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AFI unveil European and UK shows this summer
AFI will perform throughout Europe and the UK this summer, as per theprp. The following August dates are set for the multi-platinum goth punkers.
- Saturday, August 22, 2026 – Manchester, United Kingdom – O2 Ritz
- Sunday, August 23, 2026 – London, United Kingdom – All Points East Festival
- Monday, August 24, 2026 – Birmingham, United Kingdom – O2 Institute
- Wednesday, August 26, 2026 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – SWG3
- Thursday, August 27, 2026 – Bristol, United Kingdom – The Prospect Building
- Saturday, August 29, 2026 – Saint‑Cloud, France – Rock en Seine
- Sunday, August 30, 2026 – Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall
Founded in 1991, AFI is an American rock group based in Ukiah, California. Lead singer Davey Havok, drummer and backing vocalist Adam Carson, bassist, backing vocalist, and keyboardist Hunter Burgan, and guitarist, backing vocalist, and keyboardist Jade Puget have been its members since 1998. The only surviving original members are Havok and Carson. They began as a hardcore punk band and have subsequently explored a variety of genres, including horror punk, post-hardcore, emo, alternative rock, and gothic rock. Twelve studio albums, eleven EPs, one live album, and one DVD have all been published by AFI. With their fifth album, “The Art of Drowning” (2000), which peaked at number 174 on the Billboard 200, the group first saw significant commercial success.
“Sing the Sorrow” (2003), their sixth album, which peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the chart for 51 weeks, was their next big hit. Popular singles “Girl’s Not Grey” and “Silver and Cold,” which both peaked at number seven on America’s Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2003, helped promote the album. Also released as a single, “The Leaving Song Pt. II” peaked at number 16 on the chart. With over 1.26 million copies sold as of September 2009, “Sing the Sorrow” is AFI‘s best-selling album and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2006.