Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell, who is releasing her new album Shadow Child on 8th May 2026 via Outside Music, has announced a run of six UK headline shows as part of a wider UK and European tour in November 2026, following her UK live debut in 2025.
Shadow Child is all about motherhood. Lapell was pregnant with her first child when she booked studio time on Vancouver Island to make an album about motherhood. The nine songs on Shadow Child, one for each month of gestation, had to be ready before then, and her return flight was booked on the last day she could safely fly in her third trimester. Lapell’s road to motherhood was fraught, involving years of IVF and a 2023 miscarriage that she experienced on stage while on tour. (She finished her set.) Her son was born in November 2024.
Lapell has released her latest single from Shadow Child. So Long, which features Pharis Romero, is a ballad of maritime tragedy and reproductive choice. It is an acoustic waltz with harmonies from Romero, adrift on waves of baritone guitar and accordion. You can see the video for So Long below.
Lapell’s tour dates are listed below, and tickets can be found via her website tour page.
Abigail Lapell UK & European Tour Dates 2026:
Netherlands
Thu 5 Nov – Amen – Cultureel Café de Amer
Fri 6 Nov – Nisse – Mariakerk
Sat 7 Nov – Groningen – Take Root Festival
Sun 8 Nov – Nijmegen – Thiemeloods
Tue 10 Nov – Utrecht – TivoliVredenburg
Germany
Mon 9 Nov – Cologne – United Lied
Mon 23 Nov – Munich – The Vintage Pub
France
Thu 12 Nov – Paris – Les Femmes s’en Mêlent
United Kingdom
Sat 14 Nov – London – West Hampstead Arts Centre
Sun 15 Nov – Birmingham – The Kitchen Garden Café
Mon 16 Nov – Brighton – The Folklore Rooms
Tue 17 Nov – Bristol – The Hen & Chicken Studio
Wed 18 Nov – Cambridge – The Portland Arms
Thu 19 Nov – Newcastle – Cluny 2 (Jumping Hot Club)
Italy
Thu 26 Nov – Castelvetro di Modena – Lambruscheria Ca’ Berti
Fri 27 Nov – Piangipane – Teatro Socjale
Sat 28 Nov – Torino – Folk Club
Sun 29 Nov – Cortemaggiore – Teatro Eleonora Duse
