Melrose Avenue join forces with The Funeral Portrait on Cemetery Friend and line up 2027 UK and EU dates
Fresh from Download Festival 2026 and the announcement of their biggest UK headline run to date, Melrose Avenue have returned with Cemetery Friend, a new single featuring The Funeral Portrait.
The track pushes both bands into darker territory, balancing melody, intensity and atmosphere with a theatrical edge. It arrives in the wake of recent singles Taste and Bad Guy, which have continued to build the Sydney quartet’s profile across heavy music circles.
A heavier collaboration built for the pit
Vlado Saric says the pairing clicked quickly and that the new track was written with both acts in mind: “We essentially wanted this song to feel like a car crash between the 2 acts and we are pretty sure that’s what we’ve achieved here!”
Dates stretching from Dublin to Lisbon
The release lands alongside a lengthy UK and EU headline tour kicking off in January 2027. The run takes in arena-sized rooms and longstanding club venues across the continent, with the UK dates set to open the schedule before the band head deeper into Europe. Tickets are on sale now via the band’s website.
- 27 January – Dublin, Academy
- 28 January – Belfast, Limelight 2
- 30 January – Glasgow, The Garage
- 31 January – Leeds, The Key Club
- 1 February – Manchester, Club Academy
- 3 February – Birmingham, Institute2
- 4 February – London, Electric Ballroom
- 6 February – Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg Pandora
- 7 February – Antwerp, Kavka Zappa
- 9 February – Paris, Trabendo
- 10 February – Cologne, Live Music Hall
- 11 February – Hamburg, Gruenspan
- 12 February – Copenhagen, Hotel Cecil
- 13 February – Oslo, John Dee
- 14 February – Stockholm, Kollektivet Livet
- 16 February – Helsinki, Tavastia
- 17 February – Tampere, Olympia
- 18 February – Tallinn, Paavli Kultuurivabrik
- 19 February – Riga, Palladium
- 21 February – Warsaw, Proxima
- 22 February – Berlin, Columbia Theater
- 24 February – Prague, Rock Café
- 25 February – Vienna, Flex
- 26 February – Budapest, Analog Music Hall
- 27 February – Bologna, Locomotiv Club
- 1 March – Zurich, Dynamo
- 2 March – Munich, Technikum
- 3 March – Barcelona, Razzmatazz 3
- 5 March – Madrid, Revilive
- 7 March – Lisbon, República da Música
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