Sunny Day Real Estate

Catch Sunny Day Real Estate on their UK tour across London and Manchester this July

Seattle’s Sunny Day Real Estate, the godfathers of emo, will return to the UK in July 2026 for two exclusive headline shows at O2 Forum Kentish Town on July 12 and New Century Hall on July 14, alongside a special stadium appearance supporting My Chemical Romance at Wembley Stadium on July 11 (sold out).

Formed in 1992, Sunny Day Real Estate’s original lineup — Jeremy Enigk, Dan Hoerner, William Goldsmith, and Nate Mendel — released their seminal debut Diary on Sub Pop Records in 1994. The album helped define a genre and later topped Rolling Stone’s “40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time,” with 1995’s LP2 further cementing the band’s enduring influence.

Following reunions in the late ’90s and again in 2009–2010 — including their first European shows at Primavera Sound — the band most recently returned to the stage in 2022 with a sold-out North American tour. Along with new members, guitarist Greg Suran and bassist Chris Jordan, the 5-piece has since continued to tour including powerful sets at Outbreak Fest London and Manchester. In 2024, they released a freshly-recorded version of Diary – Live at London Bridge Studio as well as the first new single since 2014: “Novum Vetus”.