Fatboy Slim has announced a 2026 ‘Acid Ballroom’ UK tour. Find all the details below.
The DJ and producer – real name Norman Cook – is set to play a Friday and Saturday night each in Birmingham, Manchester, London and Glasgow early next year, in an event dubbed the ‘Acid Ballroom’.
He’ll kick things off at Birmingham’s O2 Academy on February 6 and 7, before heading to Manchester’s Aviva Studios on 13 and 14, and then London’s Alexandra Palace on 20 and 21. Finally, he’ll wrap up the tour at Glasgow’s Barrowland on 27 and 28.
Tickets go on general sale at 9.30am on Friday August 29, and you’ll be able to find them here.
Fatboy Slim’s 2026 ‘Acid Ballroom’ tour dates are:
FEBRUARY
6 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
7 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
13 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
14 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
20 – Alexandra Palace, London
21 – Alexandra Palace, London
27 – Barrowland, Glasgow
28 – Barrowland, Glasgow
In other news, Slim recently released his new book It Ain’t Over ’til the Fatboy Sings.
The highly illustrated coffee table book gives fans a glimpse into the DJ’s 40 years in showbiz and highlights what it is like to work in the music industry. It features live photos, tour posters, and untold stories of obscure memorabilia he’s collected throughout the years. You can get your copy here.
In other news, late last year, Fatboy Slim revealed that he’d lost his “passion for making music” and prefers DJing instead.
“For five years, I tried to beat myself up about it and go, ‘You should be doing this’. But then I thought, ‘Well, everybody likes my DJing and I enjoy that more, so I’ll do that’,” he said. “I’m hoping that one day the passion will come back.”
In March, he played a DJ set at a fish and chip shop in Melbourne, and he previously spoke out against what he called “sick” dynamic ticket pricing for Oasis’ 2025 reunion tour.
