Key Points
- Teddy Swims has announced a new arena tour across the UK and Europe for 2027, called ‘The Ugly Tour’.
- The tour opens in Oslo, Norway, on 2 March 2027 and closes at The O2 in London on 21 April 2027.
- Dates are confirmed across Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Ireland and the UK.
- UK shows include Birmingham, Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester and London.
- Tickets go on general sale on Friday 31 July at 10am local time, with pre-sale access opening on Wednesday 29 July.
- The announcement follows a busy summer of festival performances, including Bonnaroo, Coachella, the Isle of Wight Festival and Mad Cool.
- Teddy Swims has released two new singles this year, ‘Mr. Know It All’ and ‘Break Up In Reverse’, ahead of the tour.
- He is set to headline Latitude Festival on Saturday 25 July, with further 2026 festival dates still to come.
- A North American leg of ‘The Ugly Tour’ is scheduled to begin in September, covering Illinois, Michigan, Montana, New York and more.
- Swims’ most recent album, ‘I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)’, was released in 2025 and received a four-star review from NME.
London (Britain Today News) July 24, 2026 – Who will get to see Teddy Swims perform in the UK and Europe next year, and where exactly is he headed? The American singer has confirmed a full run of 2027 arena dates across the continent, wrapping up with a homecoming-style finale in the British capital.
- Key Points
- What Has Teddy Swims Announced For 2027?
- When Do ‘The Ugly Tour’ Dates Begin And End?
- Which Countries And Cities Feature On The European Leg?
- What UK Cities Will Teddy Swims Perform In?
- When Do Tickets Go On Sale?
- What Has Teddy Swims Released Ahead Of The Tour?
- What Has Teddy Swims Been Doing On The Festival Circuit This Summer?
- What Happened During Teddy Swims’ Set At Electric Castle 2026?
- Is Teddy Swims Touring North America Too?
- What Comes Next For Teddy Swims?
What Has Teddy Swims Announced For 2027?
Teddy Swims has confirmed details of a new arena tour that will take him across the United Kingdom and Europe throughout March and April 2027. The run has been titled ‘The Ugly Tour’, continuing the branding established by the singer’s most recent record, and is being pitched as his biggest headline outing on the continent to date. The announcement arrives at a moment when Swims’ profile in Europe has been steadily climbing, buoyed by streaming success and a string of festival appearances that have introduced him to new audiences across multiple territories.
The tour will see the soul and pop crossover artist play some of the largest indoor venues in each country he visits, a marked step up from the theatre and club circuit he built his reputation on in earlier years. For fans who have followed his rise through singles and album cycles rather than live shows, this represents the first real opportunity to see him perform at scale.
When Do ‘The Ugly Tour’ Dates Begin And End?
The European leg of the tour is scheduled to open at Unity Arena in Fornebu, Oslo, on 2 March 2027. From there, the schedule moves through Scandinavia and mainland Europe over the following seven weeks, before concluding with a closing night at The O2 in London on 21 April 2027. The London date effectively bookends the entire European run, positioning the UK capital as the symbolic finale of the tour rather than simply another stop on the itinerary.
Between the opening night in Norway and the closing show in London, Swims and his band are set to perform more than twenty shows in seven weeks, a demanding schedule that underlines the scale of the production being planned for 2027.
Which Countries And Cities Feature On The European Leg?
The European dates take in a broad sweep of the continent, moving from Scandinavia through central Europe and into western Europe before the tour reaches British shores. Confirmed stops include Stockholm in Sweden, where Swims is booked for two consecutive nights at the Avicii Arena, alongside Copenhagen in Denmark, Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne in Germany, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Prague in the Czech Republic, Vienna in Austria, Zurich in Switzerland, Antwerp in Belgium and Paris in France.
The full list of confirmed European and UK arena dates is as follows:
March 2027
- 2 — Fornebu, Unity Arena (Norway)
- 4 — Stockholm, Avicii Arena (Sweden)
- 5 — Stockholm, Avicii Arena (Sweden)
- 7 — Copenhagen, Royal Arena (Denmark)
- 10 — Hamburg, Barclays Arena (Germany)
- 11 — Berlin, Uber Arena (Germany)
- 13 — Cologne, Lanxess Arena (Germany)
- 16 — Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome (Netherlands)
- 20 — Prague, O2 Arena (Czech Republic)
- 21 — Vienna, Wiener Stadthalle (Austria)
- 24 — Zurich, Hallenstadion (Switzerland)
- 26 — Antwerp, Afas Dome (Belgium)
- 30 — Paris, Accor Arena (France)
April 2027
- 4 — Birmingham, Utilita Arena
- 8 — Dublin, 3Arena
- 13 — Glasgow, OVO Hydro
- 16 — Manchester, Co-op Live
- 21 — London, The O2
What UK Cities Will Teddy Swims Perform In?
