Wet Wet Wet announces Basingstoke date on anniversary tour

The pop band will perform at The Anvil on Thursday, February 11, 2027 as part of a 40-date UK tour marking four decades since the release of their multi-platinum debut album Popped In Souled Out.

The album, released in 1987, launched the group to fame with hits including Wishing I Was Lucky, Sweet Little Mystery, Angel Eyes, and Temptation.

Wet Wet Wet are stopping off at The Anvil in Basingstoke. (Image: Supplied)

It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and stayed in the charts for more than 70 weeks.

Graeme Clark, founding member of Wet Wet Wet, said: "When we made Popped In Souled Out, I was just a young guy.

"Forty years later, those songs have taken on a life of their own, and this tour is about celebrating where it all began without forgetting what followed."

The Basingstoke show will feature songs from the album alongside other favourites from the band’s career, including chart-toppers With A Little Help From My Friends, Goodnight Girl, and Love Is All Around.

The current line-up includes Clark, long-time guitarist Graeme Duffin and lead vocalist Kevin Simm.

Simm said: "I’m really excited to be going back out on tour in 2027 and celebrating 40 years of Popped In Souled Out.

"It’s an absolute honour and a privilege as always to sing these iconic and timeless songs, and to perform them in so many venues across the UK to so many fans of the band is really a dream come true."

Duffin added: "I’d have been gobsmacked if anyone had told me 40 years ago that the tracks on Popped In Souled Out would still be loved by so many and that I’d still be performing them with the band after all that time.

"These shows are going to be a blast, and I know that fans are going to enjoy the shows just as much as us when we hit the road again next year."

The band will perform across the UK in February and October 2027, with special guests including Roachford, Nick Heyward, Rebecca Ferguson, Heather Small, Johnny Hates Jazz, The Christians, and The South appearing at select dates.

Tickets for the Basingstoke date go on sale on Friday, April 17, at 10am.