Scarlet Rebels Flawed By Design: God’s Honest Truth Video, Record Store Tour & 2027 Dates

Scarlet Rebels’ Flawed By Design is out on Friday 13 November 2026 via Earache Records, and the Welsh rockers have just released the fourth single from it, God’s Honest Truth, with a striking new video. To celebrate release week they are playing a run of UK record store shows, from Swansea on 13 November to Oxford on 18 November, before heading out on tour with Tyketto and then their own 2027 headline tour.

• Album: Flawed By Design – Earache Records, Friday 13 November 2026
• New single: God’s Honest Truth – out now on all platforms
• Record store tour: 13-18 November 2026, seven dates
• Headline tour: 11-25 February 2027
• Pre-order and tickets: pre-order the album | record store tickets | tour tickets

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Watch the Scarlet Rebels God’s Honest Truth video

The video is unlike anything the band have done before. It is inspired by retro computer games, where a character’s health is shown as a row of hearts that disappear as they take damage, and it ties directly into the fading hearts on the Flawed By Design artwork.

What is God’s Honest Truth about?

The song started life as a riff recorded on a phone and spent months taking shape in rehearsals. With studio time left to record one last track, the band went back to it, and it ended up shaping the whole album, inspiring its title, its artwork and the concept behind it.

Frontman Wayne Doyle explains: “At the time of writing, I was going through the loss of a friend and contemplating what the point of it all was. If we are the product of a higher power or higher being, then I considered how can anyone ‘almighty’ allow that sort of thing to happen. Which led me to think that – in order for any higher power to allow that, then surely, they themselves are flawed… Does Humanity as the ‘creation’, also inherit the same quality? If so, with the birth of AI becoming a thing that Humanity has created, we would also pass that trait into what we create…”

He goes on: “We then watch how the highest powers of society have designed a way of life where the ordinary man, gets stuck in the everyday cycle, living to work, putting our trust in these people to act in our best interests, whilst that trust gets taken advantage of.” For Wayne, that loss of humanity is more and more obvious, and it is the idea behind the diminishing hearts on the cover.

When is Scarlet Rebels’ Flawed By Design released?

Flawed By Design lands on Friday 13 November 2026 through Earache Records. It is the band’s fourth album and was made once again with producer Chris Clancy, who also plays piano and synths and adds backing vocals. The line-up is Wayne Doyle (lead vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar), Chris Jones (lead guitar), Carl Oag (bass) and Gary Doyle (drums and percussion).

God’s Honest Truth follows three earlier singles: This Is Happening Now, which made Classic Rock magazine’s Hot List and was described as “a meaty heartfelt anthem with socialpolitical heart, featuring some of the biggest, classiest guitar action and singalong value of their career”, Don’t Look Down, which was added to the Planet Rock playlist, and Chains, whose video was filmed at the band’s biggest headline show to date at Chepstow Castle. You can catch up on their previous single here.

Where are the Scarlet Rebels record store shows?

Release week brings seven UK record store appearances. Some will be stripped-back acoustic sets and others full-band shows. “Being able to get in front of and meet everyone that’s stood tall for us for so long is really important to us,” says Wayne. “Being able to strip the songs back to their barest nature as well as having a few full band shows gives us and our Rebel Club the opportunity to celebrate the release of ‘Flawed By Design’ in style.”

Flawed By Design UK in-store tour 2026

• Fri 13 November – Swansea, Derrick’s Music
• Sat 14 November – Huddersfield, Vinyl Tap
• Sat 14 November – Leeds, Crash Records
• Sun 15 November – Kingston, Banquet Records
• Mon 16 November – Cardiff, The Globe (presented by Jacaranda Records)
• Tue 17 November – Wrexham, The Parish (presented by Jacaranda Records)
• Wed 18 November – Oxford, Truck Records

Tickets for the record store shows are on the band’s record store tour page.

What are the Scarlet Rebels tour dates?

After release week the band head out in late November, including five nights supporting Tyketto, whom we caught live earlier this year, plus their own shows and a Winterstorm Festival slot in Troon.

2026 live dates

• Wed 25 November – Buckley, The Tivoli (supporting Tyketto)
• Thu 26 November – Hull, The Polar Bear
• Fri 27 November – Sunderland, Independent
• Sat 28 November – Troon, Winterstorm Festival
• Sun 29 November – Holmfirth, Picturedrome (supporting Tyketto)
• Tue 1 December – Hastings, The Black Box (supporting Tyketto)
• Wed 2 December – Blackpool, The Waterloo (supporting Tyketto)
• Thu 3 December – Nuneaton, Queens Hall (supporting Tyketto)
• Sat 19 December – Morecambe, RPM Christmas Special (with The Virginmarys, These Wicked Rivers, Kit Trigg, LN and more)

In the new year they play Planet Rock’s Winter’s End at Trecco Bay, then set off on their first headline tour in three years.

Scarlet Rebels 2027 UK tour

• 28-31 January – Trecco Bay, Planet Rock’s Winter’s End
• Thu 11 February – Plymouth, The Junction
• Fri 12 February – Exeter, Cavern
• Sat 13 February – Southampton, The Joiners
• Mon 15 February – Glasgow, G2
• Tue 16 February – Newcastle, The Cluny
• Thu 18 February – Manchester, Rebellion
• Fri 19 February – Huddersfield, Parish
• Sat 20 February – Sheffield, Corporation
• Mon 22 February – Norwich, The Waterfront Studio
• Tue 23 February – Cambridge, The Portland Arms
• Wed 24 February – London, Downstairs at the Dome
• Thu 25 February – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
• Sat 3 April – Wolverhampton, Mayors Fest at KK’s Steelmill

Where can you buy Scarlet Rebels tickets?

Headline tour tickets are on the band’s official live page, which takes you to each venue’s official seller. The Tyketto dates are Tyketto shows, so book those through the venues. Stick to official sellers and avoid anyone selling tickets on social media, because small club shows like these can sell out and fake tickets are common.

Who are Scarlet Rebels?

Scarlet Rebels are from Llanelli in South Wales. They made history as the first band from Llanelli and Carmarthenshire to land a UK top 40 album when See Through Blue reached number seven in February 2022. They followed it with Where The Colours Meet, which went to number 15 in August 2024 and gave them their first number one on the UK Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart. They have become one of the most talked-about British rock bands of the past decade, and their fan community goes by the name Rebel Club.

Scarlet Rebels Flawed By Design FAQ

When is Scarlet Rebels’ Flawed By Design released?

Flawed By Design is released on Friday 13 November 2026 via Earache Records.

What is the new Scarlet Rebels single?

God’s Honest Truth, the fourth single from Flawed By Design, out now with a video inspired by retro computer games.

Are Scarlet Rebels doing record store shows?

Yes. They play seven UK record store dates from 13 to 18 November 2026, starting at Derrick’s Music in Swansea and ending at Truck Records in Oxford.

Are Scarlet Rebels touring the UK in 2027?

Yes. After Winter’s End in January, their 2027 headline tour runs from Plymouth on 11 February to Nottingham on 25 February, with Mayors Fest in Wolverhampton on 3 April.

Who produced Scarlet Rebels’ Flawed By Design?

Chris Clancy, who also plays piano and synths and sings backing vocals on the record.

Rock News final word

God’s Honest Truth is the song that gave the album its heart, and on this evidence Scarlet Rebels’ Flawed By Design could be their biggest record yet. Pre-order it, grab a ticket for a record store show if one is near you, and book early for February, because this run of club dates will not hang around.