The Prodigy have announced a UK and Ireland arena tour with Carl Cox.
The legendary British electronic act will launch their arena tour in April 2026, with performances scheduled across the UK and Ireland, joined by special guest DJ and producer Carl Cox. The announcement arrives shortly before their headline appearance at Glastonbury on Sunday, 29 June, their first return to the festival since the passing of frontman Keith Flint in 2019.
A press release reads: “The World Heavyweight Champions Re-unite for a tour of straight up ruckus that sees The Prodigy blast through their headline set, performing tracks from across their seven UK number one albums, along with Carl Cox returning to his genre breaking three deck vinyl setup for a two-hour set from doors each night.”
After a three-year hiatus following Flint’s death, The Prodigy returned to the stage in 2022. In a 2024 interview with NME, the band’s co-founder Liam Howlett reflected on how Flint’s passing affected the rest of the group. He said: “After losing Keith we couldn’t even think or talk about the band. I think it was two years after his death that me and Maxim started bringing it up. ‘Could we play live again? Did we even want to? Why? How?’”
He continues: “We realised the only possible real way to know how we would feel was to do it: get back on stage and do a bunch of gigs. It was so hard to walk onto that stage without our brother, but we really felt the crowd with us. Those gigs were highly emotionally-charged but we came out the other end with our answer.”
The Prodigy’s 2026 arena tour kicks off in Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, and wraps up at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Howlett tells fans to “expect full attack mode” in a statement reading: “We’re bringin back that full experience of non-stop noise and beats from doors to getting chucked out. It will be that full Prodigy experience as it was then and how it continues to be now… and droppin’ new tunes for the people… We’ve got our old friend Carl joining us so expect full attack mode, factor nine… Let’s go!”
Carl Cox added: “I love working with these guys and it’s such a long time since I have. They knew me that last time I was out playing three turntables, and the type of music I was playing was hardcore rave music, so that’s what I’m going to be doing, playing that sort of sound and into the new skool, I’m really looking forward to it, so here we are Carl Cox and The Prodigy back again to rip up the dance floors.”
The tour dates go as follows:
THE PRODIGY 2026 UK AND IRELAND TOUR
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15th – Glasgow OVO Hydro
16th – Manchester Co-op Live
18th – Birmingham Utilita Arena
19th – Cardiff Utilita Arena
21st – Bournemouth BIC
22nd – Leeds First Direct Arena
24th – London Wembley OVO Arena
25th – London Wembley OVO Arena
27th – Belfast The SSE Arena
28th – Dublin 3Arena
You can get your tickets here from this Friday, 27 June.
