Razorlight announce the ‘America’ 20th Anniversary Tour, hitting OVO Arena Wembley and 12 UK and European dates from October 2026. Tickets June 19
Twenty years ago, Razorlight topped the UK Albums Chart with their self-titled second record, spawned a Number 1 single in “America,” and confirmed that the band Johnny Borrell had built from the same London scene that produced The Libertines and Amy Winehouse was not going to be a footnote. On June 12, 2026, the band announced the America 20th Anniversary Tour, a full UK and European run with the classic four-piece lineup intact: Borrell, drummer Andy Burrows, bassist Carl Dalemo, and guitarist Björn Ågren.
The tour opens in Stockholm on October 23, works through mainland Europe, and arrives in the UK on November 26 in Glasgow before closing in Dublin on December 14. General sale opens Friday, June 19 at 9am. Pre-sales begin Wednesday, June 17 at 9am, both available at razorlightofficial.com.
The self-titled Razorlight album, released in 2006 and following their 2004 debut Up All Night, went five times platinum in the UK. Alongside “America,” it produced “In The Morning,” “Before I Fall To Pieces,” and “I Can’t Stop This Feeling I’ve Got,” while deeper cuts like “Hold On,” “Who Needs Love,” and “Kirby’s House” built a live canon that sustained the band’s arena reputation long after the album cycle ended. The record currently drives 1.6 million monthly Spotify listeners, a number that reflects a genuine cross-generational audience rather than nostalgia alone.
The Classic Lineup, the Reunion, and the Road Back
The reunion context matters here. Borrell and Burrows split acrimoniously in 2009, with Burrows departing mid-tour amid infighting that became well-documented in the band’s Fall To Pieces documentary, now available on Amazon Prime. Their reconciliation, which began quietly before the 2022 Razorwhat? The Best of Razorlight compilation and its accompanying 2023 tour, restored the creative partnership that built the second album in the first place.
Borrell has spoken about that original writing process in terms that explain exactly why the anniversary matters: “Me and Andy fell into this groove of writing, just this amazing musical connection. When you do that, it’s like falling in love. It’s just this sort of mutual intoxication and we just couldn’t stop writing.” He also described the moment the album came together: “The album itself started to sound like a greatest hits. That’s when you know you’re alright.”
The shows will see the band perform Razorlight in full alongside additional material from across their catalog. That promise, full album plus deeper cuts, is the correct format for a record this well-loved. The anniversary tour is not an exercise in diminishing returns. It is a band that has done the difficult work of repairing a creative partnership performing the record that partnership produced at its peak, in rooms that match the scale of what the music actually is.
The Support, OVO Wembley, and the Full Date List
Support across the UK and Ireland leg comes from The Molotovs, the London punk-inspired brother and sister duo who recently landed a UK Number 3 album. The December 4 headline date at OVO Arena Wembley brings a third act into the bill: The K’s, who will also join Razorlight for the European dates, making the Wembley show one of the more complete celebrations of British guitar music announced for 2026.
The full UK and Ireland routing runs: November 26 at O2 Academy Glasgow, November 27 at O2 City Hall Newcastle, November 28 at The Civic Hall Wolverhampton, November 30 at O2 Academy Leeds, December 1 at Rock City Nottingham, December 3 at O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester, December 4 at OVO Arena Wembley London, December 5 at The Prospect Building Bristol, December 13 at Telegraph Belfast, December 14 at 3Olympia Dublin. European dates begin in Stockholm on October 23 and move through the continent before the UK leg opens. For a band whose best record sounds as immediate now as it did in 2006, the timing is exactly right.
