Following a sold-out Academy main room show earlier this year, KEO have just announced their return to Ireland with a headline show at 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin for Tuesday, 16th March 2027.
Today, the London four-piece announce their 2027 ‘Put A Smile On For Me’ headline tour, taking them across the UK, Europe and North America from February through to May. Beginning at O2 Academy Leeds on 19th February, the run moves through two nights at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom, O2 Academy Birmingham, Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre and an already sold-out O2 Academy Brixton, before stretching across Europe and, finally, the Atlantic, culminating at LA’s legendary Troubadour on 20th May.
The announcement comes in the wake of a remarkable first week for ‘Put A Smile On For Me’. The album entered the UK Official Albums Chart at #2, while taking #1 on both the Official Physical Albums Chart and Official Vinyl Albums Chart. In doing so, Keo became the first UK band in over two years to surpass 20,000 week-one sales with a debut album.
That connection has always been at the centre of Keo. With very little reliance on social media, they have built their audience through word of mouth, relentless touring and the simple exchange between a band and the young people standing in front of them. The rooms are getting bigger now, and the distances between them greater, but the thing pulling people towards Keo remains much the same.
Released via Island Records, ‘Put A Smile On For Me’ sits at the centre of all of this. Raw, restless and deeply personal, it captures Keo finding themselves in real time. Recorded mostly live and self-produced by Finn Keogh alongside guitarist Jimmy Lanwern, its songs turn shame, accountability, memory and vulnerability into something physical: ragged guitars, bruising dynamics and towering melodies, with all the uncertainty and contradiction left intact.
The critical response has followed suit. Kerrang! awarded ‘Put A Smile On For Me’ called it “exceptional debut album”, while Rolling Stone UK declaring “as far as debut albums go, it’s mission accomplished and then some.” MOJO, The London Standard, DORK, DIY, Clash, NME, Wonderland, Man About Town and more have all championed Keo’s ascent.
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