In this week’s Gig Guide, we bring you tour dates that have been recently announced for seven bands and artists!
Busted vs McFly
McFly and Busted are heading out on a huge arena tour together in 2025 – well more like they’ll be competing against each other!
The tour was announced in spectacular style when Busted crashed the wedding – sorry, we mean party – during McFly’s 21st birthday party gig in London earlier this month.
McFly hit back: “Busted gatecrashed our show last night (not cool), and challenged us to a VS tour next year. They’re old men now, and we are gonna blow them and their carers off the stage next year. We’ve had a great time celebrating our 21st birthday this week and next year is going to be even better – P.S Busted Suck.”
Busted fought back and added: “There’s been a lot of talk recently…. This is where the talking ends….! We are ready to show who is the better band once and for all. McFly suck and Busted Rock!”
Dates:
September 2025
16 – Birmingham, bp pulse Live
19 – London, OVO Arena Wembley
20 – London, The O2
23 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
26 – Sheffield, Utilita Arena
27 – Leeds, First Direct Arena
30 – Aberdeen, P&J Live
The Offspring
Credit: Daveed Benito
The Offspring will tour the UK in 2025 in support of new album Supercharged (out now on Concord Records).
14 – London, The O2
15 – Newcastle, Utilita Arena
16 – Manchester, AO Arena
18 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
Empyre
Empyre will be on their first UK headline tour next year!
Frontman Henrik Steenholdt said: “It’s hard to believe this is our first-ever headline tour! After selling out shows for the past 18 months, we’re excited to finally hit the road for a string of dates. We’re playing cities we haven’t visited in years, some new venues and for the most part they’re places we’ve never headlined. So we can’t wait.”
Dates:
April 2025
25 – Newcastle, Cluny 2
26 – Edinburgh, Bannermans
May 2025
2 – Cambridge, Junction 2
3 – Sheffield, Corporation
9 – Bristol, The Louisiana
10 – Nottingham, The Bodega
Skunk Anansie
Credit: India Fleming
Skunk Anansie will tour the UK in 2025!
Vocalist Skin said: “We are really excited to be getting back on tour, doing what we love the most which is playing live with fire in our belly. This tour will be a completely brand new production and we can’t wait to share it with the UK.”
Dates:
March 2025
29 – London, Roundhouse
31 – Cardiff, Cardiff University
April 2025
1 – Bristol, Bristol Beacon
3 – Nottingham, Rock City
4 – Manchester, O2 Apollo
5 – Birmingham, O2 Academy Birmingham
7 – Norwich, The LCR
8 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
10 – Glasgow, O2 Academy Glasgow
11 – Newcastle, NX Newcastle
12 – Leeds, O2 Academy Leeds
14 – Bournemouth, O2 Academy Bournemouth
15 – Brighton, Brighton Dome
16 – Guildford, G Live
Origami Angel
Credit: Kay Dargs
Origami Angel will tour the UK early in 2025.
Support will come from Saturdays At Your Place.
Dates:
January 2025
31 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
February 2025
01 – Leeds, Stylus
02 – Manchester, Gorilla
04 – Glasgow, St Luke’s
05 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 2
06 – Bristol, The Fleece
07 – London, O2 Academy Islington
08 – Brighton, Chalk
Parkway Drive
Credit: Third Eye Visuals
Parkway Drive will be back in the UK in 2025. Support will come from The Amity Affliction and Thy Art Is Murder.
The tour will celebrate the band’s 20th anniversary and promises to be bigger and better than before!
Frontman Winston McCall said: “This is going to be next level. We’ve always prided ourselves on delivering the best show possible, but our 20 Year Anniversary Tour will take everything to a new extreme. We’re bringing more fire, more energy, and a production that’s bigger than anything we’ve done before.”
Dates:
October 2025
04 – London, OVO Arena Wembley
05 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
06 – Manchester, AO Arena
