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FLYING WITH ANGELS TOUR 2026

ADDITIONAL SUMMER HEADLINE SHOWS JUST ANNOUNCED! 

Iconic singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega continues her successful Flying With Angels Tour, bringing a career-spanning set to stops in Salisbury, Folkestone, Halifax, and Aylesbury. Vega will perform beloved hits like ‘Tom’s Diner,’ ‘Luka,’ and ‘Marlene on the Wall,’ and many more, plus songs from her latest album, Flying With Angels, which was released in May 2025 to critical acclaim. She will be joined on stage by her longtime guitarist, Gerry Leonard (of David Bowie fame), and cellist Stephanie Winters.

Tickets go on sale on Friday 6 March at 10am via

https://myticket.co.uk/artists/suzanne-vega

 Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk revival of the early 1980s. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, Vega sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 40 years ago.

The media has heaped praise upon Flying With Angels, with Rolling Stone proclaiming, “Four decades after her new-waif debut, Suzanne Vega retains her knack for lucid reflections and crisp music to match… Her voice remains both knowing and observant,” and naming it one of 2025’s best albums. Stereogum observes, “Veteran Alt-rocker Suzanne Vega is still making great music… It’s not an exaggeration to call her a straight-up legend.” 

Morning Star and The Edinburgh Reporter gave recent UK performances five stars, while The Scotsman declared “Vega proves she deserves a place with greats like Reed, Dylan and Cohen”. All Music Magazine UK observes “Forty years on, Suzanne Vega still weaves magic…she has lost nothing over the years—if anything, her music has matured beautifully”.

Artist’s website: https://www.suzannevega.com/

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2026 TOUR DATES

Suzanne Vega – Flying With Angels with Special Guest Katherine Priddy*
*not playing Aylesbury, Glasgow, Cambridge

June 2026

Tuesday 23               Salisbury City Hall                               *JUST ANNOUNCED*
Wednesday 24            Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall                    *JUST ANNOUNCED*

July 2026

Tuesday 28               Glasgow Summer Nights at the Bandstand
Thursday 30               Halifax Victoria Theatre                       *JUST ANNOUNCED*
Friday 31                 Aylesbury Friars Waterside                 *JUST ANNOUNCED*

August 2026

Sunday 02                Cambridge Folk Festival