The CBS Story: In Our Coventry Home

 

A special BBC CWR radio documentary about the trails and tribulations facing Coventry City Football Club in their battle for their football stadium has been aired and features the music from The Enemy throughout the hour long special.

Iconic tunes such as Aggro and Away From Here featured alongside the Sky Blues anthem song We'll Live And Die In These Towns, as the story of that journey from administration and homeless from the arena to finally coming back home to Coventry. The Enemy also performed live to home fans on Tuesday 4th November at the Coventry Building Society Arena. Tom Clarke described the moment as humbling and strange. Days later The Enemy performed two sell out gigs in Coventry as delighted fans celebrated both Coventry City Football Club and The Enemy returned to their rightful place in Coventry.

The CBS Story: In Our Coventry Home, the story of Coventry City Football Club's team and ground that took two decades to finally reconnect.

August 23rd, 2025 is a day etched into the history of CCFC. A club that had been homeless in its own city, finally got the keys to a place to call home.

This BBC CWR special revisits the story, including the sale of Highfield Road, the original plans with a retractable roof, owners SISU, Wasps, ground shares, promotions and more.

Exclusive interviews with owner and chairman Doug King, previous chair Joe Elliott, reporter Simon Gilbert and audio from BBC CWR's archives.

Produced and presented by Lorna Bailey.

Executive Producer, Siobhan Harrison.

Listen to the programme, available for a limited time on BBC Sounds

The Enemy Booked For Tramlines Festival 2026

Another Summer festival has been booked for The Enemy to perform at - this time the lads will be heading up north to Sheffield. On Sunday 26th July 2026, the final day of the Tramlines three day festival - The Enemy will be one of the indie bands entertaining around 40,000 festival crowds. 

Wetleg, Fat Boy Slim, Kaiser Chiefs, Courteeners, Reverend & The Makers and a whole host of other artists will be taking to the stage at Hillsborough Park from Friday 24th July to Sunday 26th July 2026.

Tramlines gave this description about The Enemy:

"When The Enemy broke onto the UK music scene in 2006, they quickly earned their place as one of the biggest bands of the era. Their anthemic, rabble-rousing energy lead to the #1, Platinum-certified debut album 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' as well as two more hit albums- 'Music For The People' (#2) and 'Streets In The Sky' (#9) before they said farewell with 'It's Automatic' (2015). After celebrating their successes with numerous sold out tours, NME awards and performances with the likes of Oasis and The Rolling Stones, the band parted ways in 2016.

Tom Clarke (vocals/guitar) did continue the band’s legacy touring solo across the UK during the in-between years, but eventually reunited with Andy Hopkins (bass) and Liam Watts (drums) in 2022. With over 40,000 tickets sold for their reunion tour the demand for the 3-piece was still very much alive and well. In their home turf of Coventry, C.C.F.C. & fans proudly adopted the song 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' as their club anthem, further cementing their roots in both their home city and the wider football community, after having multiple hit songs used on iconic FIFA soundtracks, as well as ITV coverage of The FA Cup. The trio now embark on another sold out UK tour whilst announcing the upcoming release of their fifth studio album."

Buy Tramlines Festival tickets:  HERE

 

The Enemy Lined Up For YNot Festival 2026

 

Award winning YNot?Festival returns in 2026 and will be joined by The Enemy at this Peak District event. Tickets have been selling fast and looks set to be even bigger than the 2025 festival, which won a prize for Marketing Campaign Of The Year.

The Libertines, Reverend And The Makers, The Streets, Kaiser Chiefs, Hard-Fi and The Vaccines are just a few of the acts on the line-up during the four day festival at Pikehall, Derbyshire. Entry begins on Thursday 30th July 2026 and the final act will conclude on Sunday 2nd August 2026. All details about the Y Not Festival, including tickets and camping information can be found on the ynotfestival website.

The Enemy have announced several festival dates for 2026 as the band continue to enjoy performing in front of festival crowds around the UK.

