In this week’s Gig Guide, we bring you 10 sets of tour dates for the UK and Ireland that have recently been announced!
Delilah Bon
Credit: Olivia Tate
Delilah Bon will be touring the UK later this year!
Dates:
November 2025
13 – Manchester, Academy 3
14 – Glasgow, Slay
15 – Newcastle, Northumbria Uni
21 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
22 – Bristol, Thekla
23 – London, O2 Academy Islington
Vandoliers
Credit: Vincent Monsaint
Vandoliers will be touring the UK towards the end of 2025!
Dates:
December 2025
3 – Southampton, 1865
4 – Bristol, The Fleece
5 – Leicester, 02 Academy 2
6 – Norwich, Norwich Arts Centre
7 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
9 – Glasgow, King Tuts
10 – Sunderland, Independent
11 – Stoke-on-Trent, The Sugarmill
13 – London, Scala
Basement
Credit: Ed Mason
Basement will tour the UK and Ireland in September.
Support will come from Anxious.
Dates:
September 2025
15 – Dublin, Academy
17– Glasgow, SWG3
18 – Manchester, New Century Hall
19– London, 02 Forum Kentish Town
21 – Bristol, SWX
Slow Crush
Slow Crush will be touring the UK and Ireland later this year.
Support will come from SOM and a band to be announced.
The band said: “We’re excited to be presenting our new album ‘Thirst’ with a fresh new and special live set (more info on this later).
We feel these new songs translate really well in band setting and just can’t wait to bring this wall of sound the UK. We’ve personally curated two great support bands for this tour, SOM who recently released a new album and the other band is to be announced later.”
Dates:
October 2025
16 – Bristol, The Fleece
17 – Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms
18 – London, Oslo
20 – Glasgow, Classic Grand Lounge
21 – Belfast, Black Box
22 – Dublin, Grand Social
23 – Manchester, Rebellion
24 – Newcastle, The Grove
25 – Leeds, Key Club
26 – Nottingham, Bodega
27 – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
28 – Southampton, Joiners
Thornhill
Thornhill will be on tour in the UK in November!
Support comes from Ocean Grove and Bloom.
Dates:
November 2025
04 – Glasgow, Slay
05 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
06 – Leeds, Stylus
07 – Manchester, Rebellion
08 – Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill
09 – London, O2 Islington Academy
Skinny Lister
Skinny Lister will tour in the UK in December!
Dates:
December 2025
03 – Southampton, 1865
04 – Bristol, The Fleece
05 – Leicester, O2 Academy 2
06 – Norwich, Arts Centre
07 – Leeds, Brudenell
09 – Glasgow, King Tut’s
10 – Sunderland, Independent
11 – Stoke, The Sugarmill
12 – London, Scala
Metallica
Credit: Tim Saccenti
Metallica have a number of extra M72 tour dates in the UK and Ireland!
The stadium shows for 2026 will see support on select dates from Gojira, Knocked Loose, Pantera and Avatar.
Dates:
June 2026
19 – Dublin, Avia Stadium+
21 – Dublin, Avia Stadium*
25 – Glasgow, Hampden Park*
28 – Cardiff, Principality Stadium*
July
3 – London, London Stadium*
5 – London, London Stadium+
* Gojira and Knocked Loose support
+ Pantera and Avatar support
Still Remains
Still Remains will tour the UK in November with support from Devil Sold His Soul and Eschelon!
The tour is in support of the metalcore pioneers’ 20th anniversary of album Of Love and Lunacy.
They will be playing the album in full!
Frontman T.J. Miller said: “We couldn’t be more excited to return to the UK—our second home—to celebrate 20 years of Of Love and Lunacy.
“This record changed our lives forever, and it’s incredibly humbling to know it still holds a special place in the hearts of so many after all this time.
“We can’t think of a better way to celebrate this milestone than by coming back to the country that welcomed us so warmly back in 2005, and has continued to embrace us ever since. We can’t wait to see all of you and share these songs live once again!”
Dates:
November 2025
12 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
13 – Bristol, Thekla
14 – Swansea, Sin City
15 – venue tbc
16 – London, Underworld
18 – Newcastle, The Grove
19 – Glasgow, Cathouse
20 – Leeds, The Key Club
21 – Manchester, Rebellion
22 – Sheffield, Corporation
The Fratellis
The Fratellis will be touring the UK in February 2026.
The band will be celebrating 20 years of debut album Costello Music!
Dates:
February 2026
5 – Nottingham, Rock City
6 – Cardiff, Great Hall
7 – Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith
9 – Norwich, UEA
10 – Lincoln, Engine Shed
12 – Liverpool, Olympia
13 – Manchester, Albert Hall
14 – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
16 – Portsmouth, Guildhall
17 – Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
19 – Leeds, O2 Academy
20 – Newcastle, NX
Neck Deep
Credit: Nat Wood
Neck Deep will be on tour across the UK later this year.
The run of dates will celebrate a decade of their second album Life’s Not Out to Get You!
Support will come from Boston Manor.
Dates:
December 2025
14 – Leeds, Academy
16 – Glasgow, Barrowlands
17 – Manchester, Academy
18 – Birmingham, O2 Institute
19 – London, O2 Academy Brixton
