The Denver band behind “How to Save a Life”, one of the defining piano-rock songs of its decade, return to Hammersmith with A Light That Waits, their first full-length album in years.
The Fray, the Denver band behind “How to Save a Life”, bring the Autumn of Light Tour to the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith on Monday 16 November 2026. The date follows their new album, A Light That Waits.
The band formed in 2002, when former schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King reconnected and began writing songs together. Both had grown up leading worship in the city’s churches.
Their debut album, How to Save a Life, arrived on Epic in 2005 with the piano at the front of the sound. “Over My Head (Cable Car)” reached the American top ten. The title track peaked at number three and crossed into the British charts.
That single spent 58 weeks on the American singles chart and reached Diamond certification. The self-titled second album opened at number one in America in 2009.
Slade left in 2022, and King, Dave Welsh and Ben Wysocki returned as a trio with The Fray Is Back in 2024. A Light That Waits is the trio’s first full-length album in years.
The Apollo opened in 1932 as the Gaumont Palace and was the Hammersmith Odeon from 1962 to 1993.