The Wanted 2.0 Newcastle Gig Preview | Digital

The Wanted 2.0 Newcastle heads to Digital on Thursday 22 October 2026 as Max George and Siva Kaneswaran bring the ‘(We’re) Glad You Came Tour’ to the North East. More than 15 years after The Wanted first formed, the pair are taking the band’s biggest songs back on the road for a UK run that finishes in Newcastle, giving local fans the chance to hear that catalogue in a far more intimate room than the arenas associated with the group’s peak years.

The set is built around the songs that made The Wanted one of the defining British pop groups of the early 2010s, with ‘Glad You Came’, ‘All Time Low’ and ‘Chasing The Sun’ among the hits highlighted for the tour. Rather than treating those tracks as a simple nostalgia exercise, George and Kaneswaran are carrying the project forward as The Wanted 2.0 and giving the familiar material another live chapter.

The Wanted 2.0 Newcastle at Digital

The Newcastle date is particularly notable because it closes the announced October UK run after shows in Bath, Oxford, Brighton, Southampton, Sheffield, Manchester, Coventry and Glasgow. Digital should suit the return well too, putting the audience close to the stage and giving a set built around big choruses and crowd interaction a different feel from the larger venues where many fans first saw the band.

Support in Newcastle comes from Essex singer-songwriter Reigns, who is named directly on the promoter’s event listing. That gives the night a fuller live bill before George and Kaneswaran work through a catalogue that produced 10 UK Top Ten singles and two UK Number Ones, alongside fan favourites such as ‘Walks Like Rihanna’ and ‘Warzone’.

For fans who followed The Wanted first time around, the appeal is therefore more than simply hearing the singles again. The smaller setting, the final-night position on the tour and the new two-man incarnation all give the Newcastle show its own identity while keeping the songs that built the band’s audience firmly at the centre of the night.

Event details

• Date: Thursday 22 October 2026
• Venue: Digital, Times Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4EP
• Doors: 7pm
• Support: Reigns
• Age restriction: 14+; under-16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+

The Newcastle show is presented by Gotobeat, with standard and VIP options listed for the date. Tickets and current information are available through the promoter’s event page, while Digital’s official channels should also be checked before travelling for any final timing changes.

There are plenty more October dates already taking shape across the region, so this one sits within a busy month for live music in Newcastle. You can browse more North East gig previews on SoundBite North East as further shows are added.

SoundBite gig listings: 2026-10-22.