SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR ANNOUNCED AS SECOND ‘LIVE AT TILEYARD NORTH’ HEADLINER

LIVE AT TILEYARD NORTH PRESENTS: SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR

Plus very special guests TBA

THURSDAY 27TH AUGUST 2026

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https://www.liveattileyardnorth.com/

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has been announced as the latest headliner for Live at Tileyard North; a new series of outdoor concerts taking place in Wakefield next summer, with the celebrated English singer-songwriter performing in the city on Thursday 27th August, 2026.

Since her collaboration with Italian DJ Spinner, 2000’s ‘Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)’, which reached no. 1 in the charts and became one of the best-selling vinyl singles of the millennium, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has been a pop music mainstay. Her subsequent debut album, 2001’s Read My Lips sold 1.5 million copies and featured the anthemic single ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ which reportedly became one of the most-played songs of the year in Europe and established Ellis-Bextor as a creative force in her own right. 

23 years, six full-length releases and two greatest hits compilations later, ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ featured in the epic final scene of director Emerald Fennell’s critically acclaimed Saltburn which rocketed the track back into the UK charts, broke 11 billion global streams and for the very first time, gave Ellis-Bextor a US singles chart entry.

Ellis-Bextor’s eighth studio album, Perimenopop, was released this September to widespread critical acclaim and became her highest-charting release in over a decade, with singles likes ‘Freedom of the Night’, ‘Relentless Love’ and ‘Taste’ reframing and reaffirming Ellis-Bextor’s distinctly English disco-pop artistry.

Nominated for Regional Promoter of the Year at the upcoming 2025 Live Awards; veteran independent West Yorkshire promoters Futuresound have been operating in the region for nearly thirty years and are the trusted team behind large-scale outdoor events such as Live at Leeds, Slam Dunk, Live at York Museum Gardens, Live at Kirkstall Abbey and many more. Futuresound are excited to bring their decades of experience to Wakefield’s Tileyard North for a series of unique performances from musical icons and rising stars alike throughout August 2026.

Ellis-Bextor joins recently announced Live at Tileyard North headliners the Vaccines, who will be in Wakefield performing their critically acclaimed 2011 debut album What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? in full to celebrate 15 years since its release on Sunday 30th August.

Live at Tileyard North will bring Wakefield’s first outdoor concert series to life with two weeks of incredible outdoor live music experiences in the courtyard of the impressive Tileyard North development. Futuresound will be sharing further details on the Live at Tileyard North programme very soon.