Imelda May announces 2026 tour across Ireland

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025 - 11:59

James Cox

Singer-songwriter Imelda May has announced her 'Raised on Songs & Stories' tour across Ireland for February 2026.

Tickets for the tour go on general sale this Friday at 9am through Ticketmaster.

This "unique series of intimate evenings" will feature new stripped back versions of her wide discography and favourite songs, integrated with her famed poetry and storytelling.

May said: “I’m coming to you soon... 18 nights of an Irish tour. It’ll be an evening of songs, poems, stories, joy and beauty. This idea evolved naturally over the last couple of years. You see, when I write, produce and release an album I get so excited to perform the songs live that I fizz up and plan and rehearse gigs with such enthusiasm that I’m like a little thrilled whirlwind but too often I leave room for little else."

She added: "I work out which songs will flow best into another to create the vibe desired that I sometimes don’t leave much space for the unknown which is where a different magic lies. This space is the place where I exist and love most, it’s where I write and create. So it feels right to stay there a while.

"To have a gig where someone might ask for a song I haven’t visited in a while and I think ‘yeah let’s give it a go’, or where I can tell you the stories behind the songs and how I ended up working with some of the people I’ve worked with so far. Not a ‘show’ this will be a shared night of what music, art, connection and creativity means to me, with you.”

Also coming soon on RTÉ 1 and the RTÉ Player, May presents a new six-part series Amhráin na nGael, Imelda May: The Songs of the Irish, uncovering the work of Ireland’s great music collectors.

Below is the full schedule for May's tour:

Feb 2nd – Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny

Feb 3rd – Cork Opera House, Cork

Feb 4th – University Concert Hall, Limerick

Feb 6th – Glor, Ennis

Feb 7th – INEC, Killarney

Feb 9th, 10th, 11th – Vicar Street, Dublin

Feb 14th – Theatre Royal, Waterford

Feb 16th – Ulster Hall, Belfast

Feb 19th – National Opera House, Wexford

Feb 20th -TF Royal Theatre, Castlebar

Feb 21st – Townhall Theatre, Galway