This announcement comes on the heels of The Script’s frontman Danny O’Donoghue’s recent visit to Manila, where he personally promoted the upcoming world tour and reconnected with the band’s loyal Filipino fanbase. During his stay, Danny filmed a special performance video for the band’s iconic hit “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” on the streets of Manila, recreating the spirit of one of The Script’s most beloved songs in the heart of the city.
MAN IN THE ARENA TOUR will feature The Script’s greatest hits like “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved”, “Hall of Fame”, “Breakeven”, “Superheroes”, “For The First Time”, “If You Could See Me Now” and songs from their new album ‘The User’s Guide To Being Human’, which comes out on 14 August 2026.
‘The User’s Guide To Being Human’ follows 2024’s ‘Satellites’. It was a record that saw vocalist Danny O’Donoghue attempt to process the grief that followed the tragic passing of his bandmate and friend Mark Sheehan in 2023. The record was followed by a global arena tour in which every show paid tribute to Mark.
The skyscraping ambition of ‘Man In The Arena’ lives up to its title, with a hard-hitting R&B groove suddenly bursting into a classic Script mega-chorus built for the biggest of stages: a rousing Danny O’Donoghue delivers a typically charismatic vocal, with lyrics that affirm that the person who dares to put themselves in the spotlight is infinitely braver than anyone who criticises from the sidelines. Its lyrics are taken, in part, from a famous speech by American President Theodore Roosevelt.
Danny explains, “He talks about how honours don't belong to the critics. They don't belong to the people sitting on the couch, laughing at the person in the ring stumbling and falling around. The honours belong to the one who gets in there and whose face is marred with dust and blood. I remember reading it and being like: that needs to be in a tune, the energy in it is beautiful.”
