The Wombats: Last News

Catfish & The Bottlemen have announced details of three more shows, set to take place in the UK and Ireland later this year. Find ticket information below.The dates come as an extension to the previously announced run of live gigs from Van McCann and co.

The Wombats have announced a huge outdoor UK show with Doves and Hard-Fi – find all the details below.The Liverpool band, whose sixth album ‘Oh! The Ocean’ arrived in February, will perform at Englefield House in Pangbourne near Reading, Berkshire on Thursday July 17. It’ll come as part of this year’s Heritage Live summer gig series.They are joined on the line-up by special guests Doves, Hard-Fi and Alfie Templeman.Tickets go on general sale at 9am BST next Thursday (April 10) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

The Wombats have shared details of a new UK and Ireland arena tour, set to take place later this year, with support coming from The Snuts. Find the details below.Six new shows have been added to the indie band’s packed itinerary for 2025, and will all take place across December.

The Wombats have been announced as the final headliner for Sheffield’s Rock N Roll Circus 2025. Check out the details below.This year’s edition of the festival is set to take place at the end of August, and will see performances from headliners including Queens Of The Stone Age, Reverend & The Makers, and James.Now, the final headliner has been shared, with The Wombats being confirmed to take to the stage on Friday August 29.

Razorlight and The Wombats have teamed up for two huge co-headline shows in the UK. Check out the details below.The two indie rock icons will be joining forces for two massive outdoor shows later this summer.

BBC Radio 1 has announced the line-up for its 2025 edition for the first day of this year’s Big Weekend.The annual festival is due to take place at Sefton Park in Liverpool from Friday May 23 to Sunday May 25. Tickets will be available from Thursday (March 13) from 5pm GMT here.Earlier this year, a host of acts were announced across the weekend with Sam Fender, Blossoms, Lola Young, Wet Leg and BRITs Rising Star 2025 winner Myles Smith all previously confirmed.Now, Tom Grennan has been announced as the Friday night headliner, while the likes of Biffy Clyro, Confidence Man, Barry Can’t Swim, Nia Archives, Katy B and The Wombats are also on the bill.

The Wombats have recalled the time they were chased by gangsters in Rio de Janeiro while out on tour.The Liverpool band, who released their sixth album ‘Oh! The Ocean’ last week, spoke about the incident during a recent interview with NME.“We got in trouble with some gang [in Rio De Janeiro] and they chased us back to the hotel,” explained frontman Matthew Murphy.“It was a wild night and I guess someone said something to the wrong person whilst intoxicated, and the next thing we knew we were in a van being chased – not chased, but two Range Rovers followed us back to the hotel.”He added: “Our tour manager got me off and then had to deal with it. But apparently it was pretty freaky.”The group also looked back on the run-in during a new interview with the Daily Star‘s ‘Wired’ column.“We got chased in Rio by a gang.

The Wombats have shared their sombre new single ‘My Head Is Not My Friend’ from their upcoming album ‘Oh! The Ocean’.Featuring a slow tempo with a soft bass line and frontman Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy’s sweet vocals singing the vulnerable and relatable lyrics: “Let’s spend the day in bed / Talk about you instead / My head is not my friend,” The Liverpudlian band’s latest single discusses one’s internal struggles with themselves and not being the nicest to ones self.Speaking about ‘My Head Is Not My Friend’ in a press release, Murphy shared: “‘My Head Is Not My Friend’ is a song about the idea that maybe I don’t actually have my best interests at heart.”The song’s accompanying visualiser features a mannequin head that has been set on fire in the middle of a winter snowstorm. Check out the video above.‘My Head Is Not My Friend’ marks the third single to be released from The Wombats’ upcoming sixth studio album ‘Oh! The Ocean’, following on from the previously released ‘Blood On The Hospital Floor’ and lead single ‘Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come’.Produced by John Congleton (St.Vincent, Death Cab For Cutie), ‘Oh! The Ocean’ marks their first since topping the UK album chart with 2022’s ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’ and headlining the Radio One tent at Reading & Leeds 2024 and was inspired by a revelatory experience Murphy had on a beach during a family holiday this summer.Speaking to NME about the inspiration for the album, Murphy shared: “I’d had a particularly funky morning and didn’t sleep well.

The Wombats are to play their biggest ever hometown show at Liverpool’s On The Waterfront next summer.The indie trio will headline the festival at Pier Head on June 19, with other night’s lineups being topped by Irish rebel music legends The Wolfe Tones, the 50-piece Classical Ibiza Kaleidoscope Orchestra and Sting.Tickets for The Wombats’ day at the festival, which will also feature performances from Pale Waves, Sawyer Hill and other acts to be confirmed, are on sale now and you can find yours here.A post shared by On The Waterfront Liverpool (@otwfliverpool)Writing about the show on Instagram, the band have said: “Liverpool did you think we’d forgotten about you?!! As if! We’re so excited to announce that we’re playing a huge hometown show, back where it all began, on the 19th June 2025 at the Pier Head!! It’s going to be a special night.”The date joins the previously announced UK arena tour the band will be playing in March next year, which includes dates in Nottingham, London’s O2, Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds. See full details of the shows here and find remaining tickets here.The band are preparing to release their sixth album ‘Oh! The Ocean’ on February 21, which they have previewed with the single ‘Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come’.

rocky start due to Storm Lilian, Leeds Festival 2024 organisers have confirmed that the BBC Radio 1 and Aux stages will not be used for the entire festival weekend.On social media today (August 23), the festival broke the unfortunate news to fans. “The health and safety team have now confirmed we will not be able [to] use the BBC Radio 1 tent & stage tomorrow or Sunday,” they write.“We are devastated for you and of course the artists that were eager to play.

