Celeste Announces Headline London Show For 2026
- Desh Kapur
- Nov 16
- 4 min read
NEW ALBUM WOMAN OF FACES OUT NOW
ON POLYDOR RECORDS
ANNOUNCES WOMAN OF FACES TOUR
UK & EU HEADLINE DATES IN 2026
CELESTE today releases her new album Woman Of Faces via Polydor Records. The highly anticipated second studio album from the BRITs-winning, Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated artist is a triumphant chronicle of heartbreak, resilience, and reclaimed control. Woman of Faces was produced by multi-GRAMMY® award winner Jeff Bhasker and Beach Noise and features nine songs, including the acclaimed singles ‘This Is Who I Am’ ‘On With The Show’, ‘Woman Of Faces’ and ‘Time Will Tell’. It is the eagerly awaited successor to Celeste's debut album, Not Your Muse, which achieved a UK No. 1 and a Mercury Prize nomination for the British-Jamaican artist.
The release comes alongside the announcement today of the Woman Of Faces 2026 Tour, a UK & EU headline tour which includes a performance at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on June 25th.
Pre-sale access for the Woman Of Faces 2026 Tour will be available through purchasing ‘Woman of Faces’ from the Celeste store. Tickets will be available via pre-sale at 10am GMT on Wednesday 19th November and general sale at 10am GMT on Friday 21st November. The dates are:
17 June - Berlin, Tempodrom
18 June - Cologne, Live Music Hall
20 June - Amsterdam, Paradiso
25 June – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
30 June - Paris, Olympia
11 July - Ghent, Gardens of De Bijloke
Stemming from the slow unravelling of a romantic relationship, and her determination to emerge triumphant, Woman Of Faces is a body of work born out of pain, but also a steadfast will to keep moving forward, even when everything else felt like it was falling apart. From the orchestral highs to the gut-wrenching lows, it’s the sound of an artist finally trusting her own voice.
The album opens with the expansive, cinematic ballad, ‘On With The Show,’ a powerful reckoning with the battle to push through personal anguish. It acts as both a personal anthem of endurance and a critique of industry expectations, as Celeste addresses the necessity of “Frankenstein-ing yourself together to be able to move forward” under the spotlight.
She challenges the toxic cycle of pain-as-fuel, stating, "I do not believe you should live your life in a cycle of pain feeding your art, then living under the spectacle of it for like a year and a half. That’s not a way to live your life.”
This central tension—between self-preservation and external pressure—runs through the entire record. While initially focused on a broken relationship, the album evolves into a powerful statement on psychological wellbeing. Celeste explains, “It’s about grieving the loss of someone you can no longer engage with, because of how it affects your own life and psychological wellbeing.”
The album offers moments of acceptance and hope, notably with ‘Time Will Tell.’ Set against bright strings, the track embraces the idea of fate and surrendering control. “I like the idea of fate, trusting in something that's not totally within our control,” Celeste notes.
A critical catalyst for the album was the Nashville writing trip for the song ‘Keep Smiling,’ created with longtime collaborator Jamie Hartman and Mikky Ekko. The sessions were ignited by a painful moment: her ex-partner's cruel dismissal, which ultimately fuelled her creative determination. "I just couldn’t take it," Celeste recalls. "[It was about] exceeding their expectations of who I could be and what I could do.”
Unflinching and unfiltered, Woman Of Faces is a rigorous and at times brutal excavation of a broken relationship, but ultimately it is a triumphant act of self-actualisation. The album’s title track, ‘Woman Of Faces,’ serves as its ultimate statement. Plucked from an Old Hollywood score with sweeping string arrangements, the track is a modern, multifaceted meditation on female identity. Last year's declarative opening single, ‘This Is Who I Am,’ proved Celeste never lost herself along the way.
Woman Of Faces tracklisting is:
1. On With The Show
2. Keep Smiling
3. Woman of Faces
4. Happening Again
5. Time Will Tell
6. People Always Change
7. Sometimes
8. Could Be Machine
9. This Is Who I Am
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Fresh off opening for Sam Smith on select dates of their “To Be Free: New York City” residency at Warsaw, Celeste has returned to the UK for a series of sold-out intimate outstore shows supporting her new album. Full list of live dates is currently:
NOVEMBER OUTSTORE DATES
3 - The Dome, Liverpool SOLD OUT
4 - Academy 2, Manchester SOLD OUT
5 - The Level, Nottingham SOLD OUT
9 - Circuit, Kingston SOLD OUT
10 - The Brook, Southampton SOLD OUT
11 - Trinity, Bristol SOLD OUT
18 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds SOLD OUT
19 - St Lukes, Glasgow SOLD OUT
Woman Of Faces 2026 Tour
17 June - Berlin, Tempodrom
18 June - Cologne, Live Music Hall
20 June - Amsterdam, Paradiso
25 June – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
30 June - Paris, Olympia
11 July - Ghent, Gent Jazz festival
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