Kaylee Bell Announces Return To The UK To Support The Shires On 13-Date Tour

New Zealand country star Kaylee Bell is returning to the UK this November, joining The Shires as support on a 13-date arena and theatre tour.

The run marks another major step for Kaylee Bell, who has built a genuinely global career from her hometown of Waimate.

Kaylee Bell has held the title of Australasia’s Most Streamed Female Country Artist for five consecutive years. She has amassed more than 100 million catalogue streams and has shared stages with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Keith Urban and Kane Brown.

Kaylee Bell’s international breakthrough came with “Keith”, her viral tribute to Keith Urban, which has now surpassed 30 million Spotify streams and 60 million TikTok views. In 2023, Kaylee Bell became the only New Zealand artist to win a CMA Award, taking home the Jeff Walker Global Country Music Artist Award in Nashville.

It has been another huge year for Kaylee Bell. Earlier in 2026, Kaylee Bell performed at the 37,000-strong sold-out Once In A Lifetime concert, the first ever show at Christchurch’s One New Zealand Stadium.

Kaylee Bell was also inducted into the NZ Gold Guitar Awards Hands Of Fame, one of the most significant honours in New Zealand country music, recognising her contribution to the genre. She also received five Aotearoa Music Awards nominations this year, including Album Of The Year and Best Country Artist.

In June, Kaylee Bell became the first female artist from Australia or New Zealand to be featured on the CMA Close Up Stage, appearing at CMA Fest in Nashville for a special discussion hosted by Apple Music Country’s Ty Bentli.

These achievements build on an extraordinary run of success for Kaylee Bell. Her NZ Gold-certified single “Boots N All” reached number one on the NZ Hot Singles Chart and led to her first headline New Zealand tour, selling more than 10,000 tickets across 17 dates.

Kaylee Bell’s album Nights Like This debuted at number one on the New Zealand Album Chart, while her 2025 album Cowboy Up debuted at number two on the Aotearoa Top 20 Album Chart. Kaylee Bell has also performed to huge audiences at Australia’s CMC Rocks, one of the country’s premier country music festivals.

Kaylee Bell has recently released her new single “Me For Me”, a track about waiting for the right person rather than settling for less, which she co-wrote with Phoebe Jasper and Tom Jordan.

Speaking about the inspiration behind the track, Kaylee Bell said: “We wrote it over summer while Phoebe was back from London, where she is a full-time songwriter, and Tom was back from Nashville. We wanted to write a love song about waiting for your person so that you’re not settling for less.”

Kaylee Bell continued: “It’s basically about finding your person later in life after waiting, something a lot of my friends and women I know can relate to. It’s that age-old story that, these days, you’re better off being on your own than settling and ending up disappointed.”

Kaylee Bell is now heading back to the UK this November, supporting The Shires across 13 dates including The Palladium in London, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Symphony Hall in Birmingham and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The full list of dates is below.

November 3 – Glasgow – Royal Concert Hall
November 5 – Gateshead – The Glasshouse
November 6 – York – Barbican
November 8 – Manchester – Bridgewater Hall
November 9 – Birmingham – Symphony Hall
November 11 – London – The Palladium
November 12 – Brighton – Brighton Dome
November 14 – Ipswich – Regent Theatre
November 15 – Poole – Lighthouse
November 16 – Swansea – Building Society Arena
November 18 – Liverpool – Philharmonic Hall
November 19 – Bedford – Corn Exchange
November 20 – Bristol – Beacon

All dates above are in support of The Shires.

An independent artist with a distinctly global reach, Kaylee Bell continues to break new ground for New Zealand country music, building an international career while remaining firmly connected to her Aotearoa roots.