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Chuck on Tour will spend its first leg in North America, seeing dates in Seattle, Vancouver, Chicago, Washington D.C., New York, Los Angeles and more. Role Model then arrives in Europe on 11 February. He will play nights in Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, and Paris on the European leg. Finally, two massive dates make up the UK/IE leg. 22 February will see Role Model at Dublin’s 3Arena. And two days later (24 February), he will spend a night at London’s OVO Wembley Arena. 

The North American leg will be supported by Samia. And Keni Titus, American singer-songwriter, will support the UK/IE and European legs. 

Role Model’s (real name, Tucker Pillsbury) third album, ‘Chuck Timely & The Hourglass’  releases on 7 August via Interscope. It’s lead single, ‘High Hopes 3000’ has been released. Clash calls the track “a colourful pop feast” and DIY says the song “is an earworm hoedown that sees him balance romantic cynicism with a yearning for connection.’ See the music video below.

Pillsbury released his second album, ‘Kansas Anymore’ in 2024. On it, the singer departed from his bedroom pop and alternative beginnings, and leaned into country and folk influences to great acclaim. DIY gave the album an four stars calling “a record ostensibly about heartbreak and homesickness,” “so overwhelmingly fun” and that it, “[uses] both genre and trope in parallel ways with just the right level of self-awareness and humour along the way.” 

The runaway single of the project was ‘Sally, When the Wine Runs Out.’ The track was from the deluxe version of the LP, ‘Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye).’ The jaunty dance number laden with twangy guitars is perhaps most well known for its bridge. During live performances, a tradition has emerged in which Pillsbury beckons, “Where’s my Sally tonight?” before a guest joins him on stage to perform the rest of the song. Notable guests have included Charli XCX (on SNL US), Lewis Capaldi, Niall Horan and Olivia Rodrigo. 

Before heading on tour, Role Model will make summer appearances at Reading & Leeds Festivals as well as at Ireland’s Electric Picnic.

Tickets for Chuck on Tour go on pre-sale Wednesday 24 June at 10 AM local time. Fans can sign up for pre-sale here. General sale is Friday 26 June at the same time, and the UK sale can be accessed here. 

Chuck on Tour 2027 Europe, UK/IE Dates 

11/2 – Tempodrom – Berlin, Germany

13/2 – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, Netherlands

14/2  – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, Netherlands

15/2  – Forest National – Brussels, Belgium

17/2  – Mitsubishi Electric Halle – Düsseldorf, Germany

19/2  – Zénith Paris – La Villette – Paris, France

22/2  – 3Arena Dublin – Ireland

24/2  – OVO Arena Wembley – London, England

Cook revealed that his last two singles, ‘Bus Stop Please’ and ‘Role Model’, were born from live performances rather than traditional studio sessions. “They were both things that I made just to play on the side,” he explained. “I had tunes that nobody else had in my set. And that kind of caught on with people when we worked out that we could clear the samples and release them.”

‘Role Model’ caused a stir online due to its use of AI in the music video. The accompanying video featured pop culture figures such as Bootsy Collins and Jane Fonda miming to the track, with fans flocking to Reddit to identify each character. Reception was divided, with one commenter calling it “AI slop,” while another praised it as the “best use of AI in pop culture so far, by a mile.”

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Despite his recent releases, Cook admitted that his passion for producing music has waned. “The thing is, you can’t make music unless you’re absolutely passionate about it,” he said. “For five years, I tried to beat myself up about it and go, ‘You should be doing this.’ But then I thought, ‘Well, everybody likes my DJing and I enjoy that more, so I’ll do that.’”

Saw Fatboy Slim tonight and the screens were just filled with AI slop pic.twitter.com/XB9eoGuLSF — RodentBoi (@RodentBoi69) August 25, 2024

Cook’s decision to focus on DJing aligns with previous statements on longevity in the industry. Speaking to Music Feeds Australia in 2019, he remarked, “Being a DJ doesn’t seem to have the same ageing in it that other styles of music do. Our experience compensates for our advancing years.”

This eclectic career—from punk enthusiast at 14 to bassist for indie icons The Housemartins, and later a pioneer of the UK’s big beat scene alongside The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers—has cemented his status as one of the UK’s most influential electronic artists.

The event also marked the 20th anniversary of ‘Palookaville’, Cook’s last full-length studio album released in 2004, reissued in October. He previously expressed indifference about releasing new albums, telling NME in 2019: “I’ll probably end up making more music and regain my love for producing, but it probably won’t be an album.”

During the session, Cook reminisced about his schooldays at Reigate Grammar School, where he shared a classroom with Keir Starmer. “He was actually in my class for five years,” Cook said, adding that Starmer played guitar in a school band. “He gave off no whiff of, ‘I’m going to be Prime Minister one day.’” Reigate Grammar’s current headmaster is the son of glam rocker Alvin Stardust and the brother of DJ Adam F.

Cook’s reflections suggest an artist still doing what he loves, the way he wants to. He hasn’t bowed to commercial pressures for twenty years, and that doesn’t look likely to change any time soon.