Indie-rock stars Gene have announced five new tour dates after their initial run of comeback dates all sold-out in less than ten minutes.
In addition to the group’s previously announced dates in Leeds, Sheffield and London this autumn, Gene will now play additional shows at Rock City in Nottingham, The Barrowlands in Glasgow, The Beacon in Bristol, the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin and Manchester’s Albert Hall between 6th and 26th of March 2026.
A venue pre-sale for the new shows will begin at 10.00am on Wednesday 27th August before going on general sale at 10.00am on Friday 29th August, available from the venues and via www.geneofficial.com.
With Gene’s iconic and much-loved debut album Olympian celebrating its 30th birthday this year, the upcoming shows will be Gene’s first since their farewell concert at the London Astoria in December 2004, and will feature Gene’s classic line-up of Martin Rossiter (vocals), Matt James (drums), Steve Mason (guitars) and Kevin Miles (bass).
After being approached late last year about the possibility of playing again as Gene by Creation Records founder Alan McGee and Toura Toura’s Kevin Fitzgerald, who co-manage the likes of Sleeper, Huey Morgan and Alabama 3, the four band members only met for the first time in December The speed at which things have progressed since is testament to the group’s enduring passion and immediate reconnection.
The band insisted on gathering together in a rehearsal room for the first time just days before signing off on this gig announcement, demonstrating their commitment to delivering again on the formidable live reputation Gene enjoyed throughout their career.
“We are putting all our energy into making this musically spectacular,” explains Rossiter. “Yes, we’re going to be earning some reasonably decent money, but it isn’t yachts in the Adriatic money and the main thing that convinced me to do this again was that, within five minutes, the conversations between the four of us had reached the point of, ‘how do we make this brilliant?’ So that drive is still there, the dynamic was still there and so I started daydreaming about what it would be like to waggle my – slightly larger – ass on the stage one more time.”
Gene formed in 1993 and made their debut with the single For The Dead the following year on the indie label Costermonger, which was founded especially for the release by the journalists and authors Keith Cameron and Roy Wilkinson. Limited to 1994 copies, the seven-inch sold out in two days.
The fill list of Gene’s UK tour dates is as follows:
29th September – Leeds, Brudenell (SOLD OUT)
2nd October – Sheffield, Network (SOLD OUT)
4th October – London, Eventim Apollo (SOLD OUT)
5th March – Nottingham, Rock City
6th March – Glasgow, Barrowlands
14th March –Bristol, Beacon
25th March- Dublin, 3 Olympia
26th March – Manchester, Albert Hall
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