Alien Ant Farm and CKY have announced a co-headline tour of the UK this autumn. Tickets for the shows go on sale at 10am on Thursday 2 May. Scroll to the bottom of this article for a full list of the bands’ UK tour dates. 

The UK stops on the tour will support the Music Venue Trust’s £1 donation initiative, in which £1 from each ticket sold will go towards supporting small venues. 

Alien Ant Farm's frontman Dryden Mitchell said, ‘We’ve always loved our UK tours! For over 20 years we have been able to play shows all around our “home away from home” and we’re excited to see old friends and fans on this run. We’ve watched CKY as fans through the years but have never had the pleasure to meet and tour with them. We think this is a proper nice fit.

‘As a band, we have seen the work that Music Venue Trust are doing for grassroots venues across the UK and were inspired to lend our support. We are honoured to be the first American bands to be involved in this initiative and would urge other artists who enjoy playing in the UK to follow suit. Personally, my favourite. Don’t tell the States.’

Starting in Margate on Saturday 9 November, the bands will then visit venues in Southampton, Bristol, Torquay, Norwich, Birmingham, Nottingham, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Glasgow, Manchester, Bradford and Swansea, with a culminating dates on Sunday 24 November. 

For those who weren’t watching late-night MTV television shows at the turn of the century, both Alien Ant Farm and CKY were mainstays of the pop punk scene in the early 2000s, featuring in a seemingly endless parade of skate videos and Jackass skits. The Farm lads enjoyed marginally more success than CKY for their abrasive cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal’. Give that time capsule a listen below. 

Alien Ant Farm and CKY’s joint 2024 UK tour dates: 

Hall By The Sea – Dreamland, Margate, Saturday 9 November 
1865, Southampton, Sunday 10 November
O2 Academy, Bristol, Tuesday 12 November
Foundry, Torquay, Wednesday 13 November
Epic Studios, Norwich, Friday 15 November
O2 Institute, Birmingham, Saturday 16 November
Rock City, Nottingham, Sunday 17 November
NX, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Monday 18 November
SWG3, Glasgow, Wednesday 20 November
O2 Ritz, Manchester, Thursday 21 November
Nightrain, Bradford, Friday 22 November
Patti Pavilion, Swansea, Saturday 23 November
O2 Forum, London, Sunday 24 November

Tickets for Alien Ant Farm and CKY’s 2024 UK tour go on sale at 10am on Thursday 2 May.