King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce 2025 UK and European orchestral tour

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a 2025 UK and European orchestral tour.The Melbourne sextet is set to bring their ‘Phantom Island’ tour overseas later this year, with select dates played as rave sets and other dates as orchestral shows led by conductor/musical director Chad Kelly.They will play songs off their forthcoming album ‘Phantom Island’ (release date unknown), along with cuts from their wide catalogue.

Rave sets will incorporate tracks from 2023’s ‘The Silver Cord’, the band’s pivot into electronic music, and they will modify other songs through a fully modular synthesis table.Meanwhile, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s orchestral shows include a date at London’s Royal Albert Hall, where they will perform with Covent Garden Sinfonia.Pre-sale commences at 10am on April 2, whilst general sale will follow at 10am on April 4 – find your tickets here and see tour dates below:OCTOBER31 – Aviva Studios – Manchester (rave set)NOVEMBER1 – Brixton Electric – London (rave set)2 – Brixton Electric – London (rave set)4 – Royal Albert Hall – London (with Covent Garden Sinfonia)5 – La Seine Musicale – Paris (with Orchestre Lamoureux)6 – 013 – Tilburg, NL (rave set)7 – Mainstage – Den Bosch, NL (with Sinfonia Rotterdam)9 – Inside Seaside Festival – Gdansk, PL (with The Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra)10 – Columbiahalle – Berlin (rave set)11 – SaSaZu – Prague (rave set)12 – Gasometer – Vienna (rave set)14 – Poolen – Copenhagen (rave set)15 – Gothenburg Film Studios – Gothenburg (rave set)The UK/EU tour will follow the band’s upcoming leg in the US, where they will tour with conductor and musical director Sarah Hicks.