Following her triumphant October 2025 UK Tour, Texas based blues rock guitarist Ally Venable will embark on 10-date UK Tour in September 2026.
Special guest on all shows is the celebrated Canadian blues rock phenom, Garret T. Willie.
Tickets for all concerts, except Glasgow and Faversham, are available from altickets.com.
Tickets for Ally’s concert at Stereo in Glasgow are available from Ticketmaster. Tickets for the concert at The Old Brewery in Faversham are available from Gigantic.com.
Ally’s highly anticipated UK tour follows hot on the heels of her critically acclaimed sixth studio album “Money & Power” released by Ruf Records. The album is available on vinyl, CD and digital here.
“‘Money & Power’ is such a strong statement, especially for women”, says the award-winning Texas gunslinger of her Nashville-recorded new release, on which Ally’s crack-squad band is joined by A-list guests Shemekia Copeland and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram.
“All the songs on this album showcase the theme of what it truly means to be a force to be reckoned with. I want this record to wake people up”, continues Ally.
Money and power make the world go round. But in the right hands, music can be every bit as potent. Right now, on the heels of 2023’s acclaimed “Real Gone” – an album that hit #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts and was still in contention a year later – Ally is rated amongst the best young singer-songwriters in American roots, saluted by Total Guitar magazine in its poll of Top 100 Blues Guitarists.
“With her heels, sequins and Les Paul growling on a leash, she’s one of Ruf’s most head-turning young artists”, wrote Classic Rock, “and while the instrumental prowess can be taken as read, Real Gone marks a growing maturity in the Texan’s songcraft”.
In February 2024, with the dust still settling from “Real Gone”, the “Money & Power” sessions saw Ally and producer/drummer Tom Hambridge push through the doors of Nashville’s famous Soundstage Studios. And while the studio band was strictly A-list, as always, Ally’s new songs are the real stars. That attitude is palpable on opener “Brown Liquor”, Ally’s battlecry decorated by a stinging guest guitar solo from the Mississippi hotshot Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram.
“Maybe Someday” is a blissful moment of redemptive soul, carried along by horns and barbed lyrics aimed at an old flame. Next up is the white-hot title track, with Ally’s guitar set to scorch and a seething message.
“Money & Power shouts to the masses”, she explains, “that women are not to be doubted in their ability to thrive in the world”.
Vital right to the end, “Money & Power” plays out with “Stepping Stone’s” earthy roar of empowerment, the shuddering, spooky, tremolo-soaked groove of “Feel That Sting”, and the dust-blown rocker “Unbreakable”, where Ally goes toe-to-toe with New York powerhouse Shemekia Copeland.
“That song spreads a message of women that have been oppressed”, she says, “to rise to the occasion and break above it all”.
“Money & Power” is a modern roots record that plays by its own rules and marches to the beat of its own drum. The same could be said for Ally herself. “I’m thrilled to release this album”, she says. “For me, it’s a sonic embodiment of a woman’s unstoppable ambition, and showcases my musicality on all fronts. I’m looking forward to seeing where this one will take me”.
See all tour dates and get tickets here.
UK Tour Dates 2026:
8th September – Newcastle, The Cluny 2
9th September – York, The Crescent
10th September – London, The 100 Club
11th September – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
12th September – Norwich, The Waterfront
13th September – Manchester, Deaf Institute
15th September – Glasgow, Stereo
16th September – Bristol, Exchange
17th September – Faversham, The Old Brewery
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