LOTTERY WINNERS ARE PLAYING AN ACTUAL STADIUM
LOTTERY WINNNERS ANNOUNCE BIGGEST EVER UK HEADLINE SHOW
SATURDAY 30th MAY, 2026
A monumental homecoming celebration following two UK number 1 albums in the last 3 years.
Joined on stage by special guests: Frank Turner, Reverend & The Makers, and more to be announced. Support From: Scounting for Girls, The Lilacs, Katie Owen DJ
Watch the announcement video featuring Robbie Williams
TICKETS:
Presales – From Wednesday 24th September, 10am
General Sale – Friday 26th September, 10am
Lottery Winners have announced their biggest ever UK headline show – a huge, career-defining homecoming here at Leigh Sports Village in Leigh on Saturday 30th May 2026.
This landmark event marks a full-circle moment for the unstoppable Leigh band, who over the past three years have transformed from cult heroes into chart-topping national treasures.
Lottery Winners are pulling out all the stops for what promises to be an unforgettable night. They’ll be joined on stage by a stellar lineup of special guests they’ve previously collaborated with, and who have appeared on their albums, including Frank Turner, and Reverend & The Makers, with further to be announced.
Support will come from close friends of the band Scouting for Girls, the chart-topping London trio best known for infectious hits like She’s So Lovely, Heartbeat, and This Ain’t a Love Song. They’ll be joined by local favourites The Lilacs, and a DJ set from Katie Owen to round off the night.
Thom Rylance of Lottery Winners said “Leigh Sports Village isn’t just another show for us, it’s a marker of everything we’ve worked for. From loading gear into pubs to travelling the world, every step has led here. To headline a stadium at home is rare, and we don’t take that lightly. This night will stand as proof of what’s possible when you keep on keeping on.
Headlining Leigh Sports Village is special in itself but doing it here in our hometown—surrounded by the people who’ve supported us from the very start—makes it truly unforgettable. The fact that we get to welcome legends and friends like Frank Turner, Reverend and the Makers and Scouting for Girls to our town feels incredible. It’s Leigh opening its doors to the world, and we’re proud to be the ones hosting”.
Lottery Winners are only the third act to headline the Leigh Sports Village Stadium, Leigh, following Elton John in 2014 and Lionel Richie in 2018.
This monumental one-off show crowns a meteoric rise for the four-piece – Thom Rylance, Rob Lally, Katie Lloyd and Joe Singleton – who made history as the only act from Leigh ever to claim a UK No.1 album. First came 2023’s critically acclaimed, emotionally charged Anxiety Replacement Therapy, followed earlier this year by the euphoric and ambitious KOKO, which cemented their place as one of the UK’s most loved bands
The announcement follows a relentless run of landmark achievements: main stage festival appearances, national radio playlisting, major TV slots – and a blockbuster summer supporting Robbie Williams, performing at some of the biggest stadiums across the UK and Europe. The tour also saw Thom and Katie joining Robbie live on stage as part of his show.
Robbie stated on the tour: ‘I’ve completely fallen in love with the Lottery Winners, and even when the tour was just two weeks in, I had a pang of sadness that their tenure with me can’t last forever.’
After over 15 years of hard graft and determination, Lottery Winners have grown from the margins to the masses with their honest, uplifting take on mental health and modern life, wrapped in the band’s unmistakable charm and singalong indie-pop bangers. They are now ready to celebrate how far they’ve come by looking ahead to how far they can go, as their songs take their place as the stadium anthems they were always meant to be.
Here at Leigh Sports Village we’re excited to have live music filling our stadium once again. We can’t think of anyone better than Lottery Winners to give the big stage over to! We know that the Leigh crowds will give them heartfelt support and an electric atmosphere that only a home crowd can provide.
STADIUM TRAVEL
You can find details of how to travel to Leigh Sports Village on our plan your visit pages.
For the Lottery Winners there will also be additional coach services available to book through Live Nation’s travel partner Big Green Coach:
By coach: Big Green Coach is providing hassle-free and sustainable coach returns from Birkenhead, Blackpool, Bradford, Chester, Huddersfield, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Manchester (Trafford Centre), Preston and Stockport.
Your carbon-neutral coach will arrive at Leigh Sports Village’s official coach park before the music starts and return to your pick-up location after the show. You won’t miss a minute of the action. Guarantee your seat with Big Green Coach, the UK’s largest events travel company, from £35 from the Big Green Coach company website.
Photo Credit Tom Oxley
