The Guest List announce their highly-anticipated debut album, new single & biggest UK headline tour...

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Announce Their Highly-Anticipated Debut Album

Something Real

out August 28th

New Single ‘You Should Care’ - Out Today

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November UK Headline Tour Announced

Includes London, Scala - Nov 24th

Summer Festival Appearances including Reading & Leeds, Neighbourhood,

Latitude, Tramlines, Victorious Festival & more

After a breakout 18 months that has seen sold-out UK headline tours, critical acclaim for their debut EP When The Lights Are Out, as well as growing radio support, Manchester five-piece The Guest List today announce their highly-anticipated debut album Something Real - out August 28th.

The band also unveil new single ‘You Should Care’ - a soaring, emotionally-charged anthem that showcases a more intimate side to their sound, capturing the confusion of young adulthood with the same unflinching honesty that has quickly become the band’s hallmark. The track also arrives with another compelling music video. Listen here & watch the video here.

The announcement caps a wave of momentum that continues to build around the 5-piece. Latest single ‘Something Real’ has seen national radio support from BBC Radio 1 & 6 Music, as well as being described by Rolling Stone UK as “a thrillingly ambitious…reminiscent of Humbug-era Arctic Monkeys”, The Independent tipping the band for this year as “on course to become one of the UK’s next big guitar bands,” and Dork declaring that “2026 feels like the year that graft plus ambition turns into a breakthrough” - The Guest List are fast becoming a band to believe in.

Decamping to Bergen, Norway, to record with collaborator Matias Tellez, Something Real builds on these foundations and expands them into an emotionally rich debut, tackling everything from mental health, anxiety and male suicide to domestic violence, climate collapse and society’s growing appetite for outrage. Yet it never loses sight of the personal - balancing weighty themes with sharp songwriting, melody, and moments of vulnerability.

The title track takes aim at algorithm-driven division and the normalisation of outrage in a post-truth world, while ‘Weatherman’ captures a generation’s dread in the face of climate collapse. Elsewhere, ‘Mary’ delivers a devastating, intimate portrait of domestic abuse and its generational impact, as yet-to-be-released ‘Sick Animal’ imagines a near-future society forced to rebuild from the wreckage of its own making. ‘If Ever A Devil Is Kind’ turns a lens on everyday rage and tribalism, inspired by the simmering aggression of a football crowd, while ‘Plasticine Heart’ wrestles with jealousy and the quiet torment of watching others succeed.

As frontman Cai Alty explains: “The album is basically us saying, ‘we’re young, we’re confused just like you – how did we get here?’ It’s about trying to find something meaningful in a world that often feels overwhelming.”

Formed in 2021 as school friends and music students, The Guest List first gained traction through a run of high-energy indie covers online, quickly amassing a dedicated following. But it’s their original material – socially-conscious, ambitious, and emotionally direct – that has set them apart. Produced in part with The Coral’s James Skelly and more recently developed in Norway with Matias Tellez, the band’s sound continues to evolve beyond their early influences, drawing comparisons to Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead and Sam Fender while carving out something distinctly their own.

Their rise has been powered not just by streaming numbers, but by a formidable live reputation. From Glastonbury and TRNSMT, to packed headline shows across the UK, plus support slots with the likes of Blossoms, The DMAs & Inhaler, they’ve built a fanbase that cuts across scenes and demographics. After just completing yet another sold out UK tour, the band today announce their biggest tour to date for November, which includes a big headline show at London’s Scala, as well as a summer of festival dates including Reading & Leeds, Neighbourhood, Latitude, Tramlines, Victorious & a string of EU shows (see in full below).

With Something Real, The Guest List take a definitive next step with a collection of songs bound by a shared urgency, to make sense of modern life, to connect, and above all, to say something truly honest.

EU & UK HEADLINE TOUR DATES

October

21st BRUSSELS, Botanique

23rd ROTTERDAM, Left of the Dial

24th ROTTERDAM, Left of the Dial

25th COLOGNE, Artheater

27th BERLIN, Berlin

28th HAMBURG, Turmzimmer

29th UTRECHT, Ekko

31st PARIS, Supersonic Records

November

17th NEWCASTLE, The Grove

19th GLASGOW, St Luke’s

20th BIRMINGHAM, O2 Institute 2

21st OXFORD, O2 Academy 2

22nd SOUTHAMPTON, Papillion

24th LONDON, Scala

25th LEEDS, Project House

26th BRISTOL, Fleece

FESTIVAL APPEARANCES

May

24th NBHD WEEKENDER, Warrington, Victoria Park

June

19th ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL, Newport, Seaclose Park

July

18th BACK DOUNE THE RABBIT HOLE, Stirling, Cardross Estate

25th TRAMLINES, Sheffield, Hillsborough Park

26th LATITUDE, Suffolk, Henham Park

August

2nd CAMP BESTIVAL, Weymouth, Lulworth Castle

8th BOARDMASTERS, Newquay, Watergate Bay

28th READING, Reading Festival

29th LEEDS, Leeds Festival

30th VICTORIOUS, Southsea Common

October

17th NBHD FESTIVAL, Manchester

Something Real Tracklisting

1. Something Real

2. Ruine

3. You Should Care

4. Sick Animal

5. Mundane

6. If Ever Your Devil is Kind

7. Pink

8. Mary

9. Craven

10. Slow Down Sally

11. Weatherman

12. The Only Ones

The Guest List are: Cai Alty (vocals/guitar), Tom Quigley (lead guitar), Leio Hunter (rhythm guitar), Sid Wallace (bass) and Angus Gilchrist (drums).