Is Lighthouse Family Touring in 2027?

Ocean Drive 2027 Tour — Updated 2026-10-24

Researched by the 2027.tours editorial team · verified against official sources

Key facts

Status: confirmed
Dates announced: 16 shows
Tour window: 2027-03-02 – 2027-03-26
Last verified: 2026-10-24

Tour dates16 shows

Date	City	Venue	Tickets
2027-03-02	Dublin, Ireland	3Olympia Theatre	—
2027-03-03	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Waterfront Hall	—
2027-03-07	Sheffield, UK	Sheffield City Hall	—
2027-03-08	York, UK	York Barbican	—
2027-03-09	Bath, UK	Bath Forum	—
2027-03-11	Southend-on-Sea, UK	Cliffs Pavilion	—
2027-03-12	Bournemouth, UK	Bournemouth International Centre	—
2027-03-15	London, UK	The London Palladium	—
2027-03-16	Oxford, UK	New Theatre Oxford	—
2027-03-18	Manchester, UK	Bridgewater Hall	—
2027-03-19	Wolverhampton, UK	University of Wolverhampton at The Civic Hall	—
2027-03-20	Bradford, UK	Bradford Live	—
2027-03-22	Nottingham, UK	Royal Concert Hall	—
2027-03-23	Blackpool, UK	Blackpool Opera House	—
2027-03-25	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	O2 City Hall Newcastle	—
2027-03-26	Glasgow, UK	SEC Armadillo	—

Quick answer

Yes — Lighthouse Family announced a 2027 UK and Ireland tour on October 19, 2026: 16 confirmed dates, March 2–26, celebrating their landmark debut album Ocean Drive alongside all their greatest hits. The run opens at Dublin's 3Olympia Theatre and closes at Glasgow's SEC Armadillo. October 2026 check: all 16 dates are announced and the general on-sale ran October 23, 2026 — no additional dates have been added yet.

What's confirmed vs. what's still coming

✅ Confirmed for 2027

16 UK & Ireland dates, March 2–26, 2027 (Dublin → Glasgow), announced October 19, 2026
Theme: celebrating Ocean Drive and all their greatest hits
General on-sale: Friday, October 23, 2026, 9:30am via Gigs and Tours (gigsandtours.co.uk)
Fully seated shows; Irish dates via Ticketmaster Ireland (Dublin €55.35–€161.25 incl. fees)

⚠️ Not yet announced

No official tour name beyond the Ocean Drive celebration framing
No additional UK dates, no European mainland or North American legs
No special guests announced yet ("plus special guests" was billed for the Irish dates)

A comeback three decades in the making

Lighthouse Family — vocalist Tunde Baiyewu and songwriter, keyboardist and producer Paul Tucker — formed in Newcastle in the early 1990s and became one of Britain's most successful pop-soul partnerships, selling more than 15 million albums worldwide. Their 1995 debut Ocean Drive went six-times platinum in the UK on the strength of "Lifted," "Ocean Drive" and "Goodbye Heartbreak"; the 1997 follow-up Postcards from Heaven matched that success with "High," "Raincloud" and "Lost in Space."

After Whatever Gets You Through the Day (2001), the duo went quiet for nearly two decades, returning in 2019 with Blue Sky in Your Head — their first studio album in 18 years, which reached number three in the UK album chart. The 2027 run is billed as their return to the live stage, and the search surge that surfaced it on Google Trends came straight off the October 19 announcement.

Ticket and presale info

The general on-sale ran Friday, October 23, 2026 at 9:30am through Gigs and Tours. Several dates — including Belfast, York, Bath, London, Manchester, Nottingham and Newcastle — were flagged as low availability at announcement, so expect some dates to be sold out or close to it. Irish dates are fully seated shows via Ticketmaster Ireland, with Dublin tickets priced €55.35–€161.25 including booking and venue facility fees (plus up to 12.5% service charge, max €10.50). As with all 2027 tour pages, buy only from the official ticketing partners named here.

Where to check for updates

Ticketing: Gigs and Tours (UK) and Ticketmaster Ireland (Dublin/Belfast)
Tour announcement coverage: Entertainment Focus, Soundbite Northeast

The Ocean Drive 2027 tour is one of the earliest fully confirmed March 2027 UK runs on the site. Fans of big British 2027 reunions should also follow our Oasis 2027 tour dates and Take That 2027 tour dates pages, and for stadium-scale UK pop, the Coldplay 2027 tour page.

Sources

Entertainment Focus — official source
Soundbite Northeast — official source
Ticketmaster Ireland — official source

Tour dates and announcements on this page are verified against the sources above. Last checked 2026-10-24.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Lighthouse Family announced a UK and Ireland tour for March 2027 — 16 dates from Dublin on March 2 to Glasgow on March 26, celebrating their debut album Ocean Drive and all their greatest hits.

No official tour name was announced — the run is billed as a celebration of Ocean Drive and all their greatest hits. Tickets went on sale Friday, October 23, 2026 at 9:30am via Gigs and Tours.

March 2 Dublin, March 3 Belfast, March 7 Sheffield, March 8 York, March 9 Bath, March 11 Southend-on-Sea, March 12 Bournemouth, March 15 London, March 16 Oxford, March 18 Manchester, March 19 Wolverhampton, March 20 Bradford, March 22 Nottingham, March 23 Blackpool, March 25 Newcastle, March 26 Glasgow.

Yes — Monday, March 15, 2027 at The London Palladium. The date was showing low availability at announcement, so check official ticketing for remaining seats.

The British pop-soul duo of vocalist Tunde Baiyewu and songwriter-producer Paul Tucker, formed in Newcastle in the early 1990s. They have sold more than 15 million albums, with hits including 'Lifted,' 'Ocean Drive,' 'High' and 'Raincloud.'

The duo returned to recording in 2019 with Blue Sky in Your Head, their first studio album in 18 years, which reached number three in the UK. The 2027 run is billed as their comeback to the live stage.

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