The singer-songwriter from Liverpool has scheduled his upcoming album to be released on Friday the 4th September ahead of his tour that will begin the day after on the 5th. The album will be his first follow-up since his Top Five album in 2024, ‘For The People’. He will be kicking off the live tracks in Southampton in The 1865.

The tour is set to differ from his last live appearances where he played to huge crowds that ranged from a massive hometown performance and area-based visits. This year he will be playing intimate shows for his fans in smaller venues to showcase his sound in a comfortable and close environment.

The singer announced his tour and album just this week with the release of ‘Just Begun’, where he also released a groovy music video for the track. From press talks, Webster speaks of the album reflecting notions of identity and reflection, that nonetheless, still spotlights his strength as a songwriter that released classic indie anthems such as ‘Weekend In Paradise’ and ‘Allez Allez Allez’. When he spoke of the new release he said: “This album is about trying to make sense of it all – life, pressure, expectations, the way things are changing around us and still holding onto who you are through it.”

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The news is exciting for indie fans, marking his return to the stage after a year off live performances, particularly after his year-after-year appearances at Glastonbury festival. Though, he kicked off his year of performing just last weekend at Warrington’ Neighbourhood Weekender, accelerating the excitement for new music from the legend.

Sat 5 Sep – Southampton, The 1865
Sun 6 Sep – Bristol, O2 Academy 1
Mon 7 Sep – Cardiff, Students Union
Wed 9 Sep – London, Electric Ballroom
Thu 10 Sep – Birmingham, O2 Institute 1
Fri 11 Sep – Manchester, Academy 1
Sun 13 Sep – Leicester, O2 Academy
Tue 15 Sep – Sheffield, Network
Thu 17 Sep – Leeds, O2 Academy
Fri 18 Sep – Hull, University Union
Sat 19 Sep – Newcastle, NX
Mon 21 Sep – Dundee, Live House
Tue 22 Sep – Glasgow, O2 Academy
Wed 23 Sep – Carlisle, The Old Fire Station
Fri 29 Sep – Isle of Man, Villa Marina Royal Hall

You can buy general sale tickets on sale tomorrow on the 29th of May 2026 at 10am here!

Webster was also celebrating another milestone this week, with his musical love-letter to Liverpool, This Place, topping one million streams on Spotify. He took to social media today to thank fans for their ‘mind-blowing‘ support.

1 million streams for this place. Your support is mind blowing. Thank you ❤️.

My city, my people, my heart pic.twitter.com/Yh9jqsLYY4

— Jamie Webster (@JamieWebster94) October 19, 2020

Webster, who counts Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp among his biggest fans, spoke to the Official Charts website about his delight at securing the inaugural Folk Albums top spot: “I grew up listening to Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Johnny Cash…Whilst growing up I didn’t actually know that it was folk that I was listening to, I just liked the real-life stories that were being told in the songs. It was later on that I realised that it’s the stories and realities told which makes the songs folk songs. I’ve always tried to tell stories in my music and talk about real life issues, I think that’s the only way to do it. And to officially get recognition in this way is something I’m really proud of.”

The introductory Folk Top 40 show was presented by legendary DJ and author Mark Radcliffe, and streamed live on YouTube yesterday. The hour-and-a-half chart show served as a whistle-stop musical tour of the folk scene across the British Isles, with performances from Welsh chamber folk collective Vri, Scottish songwriter Kris Drever; Anglo-Irish duo The Breath; Belfast’s Joshua Burnside; and Yorkshire songstress Fay Hield.

Jamie Webster’s This Place headed up an eclectic top 40 which featured a mixture of well-established artists (socialist folk rockers The Levellers; Penistone singer Kate Rusby; Devon’s Seth Lakeman; veteran vocalist Shirley Collins) and performers whose stature on the scene has grown over recent years: including Bristol outfit The Longest Johns and Caernarfon group Bwncath.

The number two slot was occupied by Laura Marling and her Mercury Prize-nominated release Song For Our Daughter, which also peaked at number six in the main UK Albums Chart earlier in the year. The Berkshire product had switched record labels from Virgin EMI to Partisan/Chrysalis for the album; a move which she told Music Week had ultimately made for a perfect creative match.

Marling said “I was with Virgin for a long time, which was a very different world. Working with Partisan and Chrysalis on Song For Our Daughter was exactly what I hoped it would be in that there was a small, dedicated group of people working their hardest to serve the project. I’m not an obstinate person, but I’m not going to do many outlandish bits of promo and I’m not easy to market. I’m also a niche artist, but they were constantly coming up with creative ways that both met my comfort levels and their needs to see the fruits of their labour, so that was great.”

You can find the full Folk Albums Top 40 on the Official Charts website here. The Top 40 will be published online on the first Monday of every month, with the next official chart reflecting October sales due on Monday 2nd November.