TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS announce string of 2026 UK tour dates!

TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS ANNOUNCE STRING OF 2026 UK DATES

“TROUBLED PARADISE” EP OUT NOW!

LISTEN TO THE EP HERE | ORDER THE EP HERE

Rock ‘n’ rollers TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS can’t stay away from UK soil for too long. Having spent 2025 on the road supporting Danko Jones and blessing Planet Rockstock with their Nashville-tinged melodies and riffs, they’re pleased to share a string of 2026 tour dates this summer.

The 7-date stint will see them kick things off at Maid Of Stone festival before taking in the sights of London, Southampton, Wolverhampton, Leeds, Glasgow, and an as-yet-unannounced show.

On returning again so soon, vocalist and guitarist Tuk Smith shares:

“I’ve always had a special place in my heart for the UK ever since I first started playing here a decade ago with my previous band. This is my first proper UK tour as a solo artist and I’m just as excited now as I was back then!”

2026 Tour Dates

Sun 19th Jul – MAID OF STONE Festival

Mon 20th Jul – LONDON The Grace

Wed 22nd Jul – SOUTHAMPTON 1865

Thu 23rd Jul – WOLVERHAMPTON KK’s Steel Mill

Fri 24th Jul – LEEDS The Key Club

Sat 25th Jul – *yet to be announced*

Sun 26th Jul – GLASGOW Classic Grind

Tickets go on-sale Friday 27th March. Get yours here: https://www.tuksmithandtherestlesshearts.com/.

Tuk Smith is the kind of rock ’n’ roll ambassador you didn’t think existed anymore. Punk maverick from rural Georgia, Biters frontman, producer and solo artist, he’s seen the best and worst of a music industry in constant flux. By turns it’s left him critically acclaimed, poised for stadiums, dropped, burned out, back in the game and beloved by those for whom rock is still everything. Now based in Nashville, and with his own label Gypsy Rose Records, he creates from a more real place than most.

“I want to do something that means something to people,” Tuk says, “because a lot of shit nowadays is so disposable and so plastic. I just don’t connect with that. I’d like to do things that impact people positively. It’s a weird time on the planet, so to have songs about hope, but not be cheesy about it, it’s something I think we need with songwriting. That’s the kind of music I want to hear.”

Again, there’s that dichotomy he speaks of. “Rock ’n’ roll is essentially the illusion of not giving a fuck, right? Like, you know Axl Rose was doing sit-ups and jump rope, and Paul Stanley was on a cardio machine, and they come out and act like it just happens. The point is I sit at that piano many hours, working on this stuff.”

“Troubled Paradise” track listing:

About TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS:

If charisma and talent were all it took to be a star, TUK SMITH would have cemented himself among the world’s most notorious and beloved songwriters a long while ago. But in a business filled with loaded dice and bloated suits, TUK remains a rock ‘n’ roll outcast. Paradoxically, he continues to strive for that coveted spot of musical immortality that, in today’s modern world of algorithms and social media trends, remains reserved for those with the money to buy their way in or for those who are willing to lose themselves. TUK has been and remains: neither of the above.

TUK’s signature sound – for any and all blessed enough to have heard it – has found a place in the upper echelon of contemporary rock n roll. For those who have yet to become familiar, it’s a bare-knuckled blend of AC/DC swagger, Cheap Trick melodicism and Thin Lizzy guitar wizardry. The man behind the sound is an absolute force.

Never willing to settle, never ready to stop, TUK recently released his latest EP “Troubled Paradise” in October 2025. Listeners are treated to more hooks that stay with them for days and choruses they can sing along to the first listen through. TUK continues to forge his own path and it’s a journey we should all be proud to accompany him on.

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