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22 May 26

The Script announce new album The User’s Guide To Being Human – plus Dublin and Belfast shows

The Script announce new album <i>The User’s Guide To Being Human</i> – plus Dublin and Belfast shows

Credit: Simon Emmett

Listen to the album's lead single, 'Man In The Arena', below

Following the release of 2024's Satellites, The Script are back – sharing the new single 'Man In The Arena' today, as the first taste of their new album, The User’s Guide To Being Human (out August 14).

To coincide with the news, the Irish band have also announced a major The Man In The Arena Tour – which includes two nights at Dublin's 3Arena (October 30 & 31) and a show at the SSE Arena in Belfast (November 2).

James Morrison has been confirmed as the special guest for the Dublin and Belfast dates.

“The title is what this album is about," vocalist Danny O’Donoghue says of The User’s Guide To Being Human. "If you need something to remind you of the spectrum of feelings and emotions that make you feel human, this is it.”

The album was recorded in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles – with the lyrics of 'Man In The Arena' taken, in part, from a famous speech by former US president Theodore Roosevelt.

“He talks about how honours don't belong to the critics," says Danny. "They don't belong to the people sitting on the couch, laughing at the person in the ring stumbling and falling around. The honours belong to the one who gets in there and whose face is marred with dust and blood. I remember reading it and being like: that needs to be in a tune, the energy in it is beautiful.”

The User’s Guide To Being Human is available to pre-order / pre-save here.

Pre-sale for The Script's Dublin shows kicks off on May 26, while pre-sale for Belfast begins on May 27. The shows go on general sale on Friday, May 29, at 9.30am.

The band are also set to join Luke Combs as special guests at Slane Castle, Co. Meath on July 18 and 19.

See The Script’s headline dates below:

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