After narrowly missing out on a UK number one album last week with debut LP ‘Put A Smile On For Me’, London alternative rock quartet Keo are set to celebrate their ascension with a 2027 tour around the UK, Ireland, Europe and North America.
The group’s emotional indie rock carries hallmarks of their influences, including Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins, with grunge-esque guitar fuzz throughout. Ahead of the September 25 release of ‘Put A Smile On For Me’, Keo put out a batch of exciting singles and played shows with the likes of Wolf Alice and The Last Dinner Party, before a summer of festival appearances including Reading & Leeds, Boardmasters and TRNSMT. The album shot up to number two in the Official UK Album Chart in its first week, falling just behind Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’.
Keo have just wrapped up a record store tour before the album’s launch, and are all set for their post-release shows at the end of October in Southampton, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool and London – but that hasn’t stopped them from announcing another new mega-tour for 2027.
The new Put A Smile On For Me 2027 Tour kicks off in February with a night at the O2 Academy in Leeds. The UK run then visits Nottingham Rock City, Portsmouth Guildhall, Bristol’s O2 Academy, Birmingham’s O2 Academy and Norwich UEA. It carries over into March with shows at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom, The Octagon Centre in Sheffield, Newcastle NX, a sold-out night at London’s O2 Academy Brixton and then on to Belfast Limelight.
The Europe stage opens at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre straight away, and end’s at Strom in Munich on April 17. Keo then head to the US for 14 dates, kicking off in Philadelphia on April 28 and ending in Los Angeles on May 20.
Keo still sit at second on the Official Album Chart with ‘Put A Smile On For Me’ ahead of Friday’s final total. Tickets for UK and Europe shows hit pre-sale at 10am tomorrow, Wednesday October 7, before general sale opens at 10am on Friday October 9. Check out their full dates for the UK and Ireland in 2026 and 2027 below:
2026
OCTOBER:
17 – Neighbourhood Festival, Manchester
24 – O2 Guildhall, Southampton
25 – Tramshed, Cardiff
27 – O2 Academy, Glasgow
29 – O2 Academy, Liverpool
30 – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
2027
February:
19 – O2 Academy, Leeds
20 – Rock City, Nottingham
22 – Guildhall, Portsmouth
24 – O2 Academy, Bristol
25 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
26 – UEA, Norwich
March:
3 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
5 – The Octagon Centre, Sheffield
6 – NX, Newcastle
12 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
15 – Limelight, Belfast
16 – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin
