The Streets
Revered British multi-hyphenates The Streets will take their landmark album A Grand Don’t Come For Free on the road for the first time in full. Mike Skinner and his band will perform the album front-to-back across an exclusive run of shows in 2026.
Originally released in 2004, A Grand Don’t Come For Free remains one of the most important and influential British albums of the 21st century. Entering the UK charts at No.1, the record went multi-platinum and delivered era-defining singles including Dry Your Eyes, Fit But You Know It, and Blinded By The Lights. It cemented Skinner as one of the UK’s most original and vital voices, capturing the humour, heartbreak and raw emotion of everyday life with rare poetic clarity.
This tour marks the first time The Streets will perform the album in its entirety, giving fans a chance to experience the full story exactly as it was intended: a cinematic journey through love, loss, chaos, heartbreak and hope, delivered with Skinner’s trademark raw honesty and wit.
“A Grand Don’t Come For Free was a moment in time — for me, and for everyone who grew up with it. I wrote it as a story from beginning to end, even studying screenwriting to shape it and without the faintest idea how people would react. We’ve been looking for something bold to do with the live show, and we landed here: some tracks have never been played live, others haven’t surfaced in years. It’s a new challenge to bring the whole journey to life on stage, but I have an incredible band and we always give everything every night. So I’m certain we’ll make finding out what happened to that thousand quid a party every night” - Mike Skinner
The newly announced tour marks the latest chapter in what has already been a prolific year for Skinner. His debut feature film, the DIY noir musical The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light, dropped in full on YouTube. He reimagined “And The Beat Goes On” for John Lewis’ centenary advertising campaign, and his rousing single “Brave St Andrew” became the title music for Amazon’s Birmingham City documentary. He also played the first night of the Little Simz curated Meltdown at Royal Festival Hall earlier this year to rapturous response from fans and critics. His ongoing YouTube series has also been offering fans raw, behind-the-scenes insight into the creative process of each new release, the latest being “Utopia”, a standalone statement single and a bridge to what comes next.
We will have two opportunities to experience these unique shows in Austria. On 17 June at Arena Open Air in Vienna and on 18 June in Linz at Frischluft Open Air.
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