Joanne Shaw Taylor will return to the UK in May 2027 for an eight-date tour supporting her new album The Trouble With Love, which is released tomorrow through Journeyman Records.
The British blues-rock guitarist and singer will open the tour at The Eric Morecambe Centre in Harpenden on 2 May before visiting Leeds, Whitley Bay, London, Bury St Edmunds, Manchester and Birmingham. The run finishes at St Luke’s in Glasgow on 11 May.
A 48-hour Planet Rock pre-sale opened at 10am on Wednesday 21 October, with tickets going on general sale at 10am on Friday 23 October. VIP Meet & Greet packages will also be available for the London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow shows.
‘The Trouble With Love’ heads to the stage
The tour follows the release of The Trouble With Love, which arrives on 23 October on vinyl, CD and digital formats. The album adds another chapter to a catalogue that has established Shaw Taylor as one of the leading names in contemporary British blues-rock.
Blues Matters described the record as “blues rock with heart, muscle and plenty of scars”, while the album has also received strong reviews from R’N’R Magazine, Fireworks and Blues In Britain. The new material will form part of the 2027 live shows alongside songs from across Shaw Taylor’s career.
Fans can expect selections from more recent albums including Black & Gold, Heavy Soul and Nobody’s Fool, alongside material from The Blues Album. That record topped Billboard’s Blues Album Chart and was named the Independent Blues Broadcasters Association’s most played blues album of 2021.
Earlier albums including Reckless Heart, Wild, The Dirty Truth, Almost Always Never, Diamonds in the Dirt and White Sugar will also be represented, giving the tour the scope to look back across nearly two decades of recorded work.
A career built on guitar and song
Shaw Taylor’s career began to gather momentum after she was discovered by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics while still a teenager. Since then, she has toured internationally, built an extensive catalogue and earned recognition for a combination of guitar playing, songwriting and a vocal style that has become increasingly central to her work.
Over recent years she has continued to expand her audience with albums including The Blues Album, Heavy Soul, Black & Gold and now The Trouble With Love. Rather than relying solely on her reputation as a guitarist, her recent work has increasingly placed equal emphasis on the songs themselves, drawing together blues-rock, soul and more personal writing.
The 2027 UK dates will give audiences the first opportunity to hear much of the new album alongside established favourites from across her back catalogue.
Joanne Shaw Taylor UK tour 2027
2 May – The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
3 May – City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds
4 May – Playhouse, Whitley Bay
6 May – Cadogan Hall, London
7 May – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
8 May – Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
9 May – Birmingham Town Hall
11 May – St Luke’s, Glasgow
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VIP Meet & Greet tickets will be available for London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow.
The Planet Rock pre-sale is open now, with general sale beginning at 10am on Friday 23 October.
The Trouble With Love is released on 23 October 2026 through Journeyman Records.
