In this week’s Gig Guide, we bring you five recently announced UK and Ireland tours!
Great Grandpa
Credit: Rachel Bennett
Great Grandpa’s first UK tour will take place in November!
Dates:
November 2025
08 Nov – London, UK @ Pitchfork London
10 Nov – Brighton, UK @ DUST
11 Nov – Manchester, UK @ Yes Basement
12 Nov – Glasgow, UK @ King Tut’s
Spanish Love Songs
Spanish Love Songs will be back in the UK later this year!
Dates:
October 2025
22 – Birmingham, O2 Institute (headline)
23 – Manchester, New Century Hall (headline)
24 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms (headline)
25 – London (fest)
26- Leeds, (fest)
Press Club
Credit: Nick Manuell
Press Club will be in the UK for some headline shows this summer, appearing around their 2000trees festival appearance!
Bassist Iain MacRae says the band are “totally stoked to be heading back over to Europe for our 6th tour of duty! Time after time it just gets better, and we truly count our blessings to be able to meet so many incredible people and see so many new things—all in the name of rock and roll.”
Dates:
July 2025
8 – Bedford, Esquires
9 – Manchester, YES
10 – London, New Cross Inn
11 – Cheltenham, 2000 Trees
The Lazys
The Lazys will be back in the UK this summer!
Support comes from Junkyard Drive!
The band said: “We’ve only just recovered from last year’s hangover, and we’re flying back to get rowdy again! From Berlin to Brienz, Prague to Cardiff, Leeds to Leipzig, we’re hitting your town like a rock ‘n’ roll steam train with no brakes! Our partners in crime Junkyard Drive are back to rip your faces off with their manic style of ferocious rock and we couldn’t be more bloody excited to share the stage with them! Expect noise. Expect chaos. Expect the absolute unexpected. If you’ve never screamed your lungs out at a show and woken up in a new city with a guitar pick in your beer…now’s your chance.”
Dates:
August 2025
7 – Glasgow, Audio
8 – Leeds, Key Club
10 – Stockport, Firevolt Festival
September 2025
3rd – London, Underworld
4 – Southampton, Joiners
F5 – CARDIFF The Globe
6 – Manchester, Rebellion
Avatar
Credit: Johan Cárlen
Avatar will be on a huge tour in the UK and Europe in 2026!
Support comes from Alien Weaponry.
“We are heavy addicts!” said Swedish ringmaster Johannes Eckerström.
“For all the praise we’ve gotten for what we do on stage, we can’t shake the feeling that we have only just begun. Therefore, this tour is set to break every record and boundary of our past travels. I am not just talking about size. Everything must be better than ever. It’s what we live for, and what we promise.”
Dates:
February 2026
14 – London, Exhibition
15 – Manchester, Academy
16 – Glasgow, Barrowland
17 – Nottingham, Rock City
18 – Bristol – O2 Academy
