In this week’s Gig Guide, we bring you 10 recently announced UK and Ireland tours!
Ricky Warwick
Ricky Warwick will be on tour in the UK in September!
Support will come from CJ Wildheart.
Ricky said: “I’m beyond excited to announce Ricky Warwick & The Fighting Hearts’ ‘Blood Ties’ UK Tour! Also thrilled that my old friend CJ Wildheart will be joining as a special guest on all dates. This will be a tour de force of pure, high-octane rock ‘n’ roll you won’t want to miss!”
Dates:
September 2025
13 – Inverness, An Seomar
14 – Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
16 – Newcastle, The Cluny
17 – Carlisle, the Brickyard
19 – Manchester, Rebellion
20 – Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill
21 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
22 – Cambridge, Junction 2
23 – Southampton, The 1865
25 – Bristol, The Exchange
26 – London, 100 Club
27 – Swansea, Sin City
Public Enemy
Public Enemy will be performing an exclusive show at London’s Royal Albert Hall to mark 35 years of their Fight the Power anthem!
“We are honored to have this opportunity to stand on the Royal Albert Hall stage and perform under the same renowned roof that the greats from Hendrix to Pavarotti, from The Beatles to my brothers Cypress Hill have,” said Chuck D.
“Thank you, London. We’ll see you soon.”
Date:
June 2025
27 – London, Royal Albert Hall
Fields Of Nephilim
Fields Of Nephilim will be in the UK later this year.
Dates:
October 2025
25 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
26 – Manchester, O2 Ritz
30 – Glasgow, O2 Academy
31 – Whitby, Tomorrows Ghosts Festival [SOLD OUT]
November 2025
1 – London, O2 Forum, Kentish Town
Ice Nine Kills
Credit: F. Scott Schafer
Ice Nine Kills will be bringing their horror-infused metal to the UK on The Work of Art tour!
Frontman Spencer Charnas said: “We’ll be playing to more Psychos across Europe than ever before, so we’ve sharpened our axes and dusted off our raincoats in preparation for the bloodiest gigs yet. The tour will climax at Wembley Arena, where we hope to summon Freddie Mercury, Jason Bonham, David Bowie, Adele, and the other famous ghosts who haunt the historic London venue.”
They will be joined by Creeper and The Devil Wears Prada!
Dates:
December 2025
08 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
09 – Glasgow, Hydro
10 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
12 – London, Wembley Arena
Those Damn Crows
Credit: Jansen Bulpin
Welsh rockers Those Damn Crows will be back on the road again in October!
The band will be celebrating number 1 album God Shaped Hole!
Dates:
October 2025
17 – Leicester, O2 Academy
18 – Leeds, Stylus
20 – Newcastle, Boiler Shop
21 – Glasgow, SWG3
22 – Manchester, Albert Hall
24 – Bristol, Crane: Prospect Building
26 – Plymouth, Plymouth Pavilions
28 – Southampton, Engine Rooms
30 – Birmingham, O2 Institute
31 – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Greywind
Greywind have announced some May shows surrounding their Slam Dunk Festival appearances!
Dates:
May 2025
21 – Nottingham, Bodega
22 – Birmingham, The Flapper
24 – Hatfield, Slam Dunk South
25 – Leeds, Slam Dunk North
26 – Bristol, The Louisiana
Unto Others
Credit: Brendan McGowan
Unto Others will be touring in the UK in June!
Frontman Gabriel Franco said: “What’s there to say really? Come on out, have a good time, yolo etc… Seeing as this is our third trip over in the past year, we likely won’t be back across the Atlantic soon. Hellfest, Graspop, shows with King Diamond and our first UK club tour since 2023. Expect our best, see you there.”
Dates:
June 2025
24 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
25 – Southampton, The Joiners
26 – Norwich, The Waterfront Studios
27 – Swansea, Sin City
28 – Leeds, The Key Club
29 – Birmingham, Asylum
30 – Manchester, Manchester Academy
July 2025
1 – London, Roundhouse
Sisters Doll
Sisters Doll will be in the UK in May for the first time.
Dates:
May 2025
14 – Newcastle, Trillians
15 – Edinburgh, Bannerman’s
16 – Blackpool, The Waterloo
17 – Sheffield, Corporation
18 – Grimsby, Yardbirds
20 – Buckley, The Tivoli
21 – London, Cart & Horses
22 – Derby, The Vic Inn (supporting Skam)
23 – Hastings, The Carlisle (supporting Cassidy Paris)
24 – Wolverhampton, The Giffard Arms (supporting Skam)
25 – Bridgwater, Cobblestones (supporting Continental Lovers)
28 – York, The Fulford Arms (supporting This House We Built)
29 – Swindon, The Vic (w/ Fall From Ruin and Reveler)
30 – Lincoln, Call of the Wild Fest
British Lion
British Lion will tour the UK later this year (on top of a sole UK date in the summer).
Steve Harris said: “We’re really happy to be doing a number of European shows in the summer as well a more extensive tour of the UK at the end of the year. It’s great to be able to return to The Booking Hall in Dover, which is our only UK summer show ! It was under threat of closing last year but was saved with the support from British Lion and other music fans around the country! We look forward to seeing you all on the road!”
Dates:
August 2025
3 – Dover, Booking Hall
November 2025
28 – Buckley, The Tivoli
29 – Troon Winter Storm Festival
30 – Newcastle The Anarchy Brew
December 2025
2 – Bradford Nightrain *
3 – Manchester, Gorilla *
4 – Nuneaton Queens Hall *
6 – Isle of Wight Strings Bar & Venue *
7 – Exeter Phoenix *
8 – Frome Cheese and Grain *
10 – Cardiff Tramshed *
11 – Colchester Arts Centre *
12 – Gravesend Leo’s Red Lion *
13 – Southend Chinnerys *
15 – London Cart & Horses *
16 – London Cart & Horses *
17 – London Cart & Horses *
18 – London Cart & Horses *
19 – London Cart & Horses *
Special guests come from Tony Moore’s Awake (Dover to Newcastle) & Stray (Bradford to London)*
Somebody’s Child
Somebody’s Child will be on tour in the UK and Ireland later this year!
Dates:
October 2025
14 – Cardiff, Tramshed
15 – Oxford, O2 Academy 2
16 – Bristol, Trinity Centre
17 – Birmingham, O2 Institute 2
19 – Glasgow, St Luke’s
20 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
21 – Manchester, New Century
22 – London, KOKO
24 – Leeds, Beckett University
25 – Newcastle, University
26 – Liverpool, Arts Club
30 – Belfast, Limelight 2
November 2025
1 – Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre