date at the Roundhouse on 27 March.
The tour follows the release of End Of The World, the explosive title track and latest single from the forthcoming album, which arrives on 12 February 2027. The record marks a new chapter for the band and for frontwoman Louise Wener, bringing together the huge melodies and anthemic choruses associated with Sleeper with a more emotionally direct approach to songwriting.
Written and recorded between Paris and Manchester, End Of The World is produced by Joe Cross, whose credits include work with The Courteeners, Hurts, Louis Tomlinson and The Slow Readers Club. Across ten tracks, the album explores grief, regret, loneliness, heartbreak and renewal, ultimately becoming a record about letting go and reclaiming yourself.
Despite the weight of its subject matter, the album is described as sonically bold and euphoric, with Wener’s trademark hooks and instantly memorable choruses remaining central to the band’s sound.
For Sleeper, the album follows The Modern Age, their 2019 comeback record and first studio album in more than two decades. That release marked the band’s return to recording following their 1998 split, reaching the UK Top 20 and leading to a new run of sold-out UK shows and major festival appearances.
Sleeper - Star Shaped Festival @ The Forum
The forthcoming tour will give fans the opportunity to hear material from End Of The World alongside the songs that established Sleeper as one of Britain’s defining guitar bands of the 1990s.
Joining them throughout the tour will be Turin Brakes, the South London alternative band founded by childhood friends Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian. The group released their tenth studio album Spacehopper in 2025, adding to a catalogue that includes the Mercury Prize-nominated and Gold-certified The Optimist LP, as well as the 2003 Top Five album Ether Song.
The latter featured the Top Five single Pain Killer (Summer Rain), while the band’s wider catalogue has produced seven Top 40 singles and six Top 40 albums, with more than one million records sold worldwide.
The pairing brings together two long-established British acts for a substantial run of dates, with Sleeper returning to some of the UK’s most respected venues as they begin the next chapter of their career.
Tickets for the tour go on presale at 10am on Wednesday 14th October, with general sale opening at 10am on Friday 16th October.
Formed in the mid-1990s, Sleeper went on to score eight Top 40 singles across three Top 10 albums and sell more than one million records. Fronted by Wener, the band toured extensively across the UK, US and Japan, played the main stages at Reading and Glastonbury, toured with Blur, supported R.E.M. at Milton Keynes Bowl and toured America with Elvis Costello.
Louise Wener of Sleeper
After splitting in 1998, Sleeper returned in 2017 and began a new era with The Modern Age. Now, with End Of The World, the band are looking ahead once again, taking their new material and celebrated back catalogue to audiences across the country.
UK Tour Dates:
MARCH 2027
12th – Nottingham, Rock City
13th – Manchester, Albert Hall
18th – Sheffield, Electric
19th – Newcastle, Digital
20th – Glasgow, Barrowland
26th – Bristol, The Crane
27th – London, Roundhouse
APRIL 2027
1st – Brighton, Brighton Dome
2nd – Norwich, UEA
3rd – Birmingham, O2 Institute
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