The London artist will hit the road later this year in support of her third studio album, ‘Ambiguous Desire’, which is out on April 3 via Transgressive.
“So excited to announce the ‘Desire’ tour!! We’re taking it worldwide baby!!” Parks wrote on social media to confirm the forthcoming dates. She added: “Let’s laugh, cry and move our bodies.”
The North American leg is set to kick off in Washington, D.C. on August 29, ahead of further stops in Boston, Toronto, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, New York and other cities throughout September and into early October.
Parks will then head to the UK and Ireland for shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Bristol and Manchester, as well as a performance at the O2 Academy Brixton in London on October 20.
A run of European concerts is scheduled between late October and early December. These include gigs in Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Budapest, Copenhagen and Oslo.
Tickets for the tour go on general sale at 10am local time next Friday (March 13). You’ll be able to buy yours here (UK and Ireland), here (North America) and here (Europe).
Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale at the same time on Tuesday (March 10) by signing up here.
Arlo Parks’ 2026 ‘Desire’ world tour dates are:
AUGUST 29 – The Howard Theatre, Washington, DC 31 – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
SEPTEMBER 01 – Royale, Boston, MA 03 – MTELUS, Montreal, QC 04 – HISTORY, Toronto, ON 05 – Lincoln Factory, Detroit, MI 09 – Granada Theater, Dallas, TX 10 – Mohawk, Austin, TX 14 – The Observatory North Park, San Diego, CA 15 – Pappy & Harriet’s, Pioneertown, CA 18 – The Bellwether, Los Angeles, CA 19 – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA 21 – Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA 22 – Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC 23 – Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR 25 – Metro Music Hall, Salt Lake City, UT 26 – Gothic Theatre, Denver, CO 29 – Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
OCTOBER 01 – Knockdown Center, Queens, NY 17 – The Ambassador, Dublin
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20 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
24 – The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
25 – The Prospect Building, Bristol
26 – Albert Hall, Manchester
28 – TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
30 – Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne
31 – Uber Eats Music Hall, Berlin
NOVEMBER 03 – Cirque Royal, Brussels 08 – La Gaite Lyrique, Paris 10 – Sala La Riviera, Madrid 11 – LAV, Lisbon 13 – Apolo, Barcelona 16 – Muffathalle, Munich 18 – Palladium, Warszawa 19 – Arena Wien, Vienna 21 – ARCHA+, Prague 22 – Akvárium Klub, Budapest 24 – Kaufleuten, Zürich 26 – den Atelier, Luxembourg City 29 – Store Vega, Copenhagen
DECEMBER 01 – Parkteatret, Oslo 02 – Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm
‘Ambiguous Desire’ will serve as the follow-up to Parks’ 2023 album ‘My Soft Machine’. She has already previewed the project with the singles ‘2SIDED’ and ‘Heaven’.
Speaking about making the LP, she explained: “I danced more than ever as I made this record, I made more friends than ever too, found myself in the weird underbelly of New York juke nights, unleashed, laughed and laughed and laughed.
“This record has desire at its centre. Desire is a life force, it’s a wanting, a yearning, a momentum – we are all alive because there is something or someone we want – desire is an engine. But it is also mysterious, tangled, random, enlightening and HUMAN.”
Parks will showcase the album at a string of intimate gigs across the UK next month – see all dates below and get your tickets here.
Arlo Parks’ 2026 intimate UK tour dates are:
APRIL 02 – Rough Trade x fabric, London 04 – Crash x Wardrobe, Leeds 06 – Rough Trade Nottingham x Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 08 – Banquet x Circuit, London 09 – Resident x CHALK, Brighton 11 – Truck x O2 Academy, Oxford 12 – Vinilo x The 1865, Southampton