Fatboy Slim has announced plans for three huge concerts on Brighton Beach in the summer of 2026.
The DJ and producer will return to the scene of his huge concert in 2002 which saw over 250,000 descend on the beach, on July 17, 18, 19 next year.
Dubbed Big Beach Boutique 7, tickets will go on sale for the shows at 10am GMT on November 7 and can be purchased here. Before that fans can sign up for a pre-sale here which will go on sale at 10am GMT on November 6.
According to a press release, “each date will be packed from start to finish with music, hijinks and joy, spanning from the early afternoon well into the night”. You can view his launch video below.
“There’s no place like home… I’m back on Brighton Beach for 3 spectacular nights in July 2026. THIS IS BIG BEACH BOUTIQUE 7…,” Norman Cook said of the shows.
His 2002 legendary show Big Beach Boutique II was documented in his Fatboy Slim: Right Here Right Now film in 2023. The free event, spread over two days, was initially planned for 40,000 people but over 250,000 turned up on Brighton beach on day two and changed the way UK events were subsequently run.
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It featured interviews with those who were there on the Brighton sands and witnessed it first-hand including Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Vernon Kay and John Simm.
Speaking about the film at the time, Cook said: “It has been wonderful with the fullness of time and some hindsight, to revisit such a seismic event in both mine and my hometown’s history. Warts and all, the story told in full…Watch, sleep, rave, repeat.”
Ahead of next year’s shows, he will kick off his ‘Acid Ballroom’ UK tour at Birmingham’s O2 Academy on February 6 and 7 in 2026. You can find full details of the shows here and any available tickets here.
Earlier this year, Fatboy Slim also recalled how he took violin lessons with the Prime Minister.
He said at the time: “I can’t actually remember the violin lessons. But I was in the same class at school as Keir for five years, so I remember him well.
“He must have been better at the violin than me, because I did it for about one term. My parents could take no more noise, so I would say Keir was better.”
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