SUPER FURRY ANIMALS return to re-open the door into their world of ageless, multicoloured melody and offbeat phantasia, surprising fans by announcing SIX SUPACABRA BRITAIN & IRELAND TOUR DATES opening at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on Wed 6 May 2026.
Leaping into their enduring, endorphin-stirring nine-album songbook, with a singular mission to bring unalloyed joy to the hearts of the Furry family, the announcement brings to an end an almost decade-long hiatus with further dates in Glasgow, Llandudno, Manchester and London all confirmed.
Tickets for all shows, the first Super Furry Animals dates since December 2016, are to go on general sale on Fri 3 October 2025 at 10am via links hosted at www.superfurry.com.
Support bands have been confirmed as disco rock duo, Getdown Services (all dates except London), Welsh surf-psych six-piece Melin Melyn (Cardiff only) and soul-searching South London trio, Honeyglaze (London only).
Simultaneously announcing the multi-format, 20th anniversary reissue of their 2005 album, Love Kraft, the band – formed of Huw Bunford, Cian Ciarán, Daf Ieuan, Guto Pryce and Gruff Rhys – reconvene in reflective mood, planning a live set that honours three decades of sonic adventure, creative rebellion and enduring, collective curiosity. First emerging in 1995 after their signing to Creation Records, the band grabbed headlines for their unusual promotional tactics, including the famous Super Furry Animals Tank, giant inflatable bears and Yeti costumes, as well as an unintended attempt to break the record for the most ‘f*cks’ on a song, thanks to their 1996 single, The Man Don’t Give a F*ck.
Tempering the irresistible tug towards nostalgia, Super Furry Animals will release a cut of previously unreleased music on the eve of tickets going on sale, with BBC 6 Music’s Huw Stephens premiering Rock ‘N’ Roll Flu this Thu 2 October 2025 at 5pm. Just hours later, in-demand tickets for the following Super Furry Animals Supacabra Britain & Ireland 2026 Tour dates go on sale:
- Wed 6 May 2026: Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre*
- Fri 8 May 2026: Glasgow, The Barrowlands*
- Thu 14 May 2026: Llandudno, Venue Cymru*
- Sat 16 May 2026: Cardiff, Utilita Arena**
- Thu 21 May 2026: Manchester, O2 Apollo*
- Fri 22 May 2026: London, O2 Brixton Academy***
*supported by Getdown Services
**supported by Getdown Services and Melin Melyn
***supported by Honeyglaze
For all venue information, booking links and the opportunity to sign up for pre-sales, fans are advised to visit www.superfurry.com and register for updates.
Originally released on Mon 22 August 2005, the Furries’ third and final album to be recorded by Epic Records, Love Kraft is to be reissued on double vinyl, 2CDs, including the 22-track bonus CD, Kiss Me With Apocalypse and digital formats on Fri 24 October 2025 via the Cardiff-based independent label, Strangetown Records. Four previously unheard tracks are drawn from the vaults, including the squidgy ELO-stomp of drummer, Daf Ieuan-led Rock ‘N’ Roll Flu, plus the distorted space-jam of Cae Marw, the band’s deep-bass sketch of Palo Alto and ghostly, percussive morsel of Bedw Arian.
The album followed six, previous albums by the band, including their statement debut album, Fuzzy Logic in 1996, offering era-crystalising singles, God! Show Me Magic and Hometown Unicorn, melding an attention-demanding mix of literary, narcotic and musical influences. Maintaining a shape that was ill-fitting in the jigsaw of other 90’s guitar bands, their follow-up, UK Top Ten album, Radiator brought the hooky squelch of the bona fide indie dancefloor classic, The International Language of Screaming. The next decade saw the release of the first Top 20-charting, Welsh language album, Mwng (2000), followed by further experimentation and commercial success with Rings Around The World (2001) and Phantom Power (2003).
Love Kraft’s sense of cohesion, collaboration and free-flow of rich harmony has been credited to the five-piece escaping Wales to record in the shimmering heat of Figueres, Catalunya. Bringing famed Beastie Boys producer, Mario Caldato Jr along with them for the ride, the travelling band’s stay in the Catalonian hometown of Salvador Dali included found sounds, boozy petrol stations, gastronomic revelations and, finally, a rich album of strings, synths and opulent vocal harmonies.
