Multi-platinum selling indie pop band Bastille have today (Monday) announced a huge headline North Yorkshire show next summer.
The four-piece, fronted by vocalist Dan Smith, alongside Kyle Simmons on keys, bass and guitarist Will Farquarson and drummer Chris ‘Woody’ Wood will play Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Saturday 11 July 2026.
With more than 13 million records sold, three UK No.1 albums, six UK Top 40 singles, more than two billion video views and more than seven billion Spotify streams, Bastille remain one of the world’s most streamed acts, and one of the most influential British bands of a generation.
Tickets will go on sale this Friday (28 November) at 10am via Ticketmaster.
Their triple platinum, chart-topping, twice No.1 debut album Bad Blood – featuring the era-defining hit Pompeii – was the biggest-selling digital album of 2013 and made Bastille the year’s biggest global breakthrough act. The band won the British Breakthrough Act award at the 2014 BRIT Awards and received two GRAMMY Award nominations.
Further number one albums followed with Wild World (2016) and Give Me The Future (2022).
In 2023, the band celebrated the 10-year anniversary of Bad Blood with the release of Bad Blood X and a sold-out international run of shows and festivals. That same year, they collaborated with multiple Academy and GRAMMY award-winning composer Hans Zimmer on Pompeii MMXXIII, a powerful rework of their breakthrough hit that closed BBC’s Planet Earth III.
Today’s announcement follows Bastille’s return to the stage earlier this month for their From All Sides tour after a two year hiatus from performing live. The tour culminated with the release of the band’s first original new music in three years, new single SAVE MY SOUL – which was released last Friday.
Support comes from rising British-Ghanaian soul star Nectar Woode – who was likened to Nina Simone by Elton John earlier this year. Her music, described as a vivid tapestry of neo-soul, folk, jazz, gospel and raw, diaristic songwriting, has found her listeners across the world.
Bastille joins CMAT, Bowling For Soup and Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Holly Johnson, Scissor Sisters, The Streets, Madness, Paul Weller and James Taylor among the headliners announced for so far for Scarborough Open Air Theatre 2026.
Julian Murray, of Scarborough OAT promoters Cuffe and Taylor, said: “Bastille have been such an influential band – their recent tour was an amazing celebration of 15 years together. It’s fantastic to be bringing their powerful and distinctive music back to Scarborough – after their brilliant headline show here in 2018.
“This will undoubtedly be a real highlight of the summer on the Yorkshire coast.”
See the full programme of upcoming events at Scarborough Open Air Theatre at their website here.
