ShareDavid Essex OBE has announced his final Thanks for the Memories tour and it is a major 22-date tour for September 2026 and will celebrate David’s monumental career.
First shooting to fame when he was chosen for the role of Jesus for the London production of Godspell, David received major awards which then saw him lead a cast at the Roundhouse and then in the West End for two years.
Since then, David Essex has enjoyed a remarkable career; writing and producing albums that have sold millions of copies worldwide. He’s had twenty-three Top 30 singles in Britain alone. These include the Grammy nominated Rock On which not only topped the charts in Britain and the USA but sold millions of copies worldwide. Subsequent singles followed such as Lamplight, Hold Me Close Gonna Make You A Star, Oh What A Circus, Silver Dream Machine which have made David a household name.
David has continued to this day to produce and write albums including 2013’s Reflections and has contributed to stage and screen with the likes of Silver Dream Machine taken from Silver Dream Racer, in which he starred. Acting credits also include That’ll Be The Day, its sequel Stardust, Traveller, The Guvnors, BBC TV’s EastEnders as the head of the Moon family. West End Theatre credits include outstanding performances in, Evita, Footloose, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects Of Love, She Stoops To Conquer, Childe Byron plus his own musicals Mutiny! and All The Fun Of The Fair.
David Essex continues to break boundaries with his unique talent with his two previous two UK tours selling over 65,000 tickets across thirty-nine dates including shows at the Palladium and Theatre Royal in London.
TOUR DATES 2026
September
| Date | Venue |
|---|---|
| Wed 9th | Brighton Centre |
| Fri 11th | Cliffs Pavilion Southend |
| Sat 12th | Regent Ipswich |
| Sun 13th | Mayflower Southampton |
| Tue 15th | Royal Concert Hall Nottingham |
| Wed 16th | Forum Bath |
| Thu 17th | Plymouth Pavilions |
| Sat 19th | Liverpool Philharmonic |
| Sun 20th | Opera House Manchester |
| Mon 21st | Victoria Theatre Halifax |
| Wed 23rd | City Hall Sheffield |
| Thu 24th | Barbican York |
| Fri 25th | Connexin Live Hull |
| Sun 27th | Swansea Arena |
| Mon 28th | New Theatre Oxford |
| Tue 29th | London Palladium |
Tickets are now on sale