Arab Strap

Arab Strap are among Scotland's most acclaimed bands of the 1990s and 2000s.

Their new album 'Half-Told Tales', the group’s ninth, will arrive almost three decades to the day since their first single was released. “We’re thirty years old this year,” says the duo, “So we decided to celebrate by doing what we enjoy most: by making new music.”

The band have never sounded more relevant on the state-of-affairs lead single ‘You You You’, a track that bubbles to life sounding like some long-lost killer Italo disco record – with Moffat’s vocal refrain of the song’s title creating one of the most outright melodically infectious songs the band have ever made – and that's before Malcolm Middleton’s punchy and spiralling guitar lines burst through it. The result is something that feels like an entirely new genre. “A sort of disco-metal incantation,” suggests Moffat. “With a message of future felicity and fellowship that – fingers crossed – might make you dance and giggle too.” 

With new music out now, and more on the way, they are back to headline Band On The Wall in Manchester this Autumn.

This is a 10+ event (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) 

ID is required for 16+

• Tuesday 13 October 2026 — the show starts at 7:30 PM.
• Band On The Wall. is in Manchester and holds around 300 people.
• Within a minute's walk of Band On The Wall.: The Rose & Monkey Hotel, The Smithfield Market Tavern and Pete's Chippy; the nearest railway station is Manchester Victoria, about 8 minutes on foot (what's nearby).
• Arab Strap plays 2 more dates on this tour.
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