Suede

If there was any lingering doubt about Suede’s relevance in 2026, the answer arrived weeks before the first guitar string was tuned: their March 24 concert at Valencia’s Roig Arena is officially sold out. No VIP packages left, no last-minute general admission miracles — the city snapped up every ticket in advance, proving yet again that some bands don’t age, they sharpen.

The show is part of Suede’s Dancing with the Europeans Tour, built around their latest studio release Antidepressants, a record that hums with the same decadent melancholy that made them cult heroes in the first place — only now with more emotional gravity and fewer illusions about the sunrise. If the Britpop era’s Suede lived by neon light, Antidepressants asks what remains once the neon burns out.

Frontman Brett Anderson, still prowling stages like a glam-rock shaman, has been performing with enough voltage to make younger bands look anaemic. Reports from earlier dates speak of elbows on monitors, knees on the edge of the stage, eyes locked on the crowd like every lyric is a whispered confession. Guitarist Richard Oakes continues to deliver those serrated riffs and melancholic swells that defined the band’s sonic DNA — a pairing that remains one of British rock’s great overlooked partnerships.

The venue in question, Roig Arena, has quickly become Valencia’s flagship for world-class touring acts. Its technical precision — acoustics, lighting, staging — has made it a magnet for international bookings, and Suede’s sold-out show is yet another jewel in its two-year history of heavy victories.

The setlist is expected to fuse eras: 90s alt-rock staples like Animal Nitrate, Metal Mickey and The Drowners rubbing shoulders with fresh cuts from Antidepressants, whose material has been drawing reviews that sound suspiciously like déjà vu — not of nostalgia, but of rediscovery.

For Valencia, a city in the middle of a surprising cultural upswing, the sellout is more than a bragging right. It’s a sign that the region’s live ecosystem — venues, fans, promoters — is punching at a European level again. The fact that Suede helped trigger that thunder feels poetic.

If you didn’t get a ticket, don’t bother refreshing the resale sites — they dried up too. The only option now is to listen to the roar through the walls and vow never to sleep on Valencia’s live calendar again.