Holly Humberstone will bring her 2027 Cruel World tour to Birkenhead on Friday 22 January, with a date confirmed at Future Yard as the venue expands its capacity and community offer.
Tour stop lines up with Future Yard expansion
The singer, best known for tracks including Falling Asleep at the Wheel, Scarlett and the The Walls Are Way Too Thin EP, will play the new-look Future Yard at the start of next year. Tickets for the Birkenhead date have been listed at £32.50 — notably cheaper than many other stops on her UK run.
Artist pre-sale opened on 2 September, with a full public sale scheduled from 4 September. The Birkenhead show will be supported on the bill by Chloe Qisha.
"The Walls Are Way Too Thin"
Humberstone has ties to the Liverpool City Region: she spent a year studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts before leaving to focus on music. Her time living and studying locally was later cited by the artist as an influence on the EP named above.
What Future Yard’s expansion will mean locally
The concert is being staged as part of Future Yard’s planned expansion in Birkenhead. The project will create a new, crowdfunded venue with a 600-capacity and is expected to increase the venue’s annual programme significantly.
- More than 50 additional shows a year are expected at the expanded site.
- Around 150 extra performance opportunities will be created for local artists.
- Education and training additions include about 2,000 extra hours of practical experience for sound-check trainees.
- Future Yard estimates the project will provide access to a Schools Music Curriculum for roughly 3,500 children a year across 12 acoustically treated studio and teaching spaces.
Established in 2020, Future Yard set out to bring both emerging and established artists to the Liverpool City Region while supporting local talent. The Humberstone booking represents a high-profile early line-up for the enlarged venue and underlines its ambitions to step up live music provision in Birkenhead.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Artist | Holly Humberstone |
| Date | Friday 22 January 2027 |
| Venue | Future Yard, Birkenhead (new 600-capacity space) |
| Ticket price (Birkenhead) | £32.50 |
| Support | Chloe Qisha |
Local consequences and context
For Birkenhead the announcement is more than another gig: it signals a step up in the town’s live music offering. A larger venue with a steady calendar of shows can boost footfall for local businesses, create paid opportunities for artists and technicians, and expand educational projects for young people interested in music and events work.
Future Yard’s figures suggest the expansion is being framed as a community as well as a commercial venture: the combination of increased performance slots and substantial training hours highlights a dual aim of bringing big names to the area while building local music infrastructure.
For local musicians and music professionals, the added 150 performance opportunities and dedicated training time represent practical pathways into gigging and technical work. For parents and schools, access to a structured music curriculum in 12 studio spaces could broaden out-of-school provision for thousands of children each year.
Humberstone’s return to the Liverpool City Region follows a previous performance at Liverpool’s Hangar 34 on 1 October 2023. The Birkenhead date will be the first in this new, larger Future Yard space if the venue meets its target to open before the end of the year.
As tickets go on general sale, organisers and local stakeholders will be watching to see if the project’s ambitions translate into attendance, revenue and sustained opportunities for the town’s music scene.