The Wombats have released another taste of their forthcoming EP ‘Is This What It Feels Like To Feel Like This?’ by way of a new single ‘I Think My Mind Has Made Its Mind Up’.Breaking open with a thrashing guitar melody, ‘I Think My Mind Has Made Its Mind Up’ boasts some airy yet pensive vocal runs, with The Womabts’ frontman Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy saying of the song in a press release: “It’s a glitchy ode to the ’90s, innocence and escapism.”Take a listen below:Their forthcoming EP ‘Is This What It Feels Like To Feel Like This?’ – the follow-up to January’s ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’ – is due for release on November 18.Announcing the release back in August, the band shared its title track alongside a breezy visualiser.Preceded by singles ‘Method To The Madness’, ‘If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming With You’, ‘Ready For The High’ and ‘Everything I Love Is Going To Die’, The Wombats’ fifth studio offering landed back in January.A four-star review saw NME‘s Mark Beaumont remark: “Anyone surprised at the trio’s continued success clearly hasn’t been listening.

The Wombats have returned with the details of a six-track EP titled ‘Is This What It Feels Like To Feel Like This?’, announcing it alongside a visualiser for the title track.On the breezy new song’s origins, frontman Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy said in a press release: “I remember driving past an extremely rundown hotel and wondering what the hell could be going on in there, and that’s where this song was born. It’s about catching someone in a compromising situation that’s very unusual for their specific character and is far more fitting for your own.”Check out the visualiser for ‘Is This What It Feels Like To Feel Like This?’ below:The full EP – described as the band’s “rawest material yet, trading polished synths for spiky guitar riffs and heavy choruses” – will be out on November 18 via AWAL, with a vinyl pressing set to accompany its digital release.It was largely produced by bassist Tord Øverland Knudsen, who worked on and mixed the record in his Norway studio, following UK sessions co-produced by Knudsen, Murph and drummer Dan Haggis. Additional production also came from longtime collaborators Mike Crossey and Mark Crew.Have a look at the cover art and tracklisting for ‘Is This What It Feels Like To Feel Like This?’ below, then find pre-orders for the EP here.1. ‘I Think My Mind Has Made Its Mind Up’ 2. ‘Dressed To Kill’ 3. ‘Demon’ 4. ‘Is This What It Feels Like To Feel Like This?’ 5. ‘Same Old Damage’ 6. ‘Good Idea At The Time’The EP will arrive 10 months after The Wombats released their sixth studio album, ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’, back in January.

The Wombats have performed a cover of Kate Bush‘s ‘Running Up That Hill’ – watch it below.The cover, which aired this morning (June 24), was performed at the studios of triple j for the Australian broadcaster’s ‘Like A Version’ segment. It marked their fourth time on the segment, with the trio first appearing on it in 2011 to cover Jessie J‘s ‘Price Tag’.

The Wombats have scored their first UK Number One album with ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’.The Liverpool trio released their fifth studio effort last Friday (January 14), with the subsequent mid-week chart placing it as the most physically purchased record of the week up to that point.Yesterday (January 21) it was announced that the band had secured the top spot (via the Official Charts Company), appearing above Ed Sheeran‘s ‘=’ (Number Two) and Adele‘s ’30’ (Number Three). The rest of the top five is made up of ‘Dawn FM’ by The Weeknd (Number Four) and ‘Fragments’ by Bonobo (Number Five).Reflecting on their victory in a thread of tweets, Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy and co.

The Wombats have announced an intimate UK tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The band will hit the road for a run of special shows in the new year to mark the release of their fifth album, ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’, which arrives on January 14 via AWAL. Ticket bundles are available here.Held in partnership with local UK record stores, the tour kicks off at Pryzm (Banquet Records) on January 6.

The Wombats have shared a new single called ‘Everything I Love Is Going To Die’ – listen below.Premiering on BBC Radio 1 last night (November 15) as Clara Amfo’s ‘Hottest Record’, the track serves as the latest preview of the band’s upcoming fifth album ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’, which arrives on January 7 via AWAL.It follows the previous songs ‘If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming With You’, ‘Method To The Madness’ and ‘Ready For The High’, the latter of which arrived last month.“The song is about the impermanence of life, and with that in mind, the beauty of each passing second,” Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy explained of ‘Everything I Love…’ in a statement.“Key line for me is ‘Icarus was my best friend, so I’m gonna make him proud in the end‘,

The Wombats have shared their latest single ‘Ready For The High’ ahead of the release of their forthcoming album ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’.The track, which you can listen to below, is the third to be lifted from the forthcoming record after recent singles ‘If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming With You‘ and ‘Method To The Madness‘.“’Ready For The High’ is a 90’s inspired track that I was excited to toss a load of trumpets into,” said frontman Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy.