photo by Amy Haghebaert
Guilt Trip are powering into a new era with confidence and conviction. As the June 5th release of their new album ‘Armour Of Angels’ (via Roadrunner Records – pre-order HERE) approaches, they have landed a Radio 1 Rock Show Tune of the Week for‘Dirt’; unveiled an ambitious, cinematic two-part video with another new song, ‘Angel Eyes’; and continued to build anticipation with the recent release ‘No Love Lost’.
They now announce details of their biggest UK and European headline tour to date. It includes a London show at the Electric Ballroom on Oct 16th and a big homecoming gig at Manchester’s New Century Hall on Oct 18th.
Vocalist Jay Valentine says, “We are delighted to announce our long overdue UK and EU headline tour for Autumn 2026. This has been a while in the making, so we want to thank everyone for sticking with us. It is a privilege for us to bring along some of our best friends and some of the best bands in the scene currently. We’re looking forward to seeing you out there!”
Tickets for the tour, dates listed below, go on sale HERE from 9am BST / 10am CEST this Friday, May 15th. All shows feature special guests Judiciary plus Justice For The Damned and Long Goodbye.
OCTOBER
14th – England, Birmingham, XOYO
15th – Scotland, Glasgow, Garage
16th – England, London, Electric Ballroom
17th – England, Southampton, Papillon
18th – England, Manchester, New Century Hall
19th – England, Bristol, Bristol Electric
21st – Netherlands, Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg – Pandora
22nd – Germany, Bochum, Zeche
23rd – Switzerland, Aarau, Kiff
24th – Germany, Wuerzburg, Posthalle
25th – Germany, Hamburg, Gruenspan
26th – Germany, Berlin, SO36
27th – Austria, Vienna, Flex
28th – Germany, Leipzig, Täubchenthal
29th – Germany, Munich,Technikum
30th – Belgium, Antwerp, Zappa
31st – France, Lille, THE BLACK LAB
NOVEMBER
1st – France, Paris, Alhambra
In addition, Guilt Trip will play both legs of the Slam Dunk Festival on the weekend of May 23rd-24th. Further shows include a North American tour with Dying Wish and the Graspop Metal Meeting. Please see HERE for a list of all international shows.
ABOUT GUILT TRIP
Historically, Manchester breeds a certain toughness. As a pillar of the 19th century Industrial Revolution in northern England, factories and warehouses line much of the city’s rain-baptised topography. A hardworking lot who shoot straight without apology, its denizens traditionally take an incredible amount of pride in where they come from. Embodying the grit and gusto of Manchester, Guilt Tripbring a blast of homegrown intensity to their hybrid of hardcore and metal. The five piece slides striking melodies in between throat-slitting thrashy riffs and earth-splitting breakdowns.
Amassing tens of millions of streams and playing to packed crowds, they’re primed to amplify this hometown energy and pride on a global scale ahead of the release of their new album ‘Armour Of Angels’, their first under a new deal with Roadrunner Records.
Guilt Trip started to forge a seething signature style without comparison back in 2015. Jay Valentine and Jak Maden cemented a lifelong bond as best friends at four-years-old when they met at reception in school. Over the years, the duo introduced one another to various favourite bands. Eventually, they welcomed fellow Manchester scene friends Tom Aimson, Sam Baker and Lily Kilcoyne to the fold.
To get to this point, the collective grinded the old-fashioned way one gig at a time, bulldozing their way out of sweaty basements and onto cramped club stages. They dropped the ‘Unrelenting Force’ EP during 2016 followed by their 2019 full-length debut, ‘River of Lies’. The latter spawned ‘Thin Ice’, which reeled in 8.4 million Spotify streams and counting. 2023’s ‘Severance’ marked a turning point. It boasted popular collaborations with LANDMVRKS and Malevolence, while KERRANG! hailed their “unique brand of hardcore that sees them delve into elements of thrash, old-school hardcore and fist-pumping metal.”
Beyond sharing the stage with bands such as Architects, Malevolence and While She Sleeps, they lit up festivals including Download, Hellfest and more. Attracting Roadrunner Records to their corner, the band decamped to StudiOWZ in Clarbeston, Wales with producer and engineer Adam “Nolly” Getgood (Periphery) early in 2025.
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