Foy Vance: « the Wake World Tour »

Foy Vance brings the Wake World Tour to O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London on 23 October 2026. Raised between Northern Ireland and the American South, he stitches British folk to the pulse of soul and gospel, with songs that lean on melody, grit and a sharp sense of storytelling. On stage, Vance moves easily from fingerpicked confessions to rootsy, full‑voiced swells, switching between guitar and piano and letting the room breathe around each chorus.

His set should roam across his catalogue: the raw intimacy of Hope, the expanded arrangements of Joy of Nothing, the wide‑open horizons of The Wild Swan, and the southern colours of From Muscle Shoals and To Memphis. Signs of Life adds reflective pieces that sit comfortably alongside older tracks, giving space to quiet ballads and road‑worn singalongs. Known for writing with and for others, Vance keeps the focus live on the song itself — verses that land, hooks that stay, and a delivery that feels close and unforced.

Expect a night where the stories carry the show and the dynamics do the talking, in a room made for voices and guitars.