BRITs Week 26, delivered by DHL for War Child, has announced that Olivia Dean, Spiritualized, and The K’s will be joining the 2026 lineup. The first wave of support acts has also been announced, with Bimini, Max Jones, Delilah and Alexandria, Olive F, Gabriella Cilmi, Saint Raymond, and CARI all set to join the already jam-packed series of shows.
BRITs Week will take place around The BRIT Awards 2026 with Mastercard, taking place on Saturday, 28th February in Manchester. With the awards leaving the capital for the first time in its nearly 50-year history, BRITs Week 26 is expanding into a new era with artists playing in Newcastle, London, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Brighton and Manchester, giving more fans across the country the chance to see their favourite artists in the lead-up to the UK’s biggest night in music.
On February 26th, GRAMMY and 5 x BRIT Award nominee – including the 2026 Album of the Year Award for the #1 selling ‘The Art of Loving’; global star Olivia Dean will bring her soulful blend of pop to Manchester’s Albert Hall for a special intimate set. On February 18th, critically acclaimed, space rock legends, Spiritualized will be taking the stage at Hackney’s EartH Theatre. Off the back of their biggest year yet, which saw their 2nd studio album, Pretty on the Internet, debut at number one on the UK Albums Charts, The K’s are set to rock the Gorilla in Manchester on February 20th.
Kicking off this year’s series with a special Opening Night show on February 12th will be legendary BRIT and GRAMMY Award-winning DJ Fatboy Slim, as he is set to bring the house down at the Boiler Shop in the heart of Newcastle, supported by Radio 1 DJ Search Winner 2023 Max Jones. After a whirlwind of a year for Lambrini Girls – including sell-out shows across the globe and a chart-topping debut album – the UK’s hottest punk band will take to London’s The Garage supported by the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK icon Bimini, on February 16th.
On February 24th, BRIT Award winner Myles Smith will return to his alma mater city of Nottingham, to play the Rescue Rooms supported by Saint Raymond. War Child Music Ambassador, Jack Savoretti and Classic BRIT Award winner Katherine Jenkins OBE will be gracing London’s Emerald Theatre on February 25th supported by 6 x ARIA Award Nominee, Gabriella Cilmi. Meanwhile, following the release of ‘with all due respect’ in 2025, one of R&B’s brightest new talents, BET-nominated and BBC Sound of 2025 nominee, kwn is headed south to Brighton to perform at Patterns supported by rising R&B star, CARI on February 25th.
Looking north once again, War Child has teamed up with The Warehouse Project to put on two nights of sets from one of Mixmag’s Year Defining DJs of 2025, Josh Baker and DJ Mag’s Ones to Watch 2025, Rossi; supported by both Delilah and Alexandria (Josh Baker) and DJ Awards Newcomer of the Year, Olive F (Rossi), at YES in Manchester on the 25th and 26th of February respectively. BRITs Critics’ Choice Winner, BBC introducing Artist of the Year and Mercury Prize shortlisted artist, Jacob Alon, is set to play the Music Hall at Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh on February 27th.
BRITs Week 26 for War Child lineup:
12th February – Fatboy Slim – Boiler Shop, Newcastle, supported by Max Jones
16th February – Lambrini Girls – The Garage, London, supported by Bimini
18th February – Spiritualized – EartH Theatre, London
20th February – The K’s – Gorilla, Manchester
24th February – Myles Smith – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, supported by Saint Raymond
25th February – Jack Savoretti and Katherine Jenkins OBE – Emerald Theatre, London, supported by Gabriella Cilmi
25th February – kwn – Patterns, Brighton, supported by CARI
25th February – Josh Baker – YES, Manchester, supported by Deliah and Alexandria
26th February – Rossi. – YES, Manchester, supported by Olive F
26th February – Olivia Dean – Albert Hall, Manchester
27th February – Jacob Alon – Music Hall at Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
For Olivia Dean, The K’s and Spiritualized shows, fans can sign up to the War Child pre-sale HERE (Pre-sale sign-up closes 3pm Wednesday 28th Jan. Pre-sale begins 10am Thursday, 29th January)
General on-sale begins at 10am on Friday 30th January HERE
£10 prize draws to win tickets to all shows are now open HERE
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