Wet Wet Wet announce massive 40-date UK tour to celebrate 40 years of their first album

15 April 2026, 11:11

By Mayer Nissim

40 years of Wet Wet Wet. 40 massive UK shows.

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Wet Wet Wet have announced an absolutely massive UK tour to mark a very special anniversary.

The band will play a whopping 40-date jaunt in 2027, with the number of shows chosen to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album, Popped In Souled Out.

The concerts come in two batches. The first half happen in February, with the band having a few months off before a second run convening in October.

There are a host of generation-straddling special guests booked across the various dates, including Roachford, Nick Heyward, Rebecca Ferguson, Heather Small, Johnny Hates Jazz, The Christians and The South.

Tickets for the shows go on sale this Friday, April 17, via Ticketmaster.

After the departure of original frontman Marti Pellow in 2017, Wet Wet Wet have been fronted by former Liberty X singer Kevin Simm.

Wet Wet Wet's 2027 tour dates. Picture: Deacon Communications

The current lineup also features bass player and founding member Graeme Clark and guitarist Graeme Duffin, who joined in the early days of the band in 1983.

Original drummer Tommy Cunningham and keyboard player Neil Mitchell left the group in 2022.

"When we made Popped In Souled Out, I was just a young guy," said Clark

"Forty years later, those songs have taken on a life of their own, and this tour is about celebrating where it all began without forgetting what followed.

"It’ll feel like stepping back into those original PISO shoes - only now with a lifetime of experience and with an audience who've been with us through every twist and turn."

Wet Wet Wet's current lineup. Picture: Deacon Communications

Simm said: "I'm really excited to be going back out on tour in 2027 and celebrating 40 years of Popped In Souled Out.

"It’s an absolute honour and a privilege as always to sing these iconic and timeless songs, and to perform them in so many venues across the UK to so many fans of the band is really a dream come true."

Duffin said: "I'd have been gobsmacked if anyone had told me 40 years ago that the tracks on Popped In Souled Out would still be loved by so many and that I’d still be performing them with the band after all that time.

"These shows are going to be a blast, and I know that fans are going to enjoy the shows just as much as us when we hit the road again next year."