The Wonder Stuff have announced an extensive UK tour for October 2026, celebrating the alt-rock band’s 40th anniversary.
The 16-date tour will begin on 1st October, and will include Wolverhampton here on 30th October 2026!
The Wonder Stuff’s long-time line-up of Miles Hunt (vocals/guitar), Malc Treece (guitar/vocals), Erica Nockalls (violin/vocals), Mark Gemini Thwaite (guitar), Tim Sewell (bass) and Pete Howard (drums) will perform a career-spanning sets, including hits singles and fan favourites such as ‘Unbearable’, ‘A Wish Away’, ‘Caught In My Shadow’, ‘Size of A Cow’, and ‘Don’t Let Me Know Down, Gently’, amongst many others. Formed in Birmingham/Black Country area in 1986, The Wonder Stuff signed to Polydor Records in 1987 and released four Top 20 albums between 1988 and 1994!
Looking ahead to the tour, Miles Hunt said,
“When the original line-up of The Wonder Stuff first rehearsed together on March 19th 1986 – exactly forty years ago today - I wonder what our thoughts might have been if Malc Treece and I knew that we would be fortunate enough to still be playing gigs together now? Whatever those scruffy young fellas would have thought I can tell you now, all these years later, both of us are incredibly grateful to all of the audiences that have stuck with us these past four decades. And it shall be our absolute honour to get up on stage this year and play as many of the old faves as we can to those wonderful people. We are blessed.”
Joining The Wonder Stuff as the tour’s very special guests will be Inspiral Carpets.
The tour’s very special guests Inspiral Carpets were one of the most popular bands to emerge from the late-'80s/early-'90s Madchester scene. Following their 1989 Indie Chart-topping singles ‘Find Out Why’ and ‘Move’, the band released their breakthrough hit ‘This Is How It Feels’, which began a run of four UK Top 20 albums, ‘Life’ (#2), ‘The Beast’, ‘Inside’ (#5), ‘Revenge of The Goldfish’ (#17) and ‘Devil Hopping’ (#10).
Inspiral Carpets said, "We are looking forward to hitting the road later this year with our mates The Wonder Stuff. Expect a set full of our garage pop hit singles and maybe a couple of surprises... see you down front!"
