Texas guitar virtuoso Eric Johnson will be making a not-to-be-missed visit to the UK, with an eleven-date summer tour announced and due to take place between July and August 2026.
One of the most outstanding instrumentalists in rock over the past 40 years, Johnson was becoming a legend before he recorded his first album. By the early 1980s, many celebrated guitarists were singing the praises of this skinny kid from Austin with mind-melting chops.
His 1986 debut solo album Tones earned him his first Grammy nomination for the song ‘Zap’, while 1990’s follow-up Ah Via Musicom won him the award for the instrumental ‘Cliffs of Dover’. The album achieved platinum status and turned him into an internationally renowned artist.
Featured on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the Greatest Guitarists, Johnson has released seventeen albums, in addition to albums with other artists such as Eclectic with jazz guitarist Mike Stern, and the platinum-selling G3 Live with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, totting up eight Grammy nominations along with numerous other recognitions and awards.
Over the course of more than four decades, Eric Johnson has been travelling on a prolific odyssey. Along the way, his creations have cross-pollinated various musical genres including rock, blues, jazz, fusion, soul, folk, new-age, classical, and even country.
“It really boils down to the music and the song at the end of the day,” Johnson himself explained. “The most important thing for me is to grow musically and make a more expansive and meaningful artistic statement with every new project.”
Tickets are now available via The Gig Cartel and Eric Johnson‘s website, with dates listed below.
ERIC JOHNSON TEXAPHONIC JULY/AUGUST 2026 UK TOUR
- Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill, Wednesday 22 July 2026
- Frome, Cheese & Grain, Friday 24 July 2026
- London, Islington Assembly Hall, Saturday 25 July 2026
- Basingstoke, Haymarket, Sunday 26 July 2026
- Southampton, The Brook, Monday 27 July 2026
- Northampton, Roadmender, Wednesday 29 July 2026
- Norwich, Epic Studios, Thursday 30 July 2026
- Holmfirth, Picturedrome, Friday 31 July 2026
- Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall, Saturday 1 August 2026
- Sunderland, The Fire Station, Monday 3 August 2026
- Lytham, Lowther Pavilion, Tuesday 4 August 2026
