Noah Kahan just confirmed the biggest headline show of his career, and he’s doing it in London. The Vermont singer-songwriter announced the first dates of The Last of the Bugs World Tour, a 2027 run that will see him headline three UK and Ireland stadiums, culminating in a Wembley Stadium show that dwarfs anything he’s played there before.
The Confirmed Stadium Dates
Presale registration closed August 24, with the artist presale beginning August 25 at 10 a.m. local time, followed by general onsale August 28 at 10 a.m. Kahan announced the run himself on Instagram, telling fans he’d be heading to “Glasgow, Dublin, and London to play some big old rooms for the bugs across the Atlantic Ocean,” and explicitly noted this is only the first wave of dates, with more expected.
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2027 | Glasgow, UK | Hampden Park |
| July 17, 2027 | Dublin, Ireland | Aviva Stadium |
| July 23, 2027 | London, UK | Wembley Stadium |
From Fenway to Wembley in a Matter of Months
The tour takes its name from “The Last of the Bugs,” the expanded edition of Kahan’s fourth studio album, “The Great Divide,” and arrives while he’s still mid-run on that record’s original touring cycle, currently working through North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Just weeks before this announcement, Kahan became the first artist ever to headline four consecutive sold-out nights at Boston’s Fenway Park, a milestone that underscored how quickly his live draw has scaled beyond the theater and arena circuit he built his name on.
Songs like “Stick Season,” “Dial Drunk” and “Northern Attitude” carried Kahan from small clubs into that same global audience, and the jump to stadiums represents the natural next step for an artist whose introspective, folk-rooted songwriting has proven it can fill rooms built for football matches just as easily as it once filled 500-capacity venues.
Why Wembley Specifically Matters
Billed as the biggest headline concert of Kahan’s career, the Wembley date closes out a trio of stadium shows that each represent a first for the artist in their respective market. It follows a run of arena dates at London’s O2 that were already scheduled for November 2026, meaning UK fans effectively get two chances to see Kahan within a single calendar year, first in an arena, then in a stadium eight months later, a compressed timeline that speaks to just how fast his European audience has grown.
How This Compares to Other Folk-Pop Stadium Jumps
| Artist | Stadium Debut Market | Time From Breakout Single to Stadium Headline | Genre Lane |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Kahan | Wembley Stadium (2027) | ~4 years since “Stick Season” | Folk-pop / Americana |
| Hozier | Croke Park (2025) | ~10 years since “Take Me to Church” | Folk-rock / soul |
| Zach Bryan | Multiple U.S. stadiums (2024–25) | ~3 years since breakout mixtapes | Country-folk |
| Lewis Capaldi | Co-headline arena/festival slots | Arena-tier, no confirmed solo stadium headline yet | Piano-pop |
Set against that field, Kahan’s climb has been notably fast. Where an artist like Hozier took roughly a decade to reach stadium status, Kahan has moved from “Stick Season” becoming a streaming phenomenon to a Wembley headline slot in under four years, a pace that puts him closer to Zach Bryan’s rapid rise than to the more gradual trajectories typical of folk-leaning singer-songwriters.
What Comes Next
With Kahan explicitly promising more dates beyond the initial UK and Ireland trio, and no North American stadium dates yet announced for this specific tour, the biggest open question is where The Last of the Bugs World Tour expands next. Given how quickly his 2026 arena and stadium dates have moved through presale demand, fans outside the UK and Ireland likely won’t be waiting long for an answer.
