English Teacher announce their biggest UK headline tour yet for November
Pre-Sale begins tomorrow (FEB 26) at 10am (sign-up to the band’s Newsletter here for access)
General sale begins Friday (FEB 28) at 10am
English Teacher announce their biggest UK headline tour to date with a run of shows in November – culminating with a date at London’s iconic Roundhouse after nights in Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and Nottingham.
Fans can sign up to the band’s Newsletter HERE by tonight for first access to tickets, with the pre-sale beginning tomorrow at 10am. General sale begins on Friday Feb 28th at 10am.
English Teacher November 2025 Tour
13 NOVEMBER – NOTTINGHAM – Rock City
18 NOVEMBER – NEWCASTLE – NX
19 NOVEMBER – GLASGOW – Barrowland
20 NOVEMBER – MANCHESTER – Albert Hall
22 NOVEMBER – LEEDS – O2 Academy Leeds
26 NOVEMBER – LONDON – Roundhouse
The quartet are nominated for Best New Artist at this weekend’s (March 1) BRIT awards and their biting social commentary and unique musical soundscapes saw their debut album This Could Be Texas scoop last year’s Mercury Prize, and chart at number 8 in the UK, amid a flurry of 5-star reviews. It has been described as “a landmark debut” (NME), “one of the great debut albums of the 21st century” (The Sunday Times) and “setting (them) up for a long and adventurous career” (UNCUT). They came in at Number 5 in BBC Radio 1’s annual bellwether Sound Of 2025 poll.
About English Teacher
The four-piece have graced the covers of indie bibles NME, DORK and So Young and bagged lead features and shoots in the print editions of British Vogue, DIY, Wonderland and CLASH. Praise has also easily flowed from critics at the broadsheets including The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Financial Times, The New York Times, The Evening Standard and TIME Magazine.
The cross-cultural appeal of the group has seen them invited into BBC 6 Music, Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio X for coveted live sessions. Every single from the album has seen relentless A-Listing on BBC 6 Music (Steve Lamacq, Lauren Laverne, Jamz Supernova, Craig Charles) and regular spins on Radio 1 (Jack Saunders, Gemma Bradley), Radio 2 (Jo Whiley), Radio X (John Kennedy) and Apple Music (Elton John). On the live circuit the group’s last UK headline tour was completely sold-out, in addition to notable debut slots at SXSW and Glastonbury.
Heralding the sound of a band inhabiting a sonic identity all their own, This Could Be Texas both begins and ends with references to nineties touchpoints – melodic, college rock-worthy guitars on opener ‘Albatross’, and a huge arena-worthy climax to the anthemic ‘Albert Road’. In between, there is room for everything from the subtle, experimental landscape changes of ‘Not Everybody Gets To Go To Space’, to the more grounded, intimate likes of ‘Broken Biscuits’ and ‘Nearly Daffodils’. The pace is forever shifting as they move smoothly through the gears; rave-reviewed singles ‘The World’s Biggest Paving Slab’ and the reworked ‘R&B’ have a very different feel to something like the soaring balladry of ‘You Blister My Paint’, but both have a similar sort of searing energy in common that encompasses the entire record.
English Teacher’s This Could Be Texas is out now via Island Records. The band are on tour in November.
English Teacher is Lily Fontaine (vocals, rhythm guitar, synth), Douglas Frost (drums, piano, vocals), Nicholas Eden (bass), Lewis Whiting (lead guitar), Blossom Caldarone (cello, piano, vocals)
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
