Auntie Flo UK Tour
Auntie Flo UK Tour, tickets on sale now. Support live music!
Poster design by Chris Chadwell
We’re taking the band on tour!
Something clicked when playing with the band at the Jazz Cafe last year, I realised that presenting the music I make with the band is the best way of performing my 10 years plus of recorded music live. I’ve dabbled with many different formats over the years, from playing as a duo, to AV experiments, so solo live but none have realised my artistic vision as well as playing with a full live band.
In many ways, this makes sense - I work with a lot of musicians to put the music together, recording live sessions instead of using samples or cutting corners by being too ‘in the box’. I travel the world in order to do this, seeking interesting collaborations with artists using traditional instruments to create novel sounds and finding unique way to fuse the old and the new - rooted in a global story-telling narrative.
In this way, I can combine my core beliefs - that music has the power to bring us all closer together, and that by doing so language, cultural, political and other barriers that often prohibit our outlook in this regard can be quashed.
This theory was put to the test in India last month, where the band played at Nomads in Rajasthan, the new incarnation of the renowned Magnetic Fields Festival. We headlined the main stage of the Saturday night, and although we had a completely different line up of musicians to the Jazz Cafe the response was similar.
So I hope you can join us on the UK tour we’ve just announced, five dates in April and May and the tickets have just gone on sale.
TICKET LINKS
30th April - Leeds, Howard Assembly Rooms
w/ Moncaya
1st May - Bristol, Strange Brew
w/ Moncaya
2nd May - Manchester, Band On The Wall
w/ Bom Nation, Cervo (Banana Hill)
w/ Moncaya, Eclair Fifi, Lord of the Isles, Box Energy
16th May - London, Ronnie Scott’s Late Show
(My Birthday!)
The Line Up
I’m excited to be working with Moncaya who will also be providing her own live support at three of the shows. Coming out of Mexico, the singer-songwriter has an incredible voice and we’ve been working on some new tracks in my London studio recently. As well as support, she’ll be on vocal duties for the band.
Ziggy Funk (Guitar) and Cyrus Atkinson (Keys) will also be back after being part of various Auntie Flo line ups over the past few years. You’ll know Ziggy from his ecstatic guitar solo on Green City:
The line up will be completed by Chiminyo on drums. Resident at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s in London, he is a respected drummer and also experimentalist using drums as key triggers for his solo live work -
The Challenge
Let’s be realistic, touring in 2026 is hard. Making the maths on this tour work, bringing five people to five cities is an exercise of risk, faith and collective endeavour by everyone involved.
We’ll hire a big car and drive to the gigs ourselves, but there will be no tour bus so we’ll be hiring AirBnbs and calling in some favours. Multiply everything by five - meals, drinks etc.. let’s see how things come out in the wash. I’m certainly hoping not to lose £26,000 like Kate Nash (and the way this tour is being budgeted ensures this won’t be the case).
I’ve written about some of these challenges before:
Grassroots venues are still closing, although the steep decline where over 100 venues shut in 2023, the numbers were 30 between 2024 and 2025. However, over half are reporting making zero profits, so how sustainable the industry is remains to be seen.
What I’m certain of, is the collective experience of live music is something that will never die and I’m looking forward to putting this theory to the test during this tour.
I’m also excited to be touring with these fantastic musicians and connecting with you all at the gigs - IT WILL BE JOYOUS!
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OTHER DATES:
Here are some other dates for your diary, including the next Plants Can Dance 19th April, which we’ll announce next week. More TBA.
14.3.26 - Auntie Flo DJ at Casa Capitao, Lisbon, Portugal
28.3.26 - Auntie Flo DJ at Kater Berlin, Germany
2.4.26 - Plants Can Dance, Six Senses, London
19.4.26 - Plants Can Dance, Hideout, London
30.4.26 - Auntie Flo Live Band, Leeds
1.5.26 - Auntie Flo Live Band, Bristol
2.5.26 - Auntie Flo Live Band, Manchester
3.5.26 - Auntie Flo Live Band, Edinburgh
16.5.26 - Auntie Flo Live Band, Ronnie Scott’s, London
23.5.26 - Auntie Flo DJ, Grow Hackney, London
30.5.26 - Brian d’Souza live at Watching Trees UK
19.6.26 - Plants Can Dance, Solstice, Cornwall
20.6.26 - Auntie Flo DJ, Wildwood UK
21.6.26 - Plants Can Dance, Wildwood UK