The Enemy To Perform At Victorious Festival 2026

August Bank Holiday 2026 is already looking like a right scorcher as The Enemy join a host of other bands and artists at the award winning Victorious Festival.

Held at Southsea, Portsmouth on the English south coast with day tickets and camping available, it looks like this year could become another award winning year.

Friday 28th August is headlined by Richard Ashcroft and features acts such as Faithless, The Vaccines and Scissor Sisters. 

The Black Keys and Primal Scream are two of the acts lined up for Saturday 29th August.

The third day will see The Enemy and Kasabian reunited during the Sunday line up, in what promises to be a throw back to great Indie music.

Full details and tickets can be found at https://www.victoriousfestival.co.uk/

 

The Enemy - Social Disguises Album

The Enemy will be releasing their long awaited fifth studio album Social Disguises on Friday 20th February 2026.

It is promising to be a return to their roots, bringing the Coventry band back to their indie anthem days when they released their first album, We'll Live And Die In These Towns in July 2007 which shot straight to the top of the Official UK Album Charts. 

Two tracks from Social Disguises have already been released, giving fans a taster of what to expect from the 2026 album. Not Going Your Way and Trouble were well received during The Enemy 2025 tour. Fans have been delighted with the first new material from Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts since reforming in 2022. 

 Social Disguises is available for pre-order from The Enemy and all good record stores.

VIDEO: Trouble - The Enemy

The official music video for ‘Trouble’ by The Enemy

Listen here: https://slinky.to/TroubleTheEnemy

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Directed by Morgan Tedd

Lyrics: 

Can someone please explain

Cos I feel like I’m insane

I don’t understand a thing these days

Maybe I’m too set in my ways

Can someone put me back on track

Before I have a heart attack 

I don’t understand a thing you say

Every conversation’s like a maze 

And if it 

Looks like trouble 

Sounds like trouble 

Smells like trouble

It must be trouble, yeah 

Oh if it looks like trouble 

Sounds like trouble 

Smells like trouble

It must be trouble, yeah 

Can someone please explain

Cos I feel like I’m in pain 

I don’t understand a thing these days

Maybe I’m too set in my ways

Can someone put me back on track

Before I have a heart attack 

I don’t understand a word you say

Every conversation’s like a maze 

And if it 

Looks like trouble 

Sounds like trouble 

Smells like trouble

It must be trouble, yeah 

Oh if it looks like trouble 

Sounds like trouble 

Smells like trouble

It must be trouble, yeah 

Well you know, and I know

Exactly what this is

We both know, it’s a no-go

It’s just trouble, and you know it 

You know it looks like trouble 

Sounds like trouble 

Smells like trouble

It must be trouble, yeah 

Oh if it looks like trouble 

Sounds like trouble 

Smells like trouble

It must be trouble, yeah

 

VIDEO: Not Going Your Way - The Enemy

 

The Enemy - Not Going Your Way

Listen/Download here: https://slinky.to/NotGoingYourWay

Lyrics:

Well just the other night,

I said I don't wanna fight,

But is something wrong?

Is something wrong?

Cos you've been so far away,

And I didn't wanna say,

But it's been so long,

It's been so long,

Oh I'm not going your way,

You're not coming my way no,

Oh oh oh,

She said I'm feeling fine,

But she says that every time,

It means she's not,

Oh no she's not,

Well I just shook my head,

Is this romance really dead?

It's just so hard,

That's what she said,

Oh I'm not going your way,

You're not coming my way no,

Oh oh oh,

If you don't wanna stay no more,

Then I don't wanna play no more, 

Can't deal with you this way no more,

Just let me go,

Oh oh oh,

I said I've wasted all my time,

The best years of my life, 

And she said no,

You've wasted mine,

Well now that it's all done,

I hope you had your fun,

And she said no,

I had none,

Oh I'm not going your way,

You're not coming my way no,

Oh oh oh