British fans of the singer will have five separate opportunities to catch him across the country. The UK leg begins in Birmingham at the Utilita Arena on 4 April, before crossing to Dublin’s 3Arena on 8 April. The tour then heads to Scotland, with a date confirmed at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on 13 April, followed by a show at Manchester’s Co-op Live on 16 April. The run then concludes in London, with the closing performance of the entire tour taking place at The O2 on 21 April 2027.
The decision to close out the whole European and UK run in London gives the capital date added significance, and industry watchers will be paying close attention to how quickly the show sells given the scale of anticipation already building around the tour.
When Do Tickets Go On Sale?
Tickets for ‘The Ugly Tour’ go on general sale from 10am local time on Friday 31 July. Ahead of that, a pre-sale window opens on Wednesday 29 July, giving fans registered for early access a two-day head start before tickets become available to the wider public. Given the demand generated by Swims’ recent chart and streaming success, fans hoping to secure seats at high-demand venues such as The O2 in London are likely to be advised to register for pre-sale access in advance of general sale opening.
What Has Teddy Swims Released Ahead Of The Tour?
The tour announcement follows closely on from two new singles released by Swims this year, ‘Mr. Know It All’ and ‘Break Up In Reverse’. Both tracks continue the confessional, soul-inflected songwriting style that has come to define his output, and their release in the months leading up to the tour announcement suggests further new material could feature heavily in the 2027 setlists.
The new songs follow on from Swims’ most recent full-length record, ‘I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)’, which was released in 2025. The album was met with strong reviews on release, including a four-star notice from NME. Reviewing the record, NME wrote that the follow-up avoids “a bad case of sequelitis” and instead works to deepen the story Swims has been telling across his recent releases. The positive critical reception for the album is understood to have played a part in the label’s decision to back a full-scale arena tour for 2027, rather than a smaller run of theatre dates.
What Has Teddy Swims Been Doing On The Festival Circuit This Summer?
Confirmation of the 2027 dates comes after a summer in which Swims has established himself as a fixture on the international festival circuit. He has already played sets at Bonnaroo, Coachella, the Isle of Wight Festival and Mad Cool this year, appearances that have significantly broadened his audience outside of his native United States and helped build momentum ahead of the newly announced tour.
His festival commitments are not yet finished for the summer. Swims is billed to headline Latitude Festival on Saturday 25 July, a slot that will place him among the top acts on the bill for one of the UK’s best-established festivals. Further festival appearances are expected to follow before his attention turns fully to preparations for ‘The Ugly Tour’.
What Happened During Teddy Swims’ Set At Electric Castle 2026?
Among the standout moments from Swims’ summer festival run was his appearance at Electric Castle 2026, where he surprised fans by performing a cover of Van Halen’s 1984 classic ‘Jump’ during his set. The choice of cover, a world away from his usual soul and R&B-leaning material, was widely discussed among fans in attendance and added to the sense that his live shows in 2026 have been building toward something bigger.
Moments like the Electric Castle cover have become a talking point precisely because they demonstrate a range beyond what listeners might expect from his studio recordings, and organisers of the 2027 arena tour will likely be hoping for similarly memorable moments once the run gets under way.
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Is Teddy Swims Touring North America Too?
Yes. Alongside the UK and European dates, a North American leg of ‘The Ugly Tour’ has also been confirmed, and is scheduled to begin in September. Stops already announced for the North American run include shows in Illinois, Michigan, Montana and New York, among other states, with a fuller schedule expected to be published closer to the tour’s start date. Tickets for the North American shows are being handled separately from the UK and European on-sale.
The near-simultaneous confirmation of dates across two continents underlines the scale of the operation being put together for ‘The Ugly Tour’, and reflects the extent to which Swims’ commercial standing has grown over the past two years.
What Comes Next For Teddy Swims?
With festival commitments continuing through the remainder of the 2026 summer and tour preparations now under way for 2027, Swims and his team are entering one of the busiest stretches of his career to date. The gap between the end of his current festival run and the opening night of ‘The Ugly Tour’ in Norway next March gives him roughly seven months to finalise a production capable of filling some of Europe’s largest indoor arenas.
For now, attention turns to Friday’s pre-sale and next Friday’s general on-sale, with fans across more than a dozen countries expected to compete for tickets across the tour’s twenty-plus confirmed dates. Further announcements, including potential additional shows or support acts, are expected to follow in the coming weeks as the tour draws closer.
