Alternative quartet DAYTIME TV have released a new anthem for the summer of 2026, 'Sun', as they announce a UK tour for later this year.
‘Sun’, out now on Marshall Records, opens with a guitar signature and an undeniable vocal hook before a heavy, dancefloor-filling groove kicks in. The band have announced intimate tour dates across the UK, following an exclusive, packed-out show earlier this year at The Old Blue Last. The band will play Hull, Coventry, Newport, Milton Keynes, Bournemouth, Liverpool, Sheffield and Edinburgh in October.
Singer Will Irvine said: “As soon as the song ‘Sun’ came together, we knew it was a summer banger. It’s about going to your happy place in your head, blocking out the chaos and stripping things back to the primal basics of just being an animal on a planet. The song feels like summer and that’s exactly what we wanted it to be. It’s a happy place to go to in your mind. I wrote that big chorus years ago, and it got parked but just kept finding myself singing it. Then, when we got back together to write it just came together really quickly. It shows a side of us that’s a bit more.”
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The track comes with a new music video from Sam McGill, which sees The Sun, in the form of a costumed figure, themself seizing the day and dancing across the deserted landscape.
Will said: “With this new music we decided to properly let ourselves go, and not take ourselves so seriously. If we want to put a Sun costume on because it’s how the music makes us feel, we’ll do it. It’s quite free. In fact the dancer we had lined up to play the role fell through so Naomi and Gareth stepped in – they were the only ones who would fit in it!
“We can’t wait to get out on tour because playing live is why this band exists. We want to be one of the biggest live acts in the world. That connection between the crowd and a band giving everything they’ve got can’t be beaten. Our fans have always been amazing at giving that energy back. The exciting thing now is that we have all these new songs to take to people.”
Having formed in 2020, Daytime TV built a reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting emerging acts, sharing stages with You Me At Six, Twin Atlantic and Two Door Cinema Club, and delivering standout performances at BST Hyde Park and Mad Cool Festival. In 2026 they signed to Marshall Records, the label owned by the legendary amp company, home to the likes of The Molotovs and Nova Twins.
