World News have a new single out and a 24-date UK and European tour already underway. “Sidestep,” released via the band’s own Pie & Mash label and recorded at RAK Studios in London with producer Tommy Bosustow (Porridge Radio, mary in the junkyard), is one of their most emotionally direct tracks yet. Jangly guitar and driving bass build steadily before collapsing into a three-minute instrumental, the whole thing anchored by frontman Alex Evans’ unflinching account of watching someone you love refuse to help themselves. “It’s about that helpless feeling of standing on the outside, seeing it all so clearly, wanting to help, and realising you can’t make the choice for them,” he says.
The timing couldn’t be better. World News spent 2025 building serious momentum, with two critically praised singles premiered back to back by DJ John Richards on KEXP, and then an organic, algorithm-free viral surge on 2023 single “The Tinman” that pushed the track into the global top 10 viral charts with millions of streams and no TikTok assist. Stereogum called them the kind of band “who would’ve been stars on 80s college radio,” and The Fader flagged “throwback indie rock of the highest order.” The London four-piece now head into their largest headline run to date, with sold-out shows already confirmed in London, Manchester and Bristol.
World News UK/EU Tour Dates:
April 10 – Luton @ The Castle
April 11 – London @ 100 Club (Sold Out)
April 17 – Bristol @ The Louisiana (Sold Out)
April 18 – Cardiff @ Clwb Ifor Bach
April 19 – Birmingham @ Hare & Hounds
April 21 – Manchester @ YES Basement (Sold Out)
April 22 – Leeds @ Hyde Park Book Club
April 23 – Sheffield @ Sidney and Matilda
April 24 – Brighton @ DUST
May 1 – Edinburgh @ The Mash House
May 2 – Glasgow @ The Flying Duck
May 15 – Brighton @ The Great Escape Festival
May 22 – Norwich @ Waterfront Studios
May 23 – Southampton @ Wanderlust Fest
May 27 – Paris @ Supersonic
May 28 – Ghent @ Ringo
May 29 – Groningen @ Simplon
May 30 – Rotterdam @ De Kroepoekfabriek
May 31 – Amsterdam @ Cinetol
June 1 – Haldern @ Pop Bar
June 2 – Hamburg @ MS Stubnitz
June 3 – Hanover @ Lux
June 4 – Berlin @ Neue Zukunft
June 6 – Cologne @ Artheater