Enter Shikari have gone from strength to strength. This year, they released their seventh studio album, A Kiss For The Whole World, which recently just hit number one in the UK’s Official Album Charts. Before that, they hit stages around the country in their first-ever residency tour. And now, they’ve just announced an enormous arena tour around the country, beginning on February 9, 2024.
Enter Shikari are teaming up with Music Venue Trust to bring their biggest shows ever conceived to life for the first time. They’ll be hitting the likes of Wembley Arena, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena and Cardiff Arena – with £1 from every ticket sold going straight to the Music Venue Trust, in support of grassroots music venues.
The band’s singer and producer, Rou Reynolds, said: “Grassroots music venues in the UK are under existential threat. Every time we lose another one we lose a vital part of our culture. Bigger venues that benefit from the productive pipeline that grassroots venues provide need to support these smaller venues, as do the artists that have come up through them. Enter Shikari stands with Music Venue Trust in their efforts to bring more solidity and community to our brilliant UK live music scene.” (sic)
He added by teasing: “We cannot wait to step things up and present a huge new show to everyone. And we’re really looking forward to playing Wembley Arena for the first time! (Enter Shikari are on their way to Wembley. Can you imagine what we’re gonna do to it?).”
“I’m buzzing to see the supports every night, too,” Reynolds added of their support bands Fever 333 and Noahfinnce. “We’ve known [Fever333 singer] Jason [Aalon Butler] for many years now, so can’t wait to see the next step for Fever333, and we had a great time with Noah on our residency tour earlier this year so simply had to have him back.”
Later this month Shikari are playing Slam Dunk festival (and you can still grab tickets here) but after that, they’ll bit hitting arenas around the country.
Tickets come out this week, but there are some presale events going on first. Here’s all the information you need.
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Enter Shikari’s presale events have been split in two across two days, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 10am, and Thursday, May 4, 2023, at 10am. You can look at the entire list of presale events by clicking this link.
The first half of Enter Shikari’s presale tickets come out tomorrow, Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 10am. This presale event drops tickets for just a few of the venues in the tour, and is being managed by a number of companies.
Ticketmaster is holding its own presale event at this time. The Three phone network is also dropping its own presale tickets, meaning only subscribers to the Three mobile phone network can gain access. What’s more, some venues are holding venue presale events.
The second half of Enter Shikari’s arena tour presale tickets come out the following day, Thursday, May 4, 2023, at 10am. Once again, these presale events are being held by a number of different companies and will span various venues throughout the tour.
Here’s what’s on offer:
Presale events starting on May 3, 2023, at 10am:
Presale events starting on May 4, 2023, at 10am:
If the Shikari Family miss out on presale tickets, the general onsale tickets come out later this week…
General onsale tickets for Enter Shikari’s UK arena tour come out this Friday, May 5, 2023, at 10am.
Tickets for this monumental batch of gigs will be available at a number of retailers, including Ticketmaster, and can be purchased by clicking this link here.
Fans will need to act fast if they want to get involved, however, as tickets are expected to be bought up and sell out extremely quickly. There are a few ways to avoid disappointment, however.
First of all, fans should get into the digital queue for tickets well before they go on sale on Friday, May 5, 2023, at 10am. This way they can grab a great spot in the queue – but it is imperative to not refresh or move away from the web page, otherwise you may lose your spot in the grouping and, with it, your ticket.
Furthermore, it would be wise to input your debit and credit card information early to ensure a swift and easy checkout.
Once that is done, you can grab your tickets by visiting this link.
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