MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW SELL OUT OCTOBER LONDON HEADLINE DATE AT ELECTRIC BALLROOM
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ANNOUNCE NEW O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN SHOW DUE TO DEMAND
TO TAKE PLACE 11TH MAY 2027
DEBUT ALBUM “CANNONBALL” OUT NOW ON FICTION RECORDS
Selected praise for “Cannonball” so far:
“A galley-smashing direct hit of a debut”
**** – NME
“South London art-punk sextet show off their pop smarts with a precision-cut debut that’s built to last.”
**** – Mojo
“Man/Woman/Chainsaw offer something more life-affirming.”
**** – The Times
“One fantastic experience that’s getting them the attention and love that they deserve.”
8/10 – The Line Of Best Fit
“Man/Woman/Chainsaw aren’t simply another band from the UK capital with buzz around them, they’re a genuine force to be reckoned with.”
9/10 – Far Out
“A classic.”
DORK
“It feels like a bit of an understatement to say Man/Woman/Chainsaw have hit the ground running on this album. Instead, they’ve crashed through the ceiling and only plan on looking upwards. Long may their ascension continue.”
85 – Still Listening
“Riveting.”
CLASH
“A very promising debut.”
The Guardian
“An album full of genuine ideas, genuine energy and genuine feeling.”
**** – DIY
“A darling collection of love songs, some danceable and some just perfect to sit and have a sulk to.”
**** – The Skinny
“even the most casual will find plenty here to deepen their appreciation of these young Londoners who are the subject of so much well-deserved buzz.”
VICE
Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album “Cannonball”, Man/Woman/Chainsaw have today announced their biggest London headline show to date at the O2 Forum Kentish Town. The show is announced due to popular demand after selling out October’s Electric Ballroom date two months in advance.
O2 presale + artist mailing list pre-sale for the new date go on sale 10am BST on Wednesday 19th August. Sign up to the band’s mailing list HERE
General sale will begin at 10am BST on Friday 21st August. Buy tickets HERE
Man/Woman/Chainsaw’s extensive run of largely sold-out UK tour dates will start in September following a summer of packed-out UK/EU festivals. This month the band also completed a victory lap of live instore dates around the country, as well as a a raucous and triumphant pre-release show at The George Tavern. The band will also cross the Atlantic later this year for their debut US headline shows, with both NYC dates already sold out. Full routing below.
The shows celebrate the release of “Cannonball” on Fiction Records, home to The Cure, St. Vincent, The Horrors and Billie Marten amongst others. A record that NME called “one of the most accomplished debuts of the year and a sure-fire Mercury Prize 2027 nominee,” and that has earned plaudits around the world. The release marked the band’s first UK chart position landing them in the top 40 at #33 in the Official Albums Chart, as well as securing top 10 positions in the Independent Albums Chart, Vinyl Albums Chart, CD Albums Chart, and Physical Albums Chart.
The album is available now on eco-mix black vinyl, a limited edition berry coloured LP with signed insert and a Rough Trade exclusive blue & clear splatter edition LP paired with a bonus 7″ available nowhere else.
Buy / Stream “Cannonball” HERE | Rough Trade
Photo Credit: Charlie & Charlie
“Cannonball” was recorded at RAK Studios with Geordie Greep producer Seth Evans & Margo Broom. The pair also worked with the band on the pre-album single, and BBC 6 Music playlisted, “Adam & Steve”. More recent album singles, “Only Girl”, “Nosedive” and “Get Up & Dance” have followed suit and been added to that same playlist.
Last month the band performed a live session for Steve Lamacq, and this week they spoke with Sian Eleri for BBC Radio 1’s Future Artists (listen back HERE). The group also filmed a stripped-back live session for Under The Radar, performing intimate versions of “Something Else To Give” and “Nosedive” from their bedroom HERE:
Formed at only 16 years old and crafting their songs in a converted vicarage, the bold new single and album follows European dates over the last month and a breakthrough 2025 where the band sold out both London’s Scala and an entire UK tour in October, their second sold out tour of the year. They played live sessions for both KEXP and Steve Lamacq at BBC 6 Music and completed a triumphant first trip to Austin for SXSW in the Spring, where Man/Woman/Chainsaw found themselves standing at the very forefront of a new wave of British bands “most likely to”.
The 11 songs of “Cannonball” burst forth with pure feeling: grand and exuberant, rich with unconventional structures and world-beating choruses, the long-awaited record making good on the band’s years of hard touring while unearthing new dimensions and unlikely facets in their songwriting. It is a sharp, smart first record, one which presents Man/Woman/Chainsaw exactly as they are right now: one of London’s most promising young bands, coming into their own as fearless experimentalists and vital songwriters. “We were talking about having a whole record of bangers – having everything be really in your face like a Rage Against the Machine record. We soon realised we weren’t Rage Against the Machine and leant into the softer moments of the album which I think has really become a big part of our sound.” says drummer Lola Cherry.
Working with Seth Evans (Geordie Greep, Black Midi) and Margo Broom (Fat White Family, Big Joanie), Man/Woman/Chainsaw landed on a clean, grandiose sound for Cannonball, one befitting their emotional intentions. Its deft, organic blending of theatricality and raw honesty belies its intense level of craft; these songs are razor sharp and evoke the mess and stress of being in one’s teens and early-20s better than almost any other band working today.
“Cannonball” lives up to its name, crash-landing in the centre of London’s experimental scene and surely confirming Man/Woman/Chainsaw as its brightest stars.
Man/Woman/Chainsaw
Cannonball
Out now on Fiction Records
Tracklisting:
Only Girl – 3:36
Canyons – 2:57
Goddamn, Lizard Man! – 4:24
Lighter – 4:24
Nosedive – 5:43
Get Up and Dance – 4:21
Snakebite – 1:59
Flick of the Wrist – 2:20
The Thing – 3:50
Still Angry – 3:26
Something Else to Give – 4:46
Tickets for all shows are on sale now.
Man/Woman/Chainsaw live:
Thu 27 – Torremolinos, ES – Canela Party
Sat 29 – Paris, FR – Rock En Seine
September
Sat 12 – Asten-Heusden, NL – Misty Fields Festival
Sun 13 – Middlekerke, BE – Leffingeleuren Festival
Sat 19 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Sports Club
Sun 20 – Dublin, IE – Whelan’s
Tue 22 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
Wed 23 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club (SOLD OUT)
Thu 24 – Newcastle, UK – The Grove
Fri 25 – Glasgow, UK – King Tut’s (SOLD OUT)
Sat 26 – Sheffield, UK – Float Along Festival
Tue 29 – Guildford, UK – The Boileroom
Wed 30 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
October
Thu 1 – Portsmouth, UK – The Wedgewood Rooms
Fri 2 – Bristol, UK – Thekla (SOLD OUT)
Sat 3 – Cardiff, UK – The Globe
Mon 5 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
Tue 6 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds (SOLD OUT)
Wed 7 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Oct 29 – USA, New York, NY – Night Club 101 (SOLD OUT)
Oct 30 – USA, New York, NY – Union Pool
November
Nov 2 – USA, Chicago, IL – Schubas
Nov 4 – USA, Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Man/Woman/Chainsaw are:
Billy Ward (vocals, guitars)
Emmie-Mae Avery (vocals, keys/synths)
Vera Leppänen (vocals, bass)
Clio Starwood (violin)
Lola Cherry (drums)
Billy Doyle (guitars)
