The ‘Nothing Better Than This Tour’ will hit Birmingham, Glasgow, Cardiff, London and Manchester this December
Kasabian are preparing to bring the fire, swagger and arena-sized indie chaos back across the UK with the announcement of their enormous Nothing Better Than This Tour 2026. 🔥
The Leicester rock heavyweights will play five major arena dates during December, including a massive Welsh stop at Cardiff’s Utilita Arena, with indie favourites The Vaccines joining the tour as very special guests.
Yes, mun — Kasabian and The Vaccines under the same roof. That is enough bouncing, shouting and lager-in-the-air energy to make December feel like festival season all over again. 🤘🍻
📅 Kasabian UK Arena Tour Dates 2026
The Nothing Better Than This Tour will visit:
- Friday 11 December 2026 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
- Sunday 13 December 2026 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
- Wednesday 16 December 2026 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
- Friday 18 December 2026 – The O2, London
- Saturday 19 December 2026 – Co-op Live, Manchester
The run includes some of the biggest indoor venues in the country, giving Kasabian plenty of room to unleash the full live spectacle.
We are already circling that Cardiff date in the loudest marker pen available. A packed Utilita Arena, Kasabian in full flight and thousands of Welsh voices roaring every chorus? Proper job. 🐉🔥
💿 New Kasabian Album ACT III Arrives in September
The tour announcement arrives alongside details surrounding Kasabian’s forthcoming album, ACT III, which is scheduled for release on 4 September 2026.
Fans who pre-order any edition of the album through the official Kasabian store before 11am BST on 14 July will receive exclusive pre-sale access for the newly announced arena dates.
That means anybody hoping to get close to the stage — or at least close enough to feel the bass rearranging their internal organs — will want to get their pre-order sorted before the deadline.
The new album will provide the latest chapter in Kasabian’s ever-evolving story, with the band continuing to combine electronic grooves, enormous hooks and that unmistakable festival-headlining attitude.
⚡ One of Britain’s Great Live Bands Returns
Kasabian have spent more than two decades building a reputation as one of the most reliable live acts in British music.
Their concerts are rarely quiet, polite affairs. They are sweaty, euphoric gatherings packed with bouncing crowds, arms wrapped around strangers and choruses screamed as though everyone has suddenly been appointed lead singer.
Songs such as Club Foot, Fire, Underdog, Empire, Shoot the Runner and L.S.F. have become enormous communal anthems, especially when performed in front of festival or arena crowds.
The moment that opening riff from Club Foot arrives, all sensible behaviour tends to leave the building. Drinks go airborne, shoulders become seating areas and somebody’s dad suddenly thinks he is headlining Glastonbury. Standard Kasabian business, really.
🎤 The Vaccines Join as Very Special Guests
As though a full Kasabian arena show was not enough, The Vaccines will be warming up the crowds throughout the tour.
The London indie-rock favourites are armed with a catalogue built for massive singalongs, including If You Wanna, Teenage Icon, Post Break-Up Sex, Wetsuit and I Always Knew.
Their energetic live shows should make them the perfect guests for this run. Rather than a gentle support slot while everyone searches for the toilets, The Vaccines are likely to have the arenas bouncing before Kasabian have even stepped onstage.
That combination gives the tour the feel of a giant indie-rock celebration rather than a conventional evening with one headline band.
Expect skinny-jean nostalgia, enormous choruses and at least one person claiming indie music peaked in 2011 while spilling a pint down their own coat.
🐉 Kasabian Are Coming to Cardiff
The Welsh date takes place at the Utilita Arena Cardiff on Wednesday 16 December 2026, providing fans across South Wales with one of the biggest rock shows of the winter.
Kasabian have always connected brilliantly with Welsh crowds, where standing still during Fire is treated with roughly the same suspicion as ordering a salad in Greggs.
The Cardiff arena should provide the perfect setting for the band’s combination of pounding electronics, dirty guitar riffs and crowd-commanding choruses.
December in Cardiff might be cold, dark and wetter than a Download Festival campsite, but inside the arena it should feel like an explosion has gone off in an indie disco. 🌧️🔥
🎟️ How to Access the Kasabian Ticket Pre-Sale
Fans can access the exclusive album pre-sale by pre-ordering any copy of ACT III from the official Kasabian store before:
11am BST on 14 July 2026
Ticket demand is expected to be strong, particularly for the Cardiff, London and Manchester performances.
Kasabian remain a massive live draw, while the addition of The Vaccines gives this tour an extra layer of indie-rock goodness. Anyone planning to attend should therefore avoid the classic ticket-day strategy of remembering five minutes after everything has sold out.
Set the alarm. Charge the phone. Prepare the bank card. Warn the boss that productivity may temporarily collapse.
🤘 The Riff Report Verdict
This tour has winter blockbuster written all over it.
Kasabian remain masters of transforming enormous venues into chaotic, bouncing celebrations, and the Nothing Better Than This Tour gives fans another chance to experience their biggest anthems alongside new material from ACT III.
Adding The Vaccines to the bill is a cracking move, creating a double helping of British indie-rock noise capable of warming even the bleakest December evening.
Five arenas. Two massive live bands. One Cardiff date waiting to be absolutely flattened by a Welsh crowd.
Nothing better than this? They might have a point, butt. 🎸🔥
Will you be heading to Birmingham, Glasgow, Cardiff, London or Manchester? Let us know which arena you will be invading this December!
