Courteeners have announced an intimate gig in Manchester this weekend, following the announcement of a new album and a huge arena tour. The album God Bless The Band, the very best of Courteeners, will be released on 28th August 2026, coinciding with the band’s huge sold-out homecoming show at Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park that weekend.
The band will then embark on a nationwide headline arena tour in the autumn with dates at London’s Alexandra Palace, Cardiff Utilita Arena, Leeds First Direct Arena, Liverpool M&S Bank Arena, Glasgow OVO Hydro, and Birmingham Utilita Arena.
How to get tickets to see Courteeners in Manchester this weekend
Courteeners will celebrate the new album announcement with a very special intimate one-off show at Manchester’s Night & Day on Saturday 11th April. Helping to support small venues and the LIVE Trust, Night & Day is close to the band’s heart, having played here many times at the very start of their career.
For access to tickets, fans need to pre-order the album here by 12pm on Friday 10th April. Tickets will then go on sale at 2pm on Friday 10th April. Tickets are extremely limited. Access to the Night & Day on-sale does not guarantee a ticket. Tickets are limited to 2 per person.
You can buy tickets to the Night & Day show here.
Courteeners arena tour dates
Friday 6th November – Leeds, First Direct Arena
Saturday 7th November – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
Friday 13th November – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
Saturday 14th November – London, Alexandra Palace
Friday 20th November – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
Saturday 21st November – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
Pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday 15th April. Tickets go live for general sale from Friday 17th April from Ticketmaster and Gigsandtours. £1 + VAT from every ticket sold will be donated to the newly launched LIVE Trust, a new funding initiative from LIVE that will offer much needed financial support to those working across live music.
Courteeners’ new God Bless The Band album
God Bless The Band celebrates two-decades of Courteeners, featuring tracks from their seven studio albums – St. Jude (2008), Falcon (2010), Anna (2013), Concrete Love (2014), Mapping the Rendezvous (2016), More. Again. Forever. (2020) and Pink Cactus Cafe (2024) – along with two brand new tracks, The Luckiest Man Alive and Plus One Forever, produced by Liam Fray and James Skelly.
Speaking about the release, Liam Fray said: “In October, it’s 20 years since our first gig, so with a couple of new songs fresh from the studio, the timing just seemed right for a Best Of. If we mean half as much to people as they have done to us over the years, then we’ve not done too bad. We look forward to seeing you down the front… God Bless The Fans x”
God Bless The Band will be available on heavyweight black 2LP, retail-exclusive clear 2LP and CD. Deluxe formats, with an additional 11 tracks, will be available exclusively on the Courteeners’ official store. All orders from the official store include a print of the album artwork, signed by the band. The deluxe box set, limited to 1000 copies, includes a gold 3LP, 2CD, exclusive cassette, and 7” of the iconic single Not Nineteen Forever, plus art print and a replica concert ticket and AAA pass.
Plus, this year’s Record Store Day on April 18 also sees the limited-edition vinyl release of Courteeners Live in Manchester – recorded at Co-op Live during the band’s 2024 arena tour.