Sheffield’s rising indie five-piece The Rosadocs have announced their first ever UK headline tour, set to kick off in February 2026, after having a brilliant last 12 months.
2025 was a big step forward, selling out shows in Sheffield and London, stepping up to festival main stages at Rock N Roll Circus, Hardwick and Victorious, and 2026 looks set to be the year where they accelerate further. The tour will see them play some of the country’s most iconic grassroots venues, including London’s Lexington, Glasgow’s King Tut’s and Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club, before a triumphant homecoming at Sheffield’s Octagon.
The announcement follows the release of their acclaimed EP The City’s No Good for Reflection, a record full of heart-on-sleeve indie anthems and moments of raw vulnerability. From the rousing In the Storm to the bittersweet melancholy of, well, Bittersweet, it’s a collection that’s had BBC Introducing and Radio X firmly in their corner, and crowds singing the words back all summer.
Frontman Keelan Graney is under no illusions about what this moment means:
“This EP really felt like us stepping into our own. To hear songs like Bittersweet and In the Storm sung back at festivals all summer was incredible – it made us realise just how far things have come. But we’re not stopping there. There’s new music coming next year, and it’s the boldest stuff we’ve written yet.”
Before the headline run, The Rosadocs will be sharpening their live edge with a string of support slots for indie heroes The Enemy and The Lilacs – a rite of passage for any guitar band with big ambitions.
“Supporting The Enemy and The Lilacs is massive for us,” Graney says. “These are bands we grew up on – part of the soundtrack to our teenage years. To now be sharing stages with them, and to see how their fans have taken to us, it’s been surreal. But more than anything, it’s given us the hunger to go out and headline our own shows. We want to prove that we belong on bills like that, and this tour is our chance to do exactly that.”
Formed in 2017, The Rosadocs have steadily built their following the old-fashioned way – relentless gigging, word of mouth, and songs that strike a chord. Their blend of soaring indie-rock and gritty Northern storytelling has earned them comparisons to Arctic Monkeys, The Courteeners and The Enemy, though there’s a character and craft here that’s uniquely theirs.
With their biggest run of shows to date now on the horizon, 2026 looks like the year The Rosadocs’ graft pays off in full. One of Britain’s most exciting new guitar bands are ready to take their place centre stage.
Tickets are available through https://www.therosadocs.com/
The Rosadocs UK Headline Tour 2026
Sun 15 Feb – Hope & Ruin, Brighton
Tues 17 Feb – Lexington, London
Fri 6 Mar – Think Tank, Newcastle
Sat 7 Mar – King Tut’s, Glasgow
Sat 14 Mar – Bodega, Nottingham
Thurs 26 Mar – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Fri 27 Mar – Docks Academy, Grimsby
Fri 10 Apr – Mama Roux, Birmingham
Sat 11 Apr – MK11, Milton Keynes
Sat 18 Apr – Gorilla, Manchester
Fri 24 Apr – Octagon, Sheffield
Sat 25 Apr – The Brook, Southampton
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