Kaiser Chiefs Give The UK More Employment Continue 20 Year Celebrations of Debut Album With 2026 Tour Dates

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Following a spectacular summer of headline grabbing shows, including a stand out performance on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, a sublime headline date at Alexandra Palace Park in London and a mammoth homecoming show at Leeds’ Temple Newsam Park, Kaiser Chiefs have extended their Employment celebrations with a new run of 2026 dates due to phenomenal demand.

"This summer, we played a load of shows to mark the release of our debut album ‘Employment’. It went well. Probably better than our first summer 20 years ago. It was the year after that first year that things really took off…,” Ricky says of the announcement. “So we hope you will join us in February to help celebrate with us ‘the year it really took off’. If you were with us the first time, or unfortunately missed out due to other commitments, we hope you will join us for a joyous lap of honour. (Plus, I spent quite a bit on a new blazer and want to get my money’s worth)".

Kicking off at Live in Bradford on February 13th 2026, the 12 date More Employment tour will see the band continue the party across the UK, including a date at London’s Eventim Apollo on Friday February 20th. Tickets go on sale on Friday August 22nd at 9am. For more info head HERE.

Kaiser Chiefs Play The Following 2026 UK Dates:

February

Fri 13th Bradford, Live

Sat 14th Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse

Sun 15th Stockton, Globe

Tue 17th Dundee, Live House

Wed 18th Glasgow, Barrowland

Fri 20th London, Eventim Apollo

Sat 21st Hull, Connexin Live

Mon 23rd Norwich, UEA

Tue 24th Swansea, Building Society Arena

Thu 26th Bournemouth, International Centre

Fri 27th Cambridge, Corn Exchange

Sat 28th Wolverhampton, The Halls

A year typically commemorated with china, Kaiser Chiefs marked 20 years of their iconic debut album Employment with three brand new expanded ‘China Anniversary’ formats in July. Remastered at Abbey Road Studios, the bonus material across the release was curated by the band from their own archive.

Originally released in March 2005, the album landed to wide-spread acclaim and has gone on to become one of the most successful debut albums from a UK band. Peaking at No. 2 on the UK album chart, the record has since spent more than 17 months on the Official Top 40 chart, selling more than 2.1 million copies in the process, and being certified 7 x Platinum status by the British Phonographic Industry. Featuring a host of hit singles including ‘Oh My God’, ‘I Predict A Riot’, ‘Everyday I Love You Less And Less’ and ‘Modern Way’, the album catapulted the band into the music world’s stratosphere, setting them onto the path of arena mainstays and festival headline status across the world.

Formed in Leeds in 2000, Kaiser Chiefs are one of the most exciting and consistently successful bands of their generation. Fronted by the charismatic Ricky Wilson, with Simon Rix on bass, Andrew ‘Whitey’ White on guitar, Nick ‘Peanut’ Baines on keyboards and drummer Vijay Mistry, the band have released eight original studio albums (two of those UK No. 1), had nine Top 40 singles, including the No. 1 ‘Ruby’, received three Brit Awards, an Ivor Novello Album of the Year award for Employment, toured with U2, Foo Fighters and Green Day and sold more than eight million albums worldwide.