Ezra Collective announce new album and UK tour in 2027
The new LP ‘Here Because of Hope’ will be out in September followed by a tour of the UK in February and March 2027, with new dates added due to popular demand.
Last updated 13th Jul 2026
Just announced – the acclaimed London quintet Ezra Collective have confirmed their fourth studio album ‘Here Because of Hope’ will be out on 18th September 2026 via Partisan Records. The first single is out today titled ‘Only Love’ and features Gambian-British rapper and singer Pa Salieu.
Bandleader Femi Koleoso says this new project has allowed him to further explore his own Gambian roots, saying their music is deeply shaped by diasporic identity, rhythm and storytelling.
A statement from the band says “our fourth offering is a really prominent and beautiful time because it feels like our first records were really Ezra Collective as children, this one really feels like Ezra Collective as adults. There's been so many moments of joy, so many moments of excitement, but at the same time it's impossible not to look at the world and feel deep pain and sadness, and we were really determined to write an album that still sees the prominent importance and final destination being joy”
2026 has already been another busy year for the boys; fresh from winning the Jazz FM Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Jazz and the MOBO Award for Best Jazz Act, the group are celebrating 10 years this year since their debut EP ‘Chapter 7’.
Ezra Collective were also the first ever Friday Main Stage Headliners for Love Supreme Festival, curating a whole evening under the banner ‘Temple of Joy’, a celebration of the artists and community that inspire them, bringing together a genre-spanning line-up throughout the day ahead of their own performance.
Ezra Collective will be bringing their Here Because of Hope tour to the UK in February and March 2027! See Ezra Collective at the following shows:
FEBRUARY 2027
Bristol, The Prospect Building – 26th
Bristol, The Prospect Building – 27th
Bristol, The Prospect Building - 28th - NEW DATE
MARCH 2027
Nottingham, Rock City – 3rd
Dublin, 3Olympia – 5th
Dublin, 3Olympia – 6th - NEW DATE
Glasgow, O2 Academy – 8th
Edinburgh, Usher Hall – 10th
Manchester, Aviva Warehouse Studios – 12th
Manchester, Aviva Warehouse Studios - 13th - NEW DATE
Birmingham, O2 Academy – 14th
London, O2 Academy Brixton – 18th
London, O2 Academy Brixton – 19th
London, O2 Academy Brixton - 20th - NEW DATE
London, O2 Academy Brixton - 21st - NEW DATE