Soho Dukes should know better but are ramping up touring later this year on the back of their critically acclaimed album ‘Nighthawks, Acrobats and Everything Under The Moon’ (review here).

Besides more headline shows filling the diary they’ll be joining tours with Quireboys in September and Tyla’s Dogs D’Amour in November.

Tour Dates:

August 2026

8th        London – The Cavern, Raynes Park

September 2026

4th        Grimsby – Yardbirds (With Spike)
5th        Barnoldswick – Music & Arts Centre
6th        Grimsthorpe Castle – Nene Valley Rock Festival
11th      Gravesend – Leo’s Red Lion (With Stray)
19th      Bedford – Esquires (With Witchdoktors)

October 2026

2nd       London – The Cavern, Raynes Park
7th        Nottingham – The Palais (With Quireboys)
8th        Buckley – Tivoli (With Quireboys)
9th        Glasgow – Classic Grand (With Quireboys)
10th      Wakefield – Venue 23 (With Quireboys)
11th      Grimsby – Yardbirds (With Quireboys)
15th      North Shields – King Street Social (With Quireboys)
16th      Wolverhampton – Kk’s Steel Mill (With Quireboys)
17th      Tba
18th      London – Garage (With Quireboys)

November 2026

8th        Bilston – Robin 2 (With Tyla’s Dogs D’amour)
13th      Swansea – Hangar 18 (With Tyla’s Dogs D’amour)
14th      Crumlin – The Patriot (With Tyla’s Dogs D’amour)
15th      Bridgwater – Arts Centre (With Tyla’s Dogs D’amour)
25th      St Leonards On Sea – The Piper (With Tyla’s Dogs D’amour)

December 2026

5th        London – The Cavern, Raynes Park
17th      Worthing – The Factory

Track List:

1. Nighthawks & Acrobats
2. Johnny Domino
3. Should Know Better
4. A Stone’s Throw (featuring Spike & Dave ‘Bucket’ Colwell)
5. Elaine
6. Suited & Booted
7. Rain On Us
8. In Love With Myself
9. Sunday Magazines
10. A Stone’s Throw (Single Edit)

Get the album – here

Bio:

Soho Dukes would like you to believe they started life as a nineteenth-century drinking club. They’d very much like you to believe that it was while on a crawl around the taverns of ol’ London Town that Bomber (bass) and Johnny Barracuda (vocabulary) first crossed the weaving paths of Col The Duke Foster (rhythm guitar) and Age Blackwell (drums). They’d love you to believe that the club folded only when rocketing ale prices and the admission of two new members – Si Leach (lead guitar) and the enigmatic Swerve (keys) – raised the cost of a round to unsociable levels. They’d definitely like you to believe that it was around his time that Col threw a guitar strap over his shoulder and the band was born. Only some of this is true.

What is definitely true is that Bomber and Johnny have indeed known each other for years. They were both members of Monterrez, who in 1987 – at the Marquee Club in London’s Wardour Street – opened for Guns N’ Roses on two occasions. Yeah. That one’s definitely true. They have stories. You should ask them.

Hailing from London and the South-East, Soho Dukes were actually formed in 2017. Since then, they’ve gigged tirelessly and boisterously, and released two albums independently, ‘Bar Fights & Tuppenny Uprights’ (in 2021) and ‘Golden Age Of The Barber’s Chair’ (2024). Both albums have attracted glowing reviews, drawing comparisons with such 1970’s heavyweights as The Rolling Stones, Small Faces, Mott The Hoople and Heavy Metal Kids.

A new album, ‘Nighthawks, Acrobats and Everything Under The Moon’ is set to follow at the end of 2025. Featuring guest appearances from Spike (Quireboys) and Dave ‘Bucket’ Colwell (ex-Bad Company), it’s the Dukes’ most accomplished work yet. To be distributed by Cargo Records, the album’s release is planned to coincide with a November / December UK tour as support to Quireboys.

Line-up:

Johnny Barracuda (Vocabulary)
Bomber (Bass)
Col ‘The Duke’ Foster (Rhythm Guitar)
Si Leach (Lead Guitar)
Swerve (Keys)
Age Blackwell (Drums)

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