Man/Woman/Chainsaw sell out London's Electric Ballroom + announce biggest headline show to date at O2 Forum Kentish Town | "Cannonball" out now on Fiction Records

MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW SELL OUT OCTOBER LONDON HEADLINE DATE AT ELECTRIC BALLROOM

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ANNOUNCE NEW O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN SHOW DUE TO DEMAND

TO TAKE PLACE 11TH MAY 2027

DEBUT ALBUM "CANNONBALL" OUT NOW ON FICTION RECORDS

Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album "Cannonball", Man/Woman/Chainsaw have today announced their biggest London headline show to date at the O2 Forum Kentish Town. The show is announced due to popular demand after selling out October's Electric Ballroom date two months in advance.

O2 presale + artist mailing list pre-sale for the new date go on sale 10am BST on Wednesday 19th August. Sign up to the band's mailing list HERE

General sale will begin at 10am BST on Friday 21st August. Buy tickets HERE

Man/Woman/Chainsaw's extensive run of largely sold-out UK tour dates will start in September following a summer of packed-out UK/EU festivals. This month the band also completed a victory lap of live instore dates around the country, as well as a a raucous and triumphant pre-release show at The George Tavern. The band will also cross the Atlantic later this year for their debut US headline shows, with both NYC dates already sold out. Full routing below.

The shows celebrate the release of "Cannonball" on Fiction Records, home to The Cure, St. Vincent, The Horrors and Billie Marten amongst others. A record that NME called "one of the most accomplished debuts of the year and a sure-fire Mercury Prize 2027 nominee," and that has earned plaudits around the world. The release marked the band's first UK chart position landing them in the top 40 at #33 in the Official Albums Chart, as well as securing top 10 positions in the Independent Albums Chart, Vinyl Albums Chart, CD Albums Chart, and Physical Albums Chart.

The album is available now on eco-mix black vinyl, a limited edition berry coloured LP with signed insert and a Rough Trade exclusive blue & clear splatter edition LP paired with a bonus 7" available nowhere else.

Buy / Stream "Cannonball" HERE | Rough Trade

"Cannonball" was recorded at RAK Studios with Geordie Greep producer Seth Evans & Margo Broom. The pair also worked with the band on the pre-album single, and BBC 6 Music playlisted, "Adam & Steve". More recent album singles, "Only Girl", "Nosedive" and "Get Up & Dance" have followed suit and been added to that same playlist.

Last month the band performed a live session for Steve Lamacq, and this week they spoke with Sian Eleri for BBC Radio 1's Future Artists (listen back HERE). The group also filmed a stripped-back live session for Under The Radar, performing intimate versions of "Something Else To Give" and "Nosedive" from their bedroom HERE:

Formed at only 16 years old and crafting their songs in a converted vicarage, the bold new single and album follows European dates over the last month and a breakthrough 2025 where the band sold out both London's Scala and an entire UK tour in October, their second sold out tour of the year. They played live sessions for both KEXP and Steve Lamacq at BBC 6 Music and completed a triumphant first trip to Austin for SXSW in the Spring, where Man/Woman/Chainsaw found themselves standing at the very forefront of a new wave of British bands "most likely to".

The 11 songs of "Cannonball" burst forth with pure feeling: grand and exuberant, rich with unconventional structures and world-beating choruses, the long-awaited record making good on the band’s years of hard touring while unearthing new dimensions and unlikely facets in their songwriting. It is a sharp, smart first record, one which presents Man/Woman/Chainsaw exactly as they are right now: one of London’s most promising young bands, coming into their own as fearless experimentalists and vital songwriters. “We were talking about having a whole record of bangers - having everything be really in your face like a Rage Against the Machine record. We soon realised we weren’t Rage Against the Machine and leant into the softer moments of the album which I think has really become a big part of our sound.” says drummer Lola Cherry.

Working with Seth Evans (Geordie Greep, Black Midi) and Margo Broom (Fat White Family, Big Joanie), Man/Woman/Chainsaw landed on a clean, grandiose sound for Cannonball, one befitting their emotional intentions. Its deft, organic blending of theatricality and raw honesty belies its intense level of craft; these songs are razor sharp and evoke the mess and stress of being in one’s teens and early-20s better than almost any other band working today.

"Cannonball" lives up to its name, crash-landing in the centre of London’s experimental scene and surely confirming Man/Woman/Chainsaw as its brightest stars.

Man/Woman/Chainsaw

Cannonball

Out now on Fiction Records

Tracklisting:

Only Girl – 3:36

Canyons – 2:57

Goddamn, Lizard Man! – 4:24

Lighter – 4:24

Nosedive – 5:43

Get Up and Dance – 4:21

Snakebite – 1:59

Flick of the Wrist – 2:20

The Thing – 3:50

Still Angry – 3:26

Something Else to Give – 4:46

Tickets for all shows are on sale now.

Man/Woman/Chainsaw live:

Thu 27 – Torremolinos, ES – Canela Party

Sat 29 - Paris, FR - Rock En Seine

September

Sat 12 – Asten-Heusden, NL – Misty Fields Festival

Sun 13 - Middlekerke, BE - Leffingeleuren Festival

Sat 19 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Sports Club

Sun 20 – Dublin, IE – Whelan’s

Tue 22 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla

Wed 23 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club (SOLD OUT)

Thu 24 – Newcastle, UK – The Grove

Fri 25 – Glasgow, UK – King Tut’s (SOLD OUT)

Sat 26 – Sheffield, UK – Float Along Festival

Tue 29 – Guildford, UK – The Boileroom

Wed 30 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2

October

Thu 1 – Portsmouth, UK – The Wedgewood Rooms

Fri 2 – Bristol, UK – Thekla (SOLD OUT)

Sat 3 – Cardiff, UK – The Globe

Mon 5 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms

Tue 6 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds (SOLD OUT)

Wed 7 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom

Oct 29 – USA, New York, NY – Night Club 101 (SOLD OUT)

Oct 30 – USA, New York, NY – Union Pool

November

Nov 2 – USA, Chicago, IL – Schubas

Nov 4 – USA, Los Angeles, CA – The Echo

Man/Woman/Chainsaw are:

Billy Ward (vocals, guitars)

Emmie-Mae Avery (vocals, keys/synths)

Vera Leppänen (vocals, bass)

Clio Starwood (violin)

Lola Cherry (drums)

Billy Doyle (guitars)