Manchester, UK-based five-piece GUILT TRIP — Jay Valentine [vocals], Jak Maden [guitar], Sam Baker [guitar], Tom Aimson [drums], and Lily Kilcoyne [bass] — are back for more. After spending the summer playing festivals, ranging from Warped Tour to Sound and Fury to INKCARCERATION and more, the band will hit the road in the U.S. and Canada for the second leg of its headline tour this November and December. Guilt Trip embarked on their first-ever co-headline tour of the U.S. in the Spring with the Malevolence.
Gates to Hell and Mauled will serve as support. The tour kicks off on November 27 in St. Louis and runs through December 16 in Indianapolis. All dates are below.
Various pre-sales are set for Wednesday, September 2 at 10am local time through Thursday, September 3 at 10pm local time. Regular on-sales are set for Friday, September 4, at 10am local time. Get tickets here.
“Guilt Trip are thrilled to touch down on U.S. soil for the second leg of our North America and Canada headline run,” says Valentine. “This time, we’ll be joined by some of the most exciting bands heavy music has to offer in Gates to Hell and Mauled. We’re extremely eager to hit some different cities this time around and hopefully catch some new and some familiar faces at the shows!
Guilt Trip’s new album ARMOUR OF ANGELS, is out now via Roadrunner Records. Listen and purchase here.
To get a taste of what type of energy the band brings live, check out the video for explosive album opener “One By One.” The video features footage culled from the Winter 2026 U.S. tour. If you’ve yet to experience a Guilt Trip moshpit or live show, then this video will put you front and center, experiencing metallic maelstrom the band is known for. Watch it here.
GUILT TRIP ON TOUR:
WITH GATES TO HELL + MAULED:
11/27 — Des Moines, IA — xBK*
11/28 — Lawrence, KS — Bottleneck
11/29 — Omaha, NE — Reverb
12/1 — Billings, MT — Pub Station
12/3 — Spokane, WA — The Big Dipper
12/4 — Vancouver, BC — Rickshaw Theatre
12/5 — Seattle, WA — El Corazon
12/6 — Portland, OR — High Limit Room
12/8 — Boise, ID — Shrine Social Club – Basement
12/9 — Salt Lake City, UT — Metro Music Hall*
12/11 — Albuquerque, NM — Launch Pad*
12/12 — Amarillo, TX — Rockwell Event Center
12/13 — Oklahoma City, OK — Farmers Market*
12/14 — St. Louis, MO — The Duck Room (Blueberry Hill Duck Room)
12/15 — Louisville, KY — Portal^
12/16 — Indianapolis, IN — Hi-Fi
*No Mauled
^No Gates to Hell
ABOUT GUILT TRIP:
Historically, Manchester, UK breeds a certain toughness. As a pillar of the 19th century Industrial Revolution in Northern England, factories and warehouses line much of the city’s rain-baptized topography. A hardworking lot who shoot straight without apology, its denizens traditionally take an incredible amount of pride in where they come from. Embodying the grit and gusto of Manchester, UK, Guilt Trip bring a blast of homegrown intensity to their hybrid of hardcore and metal. The five piece slide striking melodies in between throat-slitting thrashy riffs and earth-splitting breakdowns. Guilt Trip started to forge a seething signature style without comparison back in 2015. They dropped the Unrelenting Force EP [2016] followed by River of Lies [2019]. The latter spawned “Thin Ice,” which reeled in 7.1 million Spotify streams and counting. 2023’s Severance marked a turning point. It boasted popular collaborations with LANDMVRKS and Malevolence. KERRANG! hailed their “unique brand of hardcore that sees them delve into elements of thrash, old-school hardcore and fist-pumping metal.” Beyond sharing the stage with everyone from Sylosis to While She Sleeps, they lit up festivals, including Download and Hellfest. Attracting Roadrunner Records to their corner, the musicians decamped to StudioOWZ in Clarbeston Wales with producer and engineer Adam “Nolly” Getgood [Periphery] during early 2025 to record their debut LP for Roadrunner Records, Armour Of Angels. They bulldozed the way for the release with the God Forgives EP, which incited the applause of Rock Sound, BLUNT, and CLASH. With Armour Of Angels, they’re primed to make Manchester proud as they make a lasting imprint on heavy music.
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