2026 UK tour 7 May: Oxford, Common Ground 8 May: Bristol, Croft 9 May: Swansea, Bunkhouse 21 May: Leicester, Big Difference 22 May: Gateshead, Central Bar 23 May: Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms 28 May: Sheffield, Greystones 29 May: Cambridge, Portland 30 May: Hastings, The Piper Ticket link in bio

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Xmas/holiday.

Another great shot of us playing in Lesquin back in September. Photo by Barrateau/Lapasin.

So what are you gonna do on a Thursday night ? How about coming to Club Precious #2 wegottickets.com/event/679881/ featuring @thelovelybasement.bsky.social Polite Company and Nervous Twitch, who you are destined to love. See this video ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcPa...

Our October tour is over. Big thanks to everyone who came to see us - especially those Wedding Present fans who came early enough to catch our set. We had a fantastic time.

London’s famous Moth Club for us next Sunday. Headline show with Autocamper in support. Early gig 6-9.30pm. Tickets moving fast so don’t shilly shally. Fresh from our UK tour with the Wedding Present. link.dice.fm/nvEjOFygrXb?...

Nottingham tonight. Rock City. We’re on at 7.10pm. Don’t miss ‘Up The Hill…’

Onstage at 7.30pm in Glasgow and Newcastle supporting the Wedding Present next week.

Back at the iconic Moth Club in Hackney on Sunday 19 October with our pals, Autocamper. It’s an early evening gig 6-9.30pm so we can all get home easily. Don’t miss out. link.dice.fm/z9c64227bcf5

We’re touring in October as special guests of the brilliant Wedding Present. Dates and venues in our linktree. Come early - don’t miss us in Glasgow, Newcastle, Nottingham, Norwich and Sheffield.

Out today. Get it on Bandcamp here: the-loft.bandcamp.com/album/got-a-...

Tickets still available for this Friday in Lesquin, just outside Lille. Come and join us and the fabulous En Attendant Ana.

Last time we played London there were disappointed folk who left it too late to buy tickets and we sold out. Don’t make the same mistake. Us and the fabulous Autocamper in Hackney on 19 October and all done in time for us all to get home ok. Ticket link in bio and here: link.dice.fm/z9c64227bcf5

New single out 18 September. ‘Got A Job/Brand New Love’ - digital only release. Just in time for our French jaunt in Lille and at Paris Popfest on 19 and 20 September and then gigs with the Wedding Present and a couple of our own headline shows in October. Details and tickets in link in bio.

We start our French jaunt just outside Lille on 19 Oct. Billets ici. my.weezevent.com/the-loft-uk-...

Delighted to announce Autocamper as special guests for our Moth Club show in October. Ticket link in bio.

Never thought I'd get to see this ... indiepop bucket list stuff @theloftuk.bsky.social #ateots

A week today we play the Edge Of The Sea festival in Brighton with the Wedding Present. We’re on at 7.30pm on Saturday night. The festival has been sold out for months, but it’s being streamed live. You can get tickets for all the AAA online fun here. bit.ly/ATEOTS25Live... See you at the seaside.

Got your Moth Club tickets yet? We’re headlining an early evening Sunday show at Hackney’s iconic venue on 19 October. Doors 6pm. Special guests announcement coming soon. link.dice.fm/z9c64227bcf5

This is rather lovely. Home recordings from @peteastor.bsky.social @theloftuk.bsky.social - some of them 40 years old. Very limited number of physical copies went on sale this morning and they're nearly gone so don't hang around. peteastor1.bandcamp.com/album/unsent...

Happy birthday Mr Bill Prince.

‘At The Edge Of The Sea’ 2025 on August 8/9 is being live streamed. There will be music (including the Loft on Saturday evening),backstage interviews and much more… live from Brighton 3pm-10pm. So, if you can't be there in person…Tickets: bit.ly/ATEOTS25Live...

Our next adventure is the brilliant at the Edge of the Sea Festival with the Wedding Present and others in Brighton next month. Can’t wait!

Thanks IOW Festival for having us! Great day in the sun.

Next Saturday we play the famous IOW Festival. Come and see us in the fabulous Hipshaker Lounge at 2.30pm.

This Friday! Spandau Ballet meets the Loft.

Catch Pete and Andy talking all things Loft with the excellent Alex Green. open.spotify.com/episode/0GH3...

The Loft playing Bristol Mission Club in 1984. Come see us this autumn, including our headlining show at the legendary Hackney Moth Club on Sunday 19 Oct. Ticket link in bio.

The sold out Edge of the Sea festival will be live streamed for those who missed out on tickets. bit.ly/ATEOTS25Live...

All our summer/autumn tour dates and links are now live: linktr.ee/andystrickla...

The Loft - Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same louderthanwar.com/the-loft-eve...

You know what? Sometimes there’s no way to hide it. Bands get old. This is The Loft, providers of a great new LP. Their debut. Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same…. From it, The Elephant is on The LSWMB. And no one is ignoring it. buff.ly/7PNBjaS

Thanks to the legend, Mickey Bradley for playing us last night. Excellent show! @mickeyundertone.bsky.social

Headline in Hackney. We’re play the famous Moth Club on Sunday 19 October. A civilised early show 6-9.30pm. Special guests tbc. link.dice.fm/z9c64227bcf5

We’re playing this summer’s IOW Festival. Hipshaker Lounge - the best place innsite - on the Saturday. isleofwightfestival.com

Paris calling!

Back in Preston in October. wegottickets.com/event/658424

Our new album, ‘Everything Changes Everything Stays The Same’, has been out in the world for a month now. What are your favourite tracks?

‘special guests’ of the Wedding Present in October. Oct 8 Glasgow – Garage www.seetickets.com/event/the-we... Oct 9 Newcastle – Boiler Shop www.seetickets.com/event/the-we... Oct 11 Nottingham – Rock City Oct 16 Norwich – Waterfront Oct 17 Sheffield – Leadmill

Excited to announce we are supporting @weddingpresent At The Edge Of The Sea in Brighton on Saturday 9th August @concorde_2! 😎

GREAT debut album by @theloftuk.bsky.social, out two weeks ago. Order your copy via orcd.co/the-loft

That's a real lovely documentary about The Loft @theloftuk.bsky.social being a great band 1983-1985 and then getting back together 40 years later to release their debut album on Tapete Records. Thanks to Ruth Tidmarsh and everyone involved in this project to make it happen!

We’re in Scotland so we’ll be with you soon. Xx

Thanks for the video, Andy.

Leeds tonight. And Andy’s just noticed his pass from 1985 is still in his guitar case.

A Stewart Lee recommendation always makes our hearts tingle! Even if it’s more about @theloftuk.bsky.social than Glas-Goes Pop! 😄💞

"With our band, we’re not U2 or Coldplay, we’re not saying, ‘Hello stadium, we still haven’t found what we’re looking for’" - @theloftuk.bsky.social talk to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about the 40-year wait for their first album www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

youtu.be/NNcaw9lxYLo Hands aloft in Bristol on Friday.

Sunday's gigs pt.1: Fantastic matinee show by the splendid @theloftuk.bsky.social. New stuff and old stuff, all sounding marvellous.