Sam Smith announces 'To Be Free' UK show dates including 2 Manchester shows & 8-night London residency
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SAM SMITH ANNOUNCES ‘TO BE FREE’ UK SHOW DATES INCLUDING 8-NIGHT LONDON RESIDENCY
KICKSTARTING IN SEPTEMBER 2026 AT MANCHESTER’S ALBERT HALL
FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HAZEL EYES’ OUT 21ST AUGUST
‘MY GUY’ SINGLE WITH ACCOMPANYING MUSIC VIDEO OUT NOW
Multi-Platinum, GRAMMY®, BRIT, Golden Globe and Oscar winning artist and songwriter Sam Smith announces intimate UK dates as part of their global ‘To Be Free’ residencies, kickstarting on 3rd September in Manchester’s Albert Hall, before heading across the country for an 8-night run of shows at the London Coliseum. Access presale HERE.
This August will see Sam performing 4-dates of their ‘To Be Free: Mexico City’ at The Auditorio Nacional, before returning to home turf. Sam will headline a 10-night run across UK cities Manchester and London, coming to a close for their final ‘To Be Free: London’ show at the London Coliseum on Friday 18th September. The additional dates follow the recent release of their heart-stopping new single and video, ‘My Guy’ and the announcement of their highly anticipated fifth studio album, ‘Hazel Eyes’, due for release on 21st August 2026 out via Capitol Records UK. Pre-order the album HERE.
The shows debuted with ‘To Be Free: New York’ in Brooklyn's historic Warsaw, October 2025, spanning 24-nights, before continuing to San Francisco, where Sam became one of the first artists to perform on the newly restored stage of the iconic Castro Theatre. Each intimate show blended fan favourites with previously unreleased tracks from their upcoming new album, alongside surprise appearances from Hozier, Ed Sheeran, Brandi Carlile, SIENNA SPIRO and Kim Petras. Among the new material showcased were current single My Guy, a tender and deeply personal love song co-written with Feist, who also features on the album 's seductive ‘Moondance’ and the country-infused Constant Companion, exploring the complexities of enduring love.
To celebrate the recent release of ‘My Guy’ and announcement of ‘Hazel Eyes’ Sam has showcased a series of performances, including the global debut of ‘My Guy’ at the inaugural MAJ Awards in Japan (watch here) and a stunning UK first on BBC2’s Later With Jools Holland. Last weekend, in a spectacular kickoff to NYC Pride, Sam delivered a moving, intimate performance at The Booking.com Theater at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center (SNMVC). The first LGBTQ+ visitor center within the National Park Service, the SNMVC honors the legacy of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and serves as a vital physical sanctuary dedicated to protecting and preserving LGBTQ+ history. The performance brought together Sam's generation-defining voice with one of the movement's most revered landmarks, celebrating the enduring legacy of queer history, community, and resilience.
Sam Smith is one of the most celebrated musical artists to emerge in recent history. A five-time GRAMMY® winner, Sam holds two Guinness World Records – for the most consecutive weeks in the U.K. Top 10 Album Chart (for their 2014 debut, In The Lonely Hour) and for having the first James Bond theme to reach No.1 on the U.K. charts (for the Oscar and Golden Globe-winning “Writing’s on the Wall”). Sam has amassed over 64 million adjusted album sales, 392 million singles and over 57 billion career streams across their catalog of critically acclaimed albums In the Lonely Hour, The Thrill of It All, Love Goes and GLORIA, which Rolling Stone praised as “their deepest album yet” and includes the global smash single, “Unholy,” Ft. Kim Petras. The track spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and four weeks at No. 1 on the UK Official Singles Chart, marking Sam’s eighth to top the tally. In June 2025, Sam released their showstopping live album BBC Proms At The Royal Albert Hall post their groundbreaking performance at the infamous British music festival.
‘To Be Free’ 2026 UK Residency Dates:
Thursday 3rd September - Albert Hall - Manchester
Friday 4th September - Albert Hall - Manchester
Tuesday 8th September - Coliseum - London
Wednesday 9th September - Coliseum - London
Friday 11th September - Coliseum - London
Saturday 12th September - Coliseum - London
Tuesday 15th September- Coliseum - London
Wednesday 16th September - Coliseum – London
Thursday 18th September - Coliseum – London
Friday 19th September - Coliseum – London
‘To Be Free: Guadalajara’ 2026 Mexico Residency Dates
Friday 14th August - Auditorio Telmex - Zapopan, Mexico
‘To Be Free: Mexico City’ 2026 Mexico Residency Dates
Monday 17th August - The Auditorio Nacional - Mexico City
Tuesday 18th August - The Auditorio Nacional - Mexico City
Thursday 20th August - The Auditorio Nacional - Mexico City
Friday 21st August - The Auditorio Nacional - Mexico City
Hazel Eyes Tracklisting:
1. Everlasting Love
2. Hazel Eyes
3. Moondance (feat. Feist)
4. My Guy
5. When He’s Gone
6. Thief
7. Love Is A Stillness
8. Sugar Rush
9. Oh Mother (feat. The TwoCity Chorus)
10. Constant Companion
11. Hold On
12. To Be Free