Wet Wet Wet Set New Intimate Acoustic Tour for May 2026

Wet Wet Wet have announced a UK acoustic tour of intimate shows where the majority of venues are located in places that they’ve never played before during their 40+ year career; as well as a brand-new album that sees them revisit their songs in a stripped back style.

‘An Intimate Acoustic Evening with Wet Wet Wet’ will see founding member Graeme Clark, long -standing guitarist Graeme Duffin, and lead singer Kevin Simm, who joined the band in 2018, perform a full set of reworked Wet Wet Wet classics, with the odd story and anecdote from the band’s history thrown in for good measure.

The idea for the album and for taking this new show on the road has developed from the band’s recent run of hugely successful full band tours, which have seen them perform to over 75,000 people at their headline shows alone during the last couple of years, plus countless more at festivals around the world. Every night, the trio perform a short set of 3 songs acoustically, in what has become a fan-favourite highlight of their live show. 

This stripped back approach re-works songs from throughout the legendary group’s back catalogue and has inspired a brand-new studio album which will be released on CD and limited-edition coloured vinyl on 3rd October 2025.

The ‘Strings Attached’ album contains reimagined versions of Wet Wet Wet’s biggest songs, plus a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain which has become a live favourite. The songs have been rearranged and recorded in a  stripped-back style for the release using a plethora of instrumentation including guitar, bass, drums, double bass, accordion, mandolin, tambourine etc. along with a string section on certain tracks. 

This special acoustic tour will offer fans a chance to see and hear the trio play Wet Wet Wet’s most iconic songs – including Sweet Little Mystery, Angel Eyes, Temptation, Sweet Surrender, and the legendary Love Is All Around – in an intimate setting, as they’ve never been performed before.

Wet Wet Wet have sold over 15 million records worldwide, with 20× platinum certifications, and incredibly have achieved over 500 weeks spent on the UK Singles and Albums Charts. They continue to be one of the UK’s most successful and best-loved bands, with a catalogue of defining hits such as Sweet Little Mystery, Angel Eyes, Goodnight Girl, With a Little Help from My Friends, Sweet Surrender, Julia Says and of course, the ubiquitous Love Is All Around which spent the entire summer of 1994 at No.1.

An Intimate Acoustic Evening with Wet Wet Wet

13 May             Carmarthen Lyric Theatre
14 May             Barnstaple Queen’s Theatre
15 May             Aldershot Princes Hall
16 May             King’s Lynn Corn Exchange
17 May             Scarborough Spa Theatre
19 May             Inverness Eden Court
20 May             Stirling Albert Hall
21 May             Forfar Reid Hall
22 May             Paisley Town Hall
23 May             Oban Corran Halls
26 May             Ilkley King’s Hall
27 May             Crewe Lyceum Theatre
28 May             Swindon Wyvern Theatre
29 May             Worthing Pavilion Theatre
30 May             Bury St Edmunds The Apex