Piece Hall line-up: 'Super cool act' to play Halifax's Piece Hall next summer

Bringing together music from across their acclaimed catalogue, the band will headline Live at The Piece Hall on Saturday July 17 in a run of just four headline shows visiting some of the country's most iconic live music venues.

Tickets go on sale at 10am Friday, November 20 via ticketmaster.co.uk.

The shows come 15 years after the release of alt-J’s Mercury Prize and Ivor Novello Award-winning debut An Awesome Wave, the album that introduced them to audiences around the world.

The band will draw from across their catalogue, bringing together the songs that have defined their career for audiences across the UK and beyond.

Since getting together while studying at university in Leeds, alt-J have released three studio albums that, between them, have sold in excess of two million copies and their songs have been streamed more than two billion times.

Multi-award winning An Awesome Wave was followed two years later by their UK number one, GRAMMY and BRIT Award-nominated album This Is All Yours.

Released in 2017, RELAXER flew straight into the Top 10 of the UK Album Chart ahead of a summer of major international shows - including a headline show at London’s O2 Arena, and headline performances at numerous festivals, becoming their second album to be nominated for the Mercury Prize.

Nicky Chance-Thompson MBE DL FRSA, CEO of The Piece Hall Charitable Trust, said: “We’re really proud that this super cool act have chosen The Piece Hall for one of just four incredibly special shows they’re playing next year.

“Formed in Yorkshire, there’s a lot of love for this band locally and where better to showcase, their unique sound and the very best tracks from their amazing back catalogue than here at our unique venue.

"We’re in for real sonic treat in this visually striking and amazingly atmospheric show!”

alt-J are the latest artist announced for Live at The Piece Hall 2027 which will also see headliner shows from Kula Shaker & REEF, Courteeners, Basement Jaxx, Robert Plant with Saving Grace and Suzi Dian, Angine De Poitrine, Kraftwerk, Pete Tong Ibiza Classics, Suki Waterhouse, Rudimental, Bananarama, Slash, Rick Astley, The Saw Doctors, Kaiser Chiefs, Alfie Boe, Ronan Keating, Jack Savoretti and James Morrison as well as three nights with Simply Red.

For more information, visit thepiecehall.co.uk.