The Prodigy‘s Liam Howlett has spoken to NME about some “fuckin’ evil rave” music on the horizon and what’s in store for their run of huge outdoor shows in 2026.
After their UK and Ireland arena dates this April and May – a 12-date tour that sold out in record time and included two dates at Wembley Arena – the rave pioneers will now be playing some massive ‘Warrior’s Dance’ outdoor gigs next summer. These will mark some of the band’s biggest shows since the death of frontman Keith Flint in 2019.
“Every time we go out for a new tour or big shows like this, we spend a lot of time talking about what is possible – how can we make it better,” Howlett told NME. “We always try to make sure things are different and moving forward , but always delivering the punch, which it will.”
The tour will feature what promises to be a riotous Saturday show at Milton Keynes Bowl – made famous by the likes of David Bowie, Queen and Green Day – with the band returning after their legendary appearance at the iconic venue back in 2010.
“That Milton Keynes Bowl ‘Warriors Dance’ gig was like our Oasis at Knebworth,
it was a big moment for us as we had practically broken up during the early 2000’s,” recalled Howlett. “Then we all came back together in the studio to do ‘Invaders Must Die’ [2009], and that gig was the culmination of that album and what we had done before. It was an important and memorable gig for us.”
The founder, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist continued: “One thing that sticks in my mind is we were tearing around the site in golf buggies before it opened, racing around… Keef [Keith Flint] crashed into my one and ran me off the path into a bush.
“Keef was a master on two wheels, superbikes on track and the road, but he was a fucking terrible driver in anything with four wheels, during the mid ’90s Maxim [vocalist], Leeroy [Thornhill, former keyboardist] and me got to the point where we just refused to get in the car with him if he was driving.”