In this week’s Gig Guide, we bring you 10 recently announced tour dates!
Better Lovers
Credit: Gabe Becerra
Better Lovers will be on tour in the UK and Ireland this autumn!
Support comes from ‘68 and Greyhaven!
Dates:
October 2025
16 – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
17 – Bournemouth, Old Fire Station
18 – Torquay, The Foundry
20 – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
21 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
22 – Liverpool, Arts Club
24 – Huddersfield, The Parish
25 – Edinburgh, The Mash House
26 – Aberdeen, Aberdeen Tunnels
28 – Belfast, Oh Yeah Music Centre
29 – Dublin, Opium
Testament & Obituary
Testament and Obituary will be on a co-headline tour of the UK and Ireland later this year!
Support will come from Destruction and Goatwhore!
Testament‘s Eric Peterson (guitars) said: “Alright! We are super excited to announce the beginning of our Thrash of the Titans campaign event!
“Coming to Europe this October with co-headliners Obituary and very special guests Destruction & Goatwhore!
“We will have a special deep cut set along with classics and of course some new songs!
“Obituary will be doing a special set as well doing their classic “cause of death” material and Destruction also will have new record out as well!
“Looking fwd to see you all again out there! Long live Thrash! Long live metal!”
Dates:
October 2025
07 – Bristol, Beacon
08 – Birmingham, O2 Academy Birmingham
09 – Dublin, Olympia Theatre
10 – Manchester, Manchester Academy
11 – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
Shinedown
Credit: Jimmy Fontaine
Shinedown’s Brent Smith and Zach Myers will perform an acoustic show in the UK in June!
Zach said: “We’re so excited to come back to the UK for Download Festival. We couldn’t just come and do one show and leave… Brent and I have been wanting to do an acoustic show in the UK for quite some time and we’re glad we finally get to make it happen in one of the venues Shinedown first played when we came to the UK years ago. See ya in London!”
Dates:
June 2025
14 – Donington, Download Festival
17 – London, Islington Assembly Hall
Call Me Amour
Credit: Bradley Holman
Call Me Amour’s debut headline tour will take place at the end of 2025!
The band said: “You may have seen CALL ME AMOUR over the years tour with bands like You Me At Six, Set It Off and Against The Current but the band will be take our first steps in to unknown territory this year, as we announce our first UK headline tour.
“Having our own production and heart beat to a show is something we’ve been thinking about and developing for a long time. If you’ve seen us before these shows will be levels above what you know and if you haven’t caught a live show yet, this isn’t just a set list – it’s a full experience.”
Dates:
December 2025
04 – Glasgow, Garage Attic
06 – Birmingham, Asylum 2
07 – Leeds, Hyde Park Book Club
10 – Bristol, The Exchange
11 – London, The Lower Third
12 – Manchester, Deaf Institute
Tetrarch
Credit: Guillermo Briceno
Tetrarch will be in the UK in June!
Dates:
June 2025
25 – Birmingham, The Flapper
26 – London, Camden Assembly
The Beths
The Beths will be in the UK and Ireland in September!
Dates:
September 2025
18 – Dublin, Button Factory
20 – Manchester, Albert Hall
21 – Glasgow, SWG3 TV Studio
22 – Leeds, Project House
24 – Bristol, O2 Academy
25 – Birmingham, XOYO
26 – London, Roundhouse
27 – Brighton, CHALK
Grayscale
Grayscale will be in the UK in November!
Support comes from Sick Joy and Poledance.
Vocalist Collin Walsh said: “We’ve been trying to headline the UK and Europe for a long, long time. Covid delayed that twice – until now. We are so excited to do our first ever headliner across the pond. We’ll be playing songs from every record. Thank you so much for waiting, we’ll see you on the Live in Colour tour.”
Dates:
November 2025
17 – Birmingham, O2 Institute 3
18 – Newcastle, Think Tank
19 – Glasgow, Classic Grand
21 – Leeds, The Key Club
22 – Nottingham, Rough Trade
23 – Manchester, Deaf Institute
25 – Southampton, The Joiners
26 – Bristol, The Fleece
27 – London, Underworld
Humour
Credit: Megan Di Pinto
Humour will be on tour across the UK later this year in support of debut album Learning Greek (August 8, So Young Records).
Dates:
November 2025
20 – Leeds, Oporto
22 – Manchester, Yes (Basement)
23 – Nottingham, Bodega
25 – Birmingham, Dead Wax
27 – Milton Keynes, The Crauford Arms
28 – London, The Lexington
29 – Bournemouth, Bear Cave
30 – Exeter, Cavern Club
December 2025
02 – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
03 – Bristol, Exchange
04 – Liverpool, District
05 – Newcastle, Zerox
06 – Glasgow, King Tut’s
HAIM
Credit: Terrence O’Connor
HAIM will be on tour in the UK later this year in support of new album I Quit (June 20, Polydor Records).
Dates:
October 2025
24 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
25 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
26 – Brighton, Brighton Centre
28 – London, The O2
30 – Manchester, Co-Op Live
31 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
Halestorm
Credit: Jimmy Fontaine
Halestorm will be in the UK on the nEverest tour later this year!
Support comes from Bloodywood and Kelsey Karter & The Heroines!
Dates:
November 2025
20 – Cardiff, Utilitia Arena
21 – Glasgow, Hydro
23 – Birmingham, RWA/BP Pulse
24 – Manchester, AO Arena
26 – London, O2 Arena