PHOTO CREDIT: DEAN CHALKLEY PLAYING SHOWS ACROSS THE UK THIS WEEK
INCLUDING NEWLY ANNOUNCED RECORD STORE DAY
TAKEOVER @ AT RAVEN RECORDS, CAMDEN TOMORROW FULL UK & IRELAND HEADLINE TOUR STARTS OCTOBER
INCLUDING LONDON’S ALEXANDRA PALACE
WITH ALIEN ANT FARM, SPINESHANK & ORGY IN SUPPORT HEADLINING RADAR FESTIVAL & APPEARING AT BLACKBIRD, BOOMTOWN, CARDIFF CASTLE + BEAUTIFUL DAYS FESTIVALS Fri April 17th 2026: Welsh ragga metal legends Skindred have released their brand-new album You Got This today. Their ninth album is an all-killer-no-filler set which features everything that people love about the band – hard-hitting slammers, mega addictive hooks, earwormy soundclash elements, and dancehall vibes destined to ignite venues across the globe.All those elements are present and correct in the slammin’ new track ‘My People’ whose video premieres today in line with the release. Watch that video filmed and produced by Matt Higgs and edited by Very Metal Art, HERE. Frontman Benji Webbe says, “Calling My People. We have made our own way through this Ragga Metal Jungle doing what we do, forging and sculpting our own unique heavy metal sound system and this song in particular is Skindred mixing it up while breaking down barriers in as uncompromising way as possible. Here’s My People.” Production for the album came from the Grammy-winning Jay Ruston and it finds the Newport trio – completed by guitarist Mikey Demus and drummer Arya Goggin – embarking on a thrilling journey to follow the mainstream breakthrough that came with 2023’s critically-acclaimed album Smile. That album shot straight into the UK Official Album Chart at #2 and Skindred went on to receive the Best Alternative Music Act Award at the MOBOs, also winning Best UK Act at the Heavy Music Awards. Long-revered as one of the best live bands on the planet, they played their largest headline show to date at Wembley Arena and toured the world, smashing every festival and headline performance and winning tens of thousands of new fans in the process. Those new fans will join Skindred’s long-established rabid fanbase in lapping up every note and lyric of You Got This. Reviews for You Got This
“Full of energy, attitude and a relentless, celebratory sense of fun… It’s also chock-a-block with absolutely stonking tunes” – Kerrang“A hook-laden amalgam of metal riffs, arena-rock bounce and ragga-spitting vocals…You Got This will surely be one of the year’s most instantaneous, joyous technicolour listens” – Metal Hammer“A lean, fiery affair: think sucker-punch riffs, hooky melodies, reggae sunshine, a touch of heartbreak. Songs play like short stories, packed with humour, hardships and messages of empowerment” – Classic Rock“Reggae and metal combine uniquely and brilliantly with Skindred, whose new album You Got This continues their upward trajectory [with] singer Benji Webbe, by some distance the most charismatic frontman in British metal” – Record Collector“An excellent record that keeps you on your toes… it’s the heaviest record they’ve ever released and segues into a proper reggae sound” – Fireworks“They have such a knack of producing radio shiny rock… bright and grimy [with] sunny reggae and rolling nasty metal” – Powerplay “A hard-hitting, emotional triumph” – Metal Talk Skindred are playing very special shows to coincide with the album release. Release week shows
Fri 17th April (1pm) – Truck, Oxford (acoustic show)
Fri 17th April (6.30pm) – O2 Academy, Oxford (SOLD OUT)
Sat 18th April (4pm) – Raven Records, Camden, London (store takeover)
Sun 19th April (4pm) – Empire Records, St Albans (acoustic show) (SOLD OUT)
Mon 20th April (5pm) – Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool (acoustic show)
Mon 20th April (7pm) – Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool (acoustic show) (SOLD OUT)
Tues 21st April (1pm) – Applestump Records, Nantwich (acoustic show) (SOLD OUT)
Tues 21st April (7pm) – Electric, Bristol
Weds 22nd April (7pm) – Foundry, Sheffield (SOLD OUT)
Thurs 23rd April (1pm) – Vinyl Tap Records, Huddersfield (acoustic show)
Thurs 23rd April (7pm) – Beckett SU, Leeds Tickets and further info: https://linktr.ee/Skindred2026 YOU GOT THIS – UK headline tour
24th October: Nottingham – Rock City
30th October: Birmingham – O2 Academy
31st October: London – Alexandra Palace
6th November: Dublin – 3Olympia
7th November: Belfast – Telegraph Building
13th November: Glasgow – Barrowlands Tickets via Livenation.co.uk and Skindred.net PLUS summer UK festival appearances
June 27th – Cardiff – Blackbird Festival
August 1st – Manchester – Radar Festival
August 16th – Winchester – Boomtown Festival
August 21st – Ottery St Mary (Devon) – Beautiful Days Festival | 
