AFI have announced an August headlining show at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on August 20th, in addition to dates previously announced.
The multi-platinum goth punkers will kick off the trek on August 20 with the new London show, before heading to Manchester’s O2 Ritz, the O2 Institute in Birmingham, Glasgow’s SWG3 Galvanizers Yard and Bristol’s Prospect Building. The band also play the London crossover edition of Outbreak Festival on Sunday, August 23,
For more than three decades, AFI has thrived on reinvention, earning platinum records, major-label success, and a devoted, cult-like fanbase. From their scrappy beginnings as a hardcore band in the early ’90s, through their dark melodic punk evolution at the turn of the century, to their mainstream breakthrough and later shape-shifting alt-rock exploration, the band has never stopped challenging themselves or their audience. Each era has marked a bold new chapter in a career defined by creative fearlessness.
That spirit continues with their latest album ‘Silver Bleeds the Black Sun’…, a dark and ethereal reinvention that expands the band’s sonic universe while remaining unmistakably AFI. As frontman Davey Havok describes it, the record is “a sonic manifestation of the struggle to reconcile existence in the godless, uncanny dystopia of modern life.” The result is an album that feels out of time, at once familiar and fresh, drawing on classic sounds and reinterpreting them through a modern lens.
Tickets for all dates are on sale via https://afireinside.net/tour/
AFI UK Tour Dates
August 2026
Thu 20 – London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Sat 22 – Manchester, O2 Ritz
Sun 23 – London, Outbreak Festival
Mon 24 – Birmingham, O2 Institute
Wed 26 – Glasgow, SWG3
Thu 27 – Bristol, The Prospect Building
