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Wold made his first UK television appearance on [[Jools Holland]]'s annual ''[[Hootenanny (UK TV series)|Hootenanny]]'' BBC TV show on [[New Year's Eve]] 2006. He performed a live rendition of "Dog House Boogie" on the "Three String Trance Wonder" and the "Mississippi Drum Machine". After that show his popularity exploded in Britain, and he commented "I can't believe it, all of the sudden I'm like the cat's meow!"<ref name="Op de Beeck, p. 159"/>
He was well received in the UK, winning the [[2007 MOJO Awards|2007]] [[MOJO Awards|MOJO Award]] for Best Breakthrough Act and going on to appear at major UK festivals such as [[Reading and Leeds Festivals|Reading, Leeds]] and [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]]. In 2007 he played more UK festivals than any other artist. At that time, it was claimed in newspaper reports that he was 66 years old, though in fact he was later demonstrated to be ten years younger.<ref name=stanley>{{cite news|last=Stanley|first=Bob|title=How Seasick Steve turned out to be Session Man Steve|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/sep/29/seasick-steve-session-musician-ramblin-man-book|work=The Guardian|access-date=2 July 2019|location=London|date=2016-09-29}}</ref>
Wold toured early in 2008, playing in various venues and festivals in the UK. He was joined on stage by drummer [[Dan Magnusson]]. [[KT Tunstall]] also dueted with Wold at the London Astoria in January 2008.<ref name=ThisIsLondon>[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/gig-23352910-details/Seasick+Steve/gigReview.do?reviewId=23434159 Raucous night of hobo blues] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129040717/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/gig-23352910-details/Seasick+Steve/gigReview.do?reviewId=23434159 |date=29 January 2008}} This is London, 25 Jan 2008</ref> Wold also played many other festivals throughout the world in 2008, including [[Fuji Rock]] in Japan, [[East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival]] in Australia, also in April 2008,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/3393/seasick-steve-returns-to-australia-this-april/ |title=Seasick Steve Returns to Australia This April — Music News, Reviews, Interviews and Culture |magazine=Music Feeds |date=2009-02-12 |access-date=2010-05-03}}</ref> and [[Roskilde Festival|Roskilde]] in Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bandsintown.com/SeasickSteve |title=Seasick Steve Tour Dates and Concert Tickets |publisher=Bandsintown.com |access-date=2010-05-03}}</ref>
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