While eventually finding their way to Baha, near to Rio di Janeiro to mix the album (where four fifths of the band undertook lessons in Portuguese and the legendary Abbey Road 1968-built mixing desk, EMI TG12345 took up residence), involving another two weeks under the sun, Love Kraft’s story began in Wales and Pleasure Foxxx Studios, where the band began to craft the album’s songs. Embracing the landmark of a seventh album, notably coming after the 2004 release of their first ‘best of…’ package, Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1, Super Furry Animals pooled ideas and affected further democracy in their songwriting, taking a load off traditional lead-writer and front man, Gruff Rhys, and sharing in lead vocal duties (aside from the microphone-averse bassist, Guto Pryce).
Giving up only one single in Lazer Beam, backed on release with perhaps a definitive, lost ‘classic Furries’ track, Sunny Seville and the CD-only Colonise the Moon (both featured amongst the reissue’s extensive track listing), Super Furry Animals remained true to Love Kraft’s easy-going, love-lorn concept. Accompanied by a video directed by Welsh filmmaking duo, Palumbo & Coch, the single reached the UK Singles Chart Top 30, the promotional trail cooling thereafter, saved for an extensive tour of Europe, North America and the Far East. That trip included stadium gigs opening for Oasis in the UK, a coast-to-coast US tour backed by the upcoming Caribou and festivals in Istanbul, Japan and Taiwan.
Love Kraft was the first Super Furry Animals album recorded to hard disc, instead of multi-track tape, and found the band typically explorative and open to happenstance. Zoom!’s opening splash into the recording studio’s swimming pool, plunged by guitarist, Huw ‘Bunf’ Bunford (who fronts Back On A Roll and The Horn) is accompanied by the on-location, pool table samples found elsewhere on the album. Meanwhile, keyboardist and electronics-wrangler, Cian Ciarán borrowed track nine, Psyclone!’s metallic percussion sample from a mystery source he stumbled upon in his rented room, the article in question safely returned to the place he found it after recording.
Updated packaging features the original, meticulously built diorama design by long-time collaborator, the artist, Pete Fowler. Constructed by hand in his London studio, complete with bulb-lit illumination, and then photographed, the sleeve’s depiction of a monolith-rich desert landscape reflects the sense of other space and other time depicted by Love Kraft’s woozy songs. The final sleeve design again comes courtesy of Mark James. Love Kraft was compiled with the enduring support of band archivist, Kliph Scurlock and remastered by Donal Whelan at Hafod Mastering.
The full track listing for the 2025 reissue of Love Kraft is as follows:
Double Vinyl
Zoom! (2025 Remaster)
Atomik Lust (2025 Remaster)
The Horn (2025 Remaster)
Ohio Heat (2025 Remaster)
Walk You Home (2025 Remaster)
Lazer Beam (2025 Remaster)
Frequency (2025 Remaster)
Oi Frango (2025 Remaster)
Psyclone! (2025 Remaster)
Back On A Roll (2025 Remaster)
Cloudberries (2025 Remaster)
Cabin Fever (2025 Remaster)
CD 1 / Digital
Zoom! (2025 Remaster)
Atomik Lust (2025 Remaster)
The Horn (2025 Remaster)
Ohio Heat (2025 Remaster)
Walk You Home (2025 Remaster)
Lazer Beam (2025 Remaster)
Frequency (2025 Remaster)
Oi Frango (2025 Remaster)
Psyclone! (2025 Remaster)
Back On A Roll (2025 Remaster)
Cloudberries (2025 Remaster)
Cabin Fever (2025 Remaster)
Sunny Seville (2025 Remaster)
Rock ’n’ Roll Flu (2025 Remaster)
Never More (2025 Remaster)
Colonise The Moon (2025 Remaster)
Bonus CD / Digital: Kiss Me with Apocalypse
Zoom! (Stiwdio Ofn Demo)
Atomik Lust (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
The Horn (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
Ohio Heat (Stiwdio Ofn Demo)
Lazer Beam (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
Frequency (Stiwdio Ofn Demo)
Oi Frango (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
Psyclone! The SFA cut (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
Back On A Roll (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
Cabin Fever (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
Cae Marw (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
The Gateway Song (Stiwdio Ofn Demo)
Rock ’N’ Roll Flu (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
Never More (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
Palo Alto (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
These Bones (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
Bing Bong (Stiwdio Ofn Demo)
Bedw Arian (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
The Gateway Song (Rough Mix)
Psyclone! (Future Force)
Psyclone! (The Flaming Lips)
Zoom! (uncut master take)
Release Information:
Super Furry Animals: Love Kraft (20th Anniversary Reissue – Remastered)
Release Date: Fri 24 October 2025
Formats: 2 x Standard heavyweight black vinyl / 2CD Digipack / Digital
Label: Strangetown Records
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