Royel Otis have announced three UK dates to their European tour in November. The tour coincides with the release of their sophomore album ‘(hickey)‘, released on August 22 2025. Royel Otis have announced they will play gigs at O2 Academy Brixton on November 21, O2 Academy Glasgow on November 25 and O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester on November 28. They announced the tour dates on the Instagram post shown below.
The band have also announced an album launch show at the Jacaranda Baltic, a venue within Cains Brewery in Liverpool. This show was initially to be held on August 20, just before the official release of the album, though it was delayed due to illness and will now be held on November 4. The Jacaranda Baltic is a 400-capacity basement venue and will provide an intimate space to sample the band’s new release. Tickets will also include a copy of the album on CD or Vinyl.
Royel Otis achieved fame when their cover of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’, shown on triple j’s show Like A Version‘ became viral on YouTube and TikTok. See the performance below:
Royel Otis performed at Reading and Leeds festival this year and surprised festival-goers at Reading when Sophie Ellis-Bextor made a surprise cameo during the band’s performance of the viral cover. Royel Otis also performed a viral cover of ‘Linger’ by The Cranberries, released on SiriusXM’s YouTube channel. The band are now ready to push their original material. In a recent interview with NME, Royel Maddell said “It’s so hard, because ‘Murder…’ gets everyone hyped and ‘Linger’ gets everyone singing along, which makes us feel better. It’d be nice to not do them – not because we don’t like the songs, but because they’re not our songs, it feels like a cop out, sometimes.”.
‘(hickey)‘, the new album released by the band, contains only original music and is being celebrated by fans. The first single released, ‘Moody’, is a catchy guitar-pop song though recently garnered controversy due to accusations of misogyny in the lyrics by using derogatory terms for women in the chorus of the song. On August 22, Royel Otis released the latest single from the new album ‘who’s your boyfriend’ as well as uploading a music video to YouTube featuring Lola Tung, best known as Belly Conklin from the Amazon Prime series The Summer I Turned Pretty. See the music video below:
The album is available on Royal Otis’ official website and include an art card signed by the band.
Tickets for the album launch party at Jacaranda Baltic in Liverpool can be bought here. Tickets for the official tour will be released this Friday 29 August. Tickets for the Brixton show can be bought here, tickets for Glasgow can be bought here and tickets for Manchester can be bought here.
