Shed Seven are set to play the biggest headline show of their career next year.
The landmark event will see the band headline a special hometown show at York’s LNER Community Stadium on Saturday 29 May 2027.
They will be joined on the night by special guests The Ks, Reverend and the Makers and The Mersey Beatles.
The massive gig follows an extraordinary few years for Shed Seven, which has seen the band achieve two UK Number 1 albums, play some of the biggest shows of their career and be crowned Best Live Act at the AIM Independent Music Awards.
It also follows the huge success of their two sold-out shows at York Museum Gardens in 2024.
Now, the band are taking things to another level, with their biggest production to date and a huge career-spanning set planned for York.
And with the LNER Community Stadium just a stone’s throw from the village of Huntington, where the band met, went to school and where the Shed Seven story first began more than three decades ago, frontman Rick Witter says the location just heightens what will be a very special night.
“It’s just so exciting,” Rick told YorkMix breakfast presenters Laura Castle and Tim Lichfield.
“Cuffe and Taylor, our promoters, are amazing. But it’s more the nature of what this is: it’s our home town. A stone’s throw from here is where me, Paul, and Tom went to school at Huntington.
“It’s brilliant that we’re trying to put York on the map nationwide because a lot of people will travel for this.”
As part of the hometown celebrations, there will be a special pre-sale for people in York – with the city set to be flooded with Shed Seven posters and beer mats carrying QR codes, giving local fans access to tickets before they go on general sale at 10am Friday 23 October viaTicketmaster.
“There’ll be some beer mats around York this weekend, so obviously if you see one of those, take it home it’s a little souvenir. But there’s a QR code on there, and that gives you the chance to get tickets straight away for that.”
An exclusive Shed Seven artist pre-sale also opens at 10am on Tuesday for anyone signed up to the Shed Seven mailing list here. Fans wishing to access the artist pre-sale must sign up by 12pm on Monday.
To mark the landmark show, Shed Seven will also release a special York Edition of their forthcoming self-titled album**.** Featuring unique artwork created especially for the release, the limited edition will include live versions of fan favouritesLet’s Go Dancing**,** * Talk of the Townand Chasing Rainbows**.*
Chasing Rainbows has a particularly special connection with the city, having become a regular terrace chant among York City supporters. Continuing the hometown theme**,£1 from every York Edition CD sold will be donated to York City Foundation,** supporting its work with communities across York.
The York Edition will be available to purchase here.
Shed Seven are also keen to use the occasion to support York’s next generation of musicians, with a fan zone stage ahead of the main stadium show featuring up-and-coming artists from the city.
The stadium announcement comes as Shed Seven prepare to embark on their biggest UK winter tour to date, Shedcember X, ahead of the release of their seventh studio album, the self-titled* Shed Seven*, on 8 January.
“We’ve written another album, which we didn’t really think we would do, but we’re in such high spirits at the minute, and so loving what we’re doing,” said Rick.
Rick promised that the show will be “hit heavy. We’ve got to put on a show. It’s not just about the songs. It’s about the entertainment. It’s not just a gig, it’s an event.”
More than three decades after a group of school friends first came together in Huntington, Shed Seven will return to the same part of York for the biggest show of their career.
“Hopefully, it’s just going to be a really great day, really great vibes. We’ll put on a show, we’ll pull out all the stops.
“Let’s just get this thing sold out and then we can start thinking about the party that’s going to happen.”