In May, British alternative rock mainstays Basement returned with the release of “Wired”, their first new album in over eight years via their original label, Run For Cover Records.
The album arrived as one the most celebrated of their discography, lighting a fire under fans and critics alike. It also marked their first highest charting record to date, landing at #16 in the Official Albums Chart as well as their first #1 in the Rock & Metal Albums Chart. It also secured three other #2 positions, three #3 positions (including the Scottish Albums Chart), and more.
Today, Basement have announced details of an extensive European & UK headline tour for February 2027 including a show at London’s Roundhouse. The dates come on the heels of another appearance for Outbreak at their London All Points East Festival. They also follow a sold-out run of outstores in intimate spaces around the UK as well as a full EU tour which culminated in an unforgettable headline set at Manchester’s Outbreak festival back in June, which Kerrang! described as “a divine conclusion, ensuring everyone trudges to the exits with their hearts full and their days made”.
Tickets for the new tour will go on artist pre-sale on Wednesday 26th August at 10am BST, promoter presale on Thursday 27th August at 10am BST, and general sale on Friday 28th August at 10am BST.
Get tickets here.
Live Show 2026:
Thurs 27 Aug 2026 – Sat 29 Aug 2026 @ Canela Party (Torremolinos, ES)
European & UK Tour Dates 2027:
Tue 2 Feb 2027 @ Melkweg MAX (Amsterdam, NL) *
Thu 4 Feb 2027 @ AB Ballroom (Brussels, BE) *
Fri 5 Feb 2027 @ Muffathalle (Munich, DE)*
Sun 7 Feb 2027 @ Astra Kulturhaus (Berlin, DE)*
Tue 9 Feb 2027 @ Grosse Freiheit (Hamburg, DE)*
Wed 10 Feb 2027 @ Täubchenthal (Leipzig, DE)*
Thu 11 Feb 2027 @ Live Music Hall (Cologne, DE)*
Sat 13 Feb 2027 @ O2 Institute (Birmingham, UK)*
Sun 14 Feb 2027 @ The Prospect Building (Bristol, UK)*
Tue 16 Feb 2027 @ Barrowland Ballroom (Glasgow, UK)*
Wed 17 Feb 2027 @ UEA (Norwich, UK)*
Thu 18 Feb 2027 @ Roundhouse (London, UK)*
Fri 19 Feb 2027 @ Academy (Manchester, UK)*
Sun 21 Feb 2027 @ The Limelight (Belfast, UK)*
Mon 22 Feb 2027 @ National Stadium (Dublin, IE)*
* (w/ support from Fleshwater & Beton Arme)
Buy & stream “Wired” here.
Basement – vocalist Andrew Fisher, guitarists Alex Henery and Ronan Crix, bassist Duncan Stewart, and drummer James Fisher – were adamant that “Wired” had to be their most decisive artistic statement yet. A bold musical swing that people will either love or hate, but that absolutely can’t elicit a muted reaction from their fans. The group spent years writing and refining the 12 no-bloat songs, working closer and communicating better than ever while building out the tracklist as a group in various studios long before they began recording. Therefore, the songs were fully-formed by the time they hit the studio with powerhouse producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Mannequin Pussy), who helped the band manifest the heightened version of Basement that they’d always dreamt of. Imperfections were celebrated, each member’s ideas were incorporated, and Congleton ensured that every moment on “Wired” sounds both precise and enervated.
“I never thought Basement could sound like this”, says guitarist Alex Henery. “But in my head, it’s what I’ve always wanted Basement to sound like”.
Every time Basement take a break, their band gets bigger. The quintet’s 2011 debut, “I Wish You Could Stay Here”, gave them a foothold in the post-hardcore groundswell of the early 2010s, but Basement had already decided to call it quits before their far more evolved follow-up, “Colourmeinkindness”, had even hit the shelves. Upon disbanding in late 2012 so vocalist Fisher could get his teaching degree, Basement’s underground following ballooned in their absence, and when they eventually reformed in 2014, they were welcomed back as mainstays of the scene.
Basement charged forward with two more LPs, 2016’s snappier “Promise Everything” and 2018’s sleeker “Beside Myself”, but after the latter record, which was released on a major label, Basement knew they needed to take a year off to recalibrate. “We were all left with a really weird, sour taste in our mouth after signing to a major label and having all these people control things”, Fisher admits. During their COVID-era hiatus, each member questioned whether the band should even continue as they spent time pursuing their own creative outlets. It was a period of serious existential reflection for the guys in Basement, and at one point, Henery considered stepping away from the band altogether before Fisher intervened, knowing that everyone in Basement needed the band to persevere. “Alex saying that he was ready to cut the cord was what I needed to be like ‘Nope, we cannot do that’”, Fisher says.
After some deep conversations that reaffirmed their creative alliance, Henery and Fisher reconvened to begin writing again with no label pressures and no strings attached. Instantly, the seeds of “Wired” began to take shape, and soon enough, the whole band knew they had something special in the works. Coincidentally, not long after Basement began properly sculpting LP5, the “Colourmeinkindness” song “Covet” caught wind on TikTok and swiftly became a viral hit, earning a Gold certification in 2024 — 12 years after its release — and introducing Basement’s music to a whole new generation of internet-savvy fans.
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