Wet Wet Wet intimate acoustic tour and new album announced

Wet Wet Wet announce intimate acoustic tour and new album, Strings Attached.

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 three songs acoustically, in what has become a fan-favourite highlight of their live show.

Stripped Back Style

Bassist Graeme Clark said: “We love nothing more than performing our songs live, so to have the chance of presenting them in a slightly different way is very inspiring. By showcasing our best-known songs acoustically in these intimate surroundings, it’ll let us strip them down to their bones and reimagine them. This personal look into our beloved music catalogue will give the audience a real insight into their favourite songs in a unique way that we’ve never been able to do before.”

Guitarist Graeme Duffin added: “Having dipped our toes back into the waters of stripped down acoustic performance on the recent tour, which went down incredibly well, it seemed like a natural progression to extend the set, take it on the road and visit some new places. The songs take on a very different character acoustically, presenting a unique opportunity to engage with the audience on a more personal level. When the music is much more exposed, there are far less places to hide!”

“I’m really excited to be going out on this acoustic tour with Graeme and Graeme,” says lead singer Kevin Simm. “Performing these great songs in an intimate atmosphere which will be something different for us and also fans of the band. It’s been a lot of fun recording the songs in a stripped back style and I can’t wait to perform them live that way too. We’ll be playing the hits of course, but in a way that people won’t get the chance to see too often.”

An Intimate Acoustic Evening with Wet Wet Wet Tour 2026

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

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 3 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.

Strings Attached Tracklisting

Temptation
Sweet Surrender
Don’t Want To Forgive Me Now
Angel Eyes
If I Never See You Again
Goodnight Girl
Love Is All Around
Julia Says
Sweet Little Mystery
Somewhere Somehow
Put The Light On
The Chain

Presale for fans who purchase Strings Attached album takes place on Tuesday 8 July, 10am. General Sale is Friday 11 July, 10am. Click here

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