Name: Dance Gavin Dance
Start: 2026-09-09T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Manchester Academy

Genre-defying post-hardcore heavyweights Dance Gavin Dance have confirmed their long-awaited return to the UK with a headline tour in September 2026. Joining them across all dates will be alt-rock favourites As December Falls.
Marking their first UK headline tour since 2023, the five-date run will kick off in Birmingham before heading to Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol, culminating in a show at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on Saturday 12 September.
Formed in Sacramento, California in 2005, Dance Gavin Dance – comprises of vocalist/guitarist Andrew Wells, his fellow frontman Jon Mess, lead guitarist Will Swan and drummer Matthew Mingus – a powerhouse of alternative music; true originals and originators alike, crafting an exhilarating cacophony of sounds and disparate styles that harmonizes everything from funk through metalcore to post-hardcore, pop sensibilities colliding with progressive, kaleidoscopic song structures.
With four Billboard 200 Top 15 albums to their name and one of the most deeply fanatical fanbases in modern music fuelling millions of record sales and billions of streams, Dance Gavin Dance are as at home on the world’s most famous stages as they are hosting their own culture-defining annual festival, Swanfest. As the esteemed Rock Sound magazine attests: “There is no band on earth like Dance Gavin Dance.”