– Live at Headrow House –
by Benjamin Jackson | Yorkshire Evening Post | March 27, 2026
Today, Damian has officially announced his second studio album, Sweet Chaos, set for release on June 5, 2026 and to mark the occasion, he is heading straight to the heart of West Yorkshire for an intimate in-store performance and album signing in conjunction with Headrow House and Crash Records.
While Mission Creep was a tender, jazz-flecked exploration of grief, written in the wake of the death of his wife, the celebrated actress Helen McCrory, Sweet Chaos promises a gear shift. Lewis describes this new body of work as coming from a place of “hard-won clarity.”
“The first album was quiet and tender,” Lewis explains. “This new album is a bit angrier in places. You don’t know these things until you listen back: the extent to which your state of mind pervades the thing.”
The sonic palette has expanded, too. A chance encounter at a party led to a collaboration with legendary producer Guy Chambers – the man behind some of the biggest anthems in British pop history.
Chambers has described Lewis’s vision as “Alternative Bohemian,” praising his ability to “paint pictures with lyrics.”
The tracklist reads like a visceral travelogue of Lewis’s life; from ‘Pentonville Prison’, a gritty account of a 1998 motorcycle accident that left him hospitalised, to the David Bowie-nodding ‘Traffic Jam’, the record feels panoramic in its ambition.
The album also features a thunderous duet with Alison Mosshart (The Kills) and the guiding mentorship of Sheffield’s own Richard Hawley.
Damian will perform an intimate show at Headrow House in Leeds city centre on June 5, 2026.
Tickets for Damian Lewis’s intimate show at Headrow House are available to pre-order right now.
Because this is a special in-store event hosted by Crash Records, you don’t buy a traditional ticket through a site like Ticketmaster.
Instead, you secure your entry by pre-ordering an album bundle directly from the Crash Records website.
Venue:
Headrow House
19a The Headrow
Leeds, LS1 6PU
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