Dermot Kennedy is scheduled to perform at First Direct Arena in Leeds on 2 June 2026 at 18:00, with ticket sales already underway for the show.
The Leeds date is part of a larger European and British run set for May and June 2026, and organizers say it is Kennedy’s biggest headline tour so far. They say the evening will draw from his discography and include new material expected during 2026, although the setlist for Leeds has not been announced.
The booking lands after a steady run of releases that has kept Kennedy in view. His first studio album, Without Fear, arrived in 2019, followed by Sonder in 2022. In 2024, he released the four-song EP I’ve told the trees everything, extending a catalogue that has helped fuel demand for the next tour leg.
That demand is being tested against a simple fact: the Leeds crowd still does not know what Kennedy will play. The organizers have promised songs from across his discography, but the absence of a setlist leaves the show open-ended for fans buying now, months before the lights go up in Leeds.
Kennedy once summed up the wider moment by saying, “It’s lovely to see Ireland having a musical moment.” The Leeds concert now sits inside that momentum, with the tour moving across Britain and Europe in late spring and early summer 2026 and positioning the singer for the largest headline run of his career to date.
The question now is not whether the show will happen, but how much of Kennedy’s next chapter will be revealed on stage in Leeds. With tickets on sale and new music expected during 2026, the 2 June date is likely to be watched closely as an early marker of where his live show is heading next.
