Suede - Live at the Beacon, Bristol - 2nd February 2026

After a run of limited shows promoting their latest album Antidepressants in the autumn, Suede are currently on a full UK tour showcasing the second in their ‘black and white’ trilogy alongside selected tracks from across their career.

Suede walk on to a pulsing version of ‘Disintegrate’ from their new album, a synthetic throb that primes the room before a single member appears. The crowd falls instinctively into time, clapping along as if summoned. When they take the stage and launch into the track proper it’s with the confidence of a group long past needing to prove anything.

Brett Anderson drops the microphone after the first line, the first of several occasions he does so (Live4ever counted three). However, it’s no omen.

Anderson sings much of the early set from stage left, prowling and gesturing, already restless. Perhaps because it’s a Monday night the first attempted singalong falls flat, despite the lyrics helpfully glowing on the screen.

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