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Jeff Lynne’s ELO have announced a farewell show at BST Hyde Park 2025 in London – you can find all the details below.The band’s headline set at Hyde Park back in 2014 marked their first festival performance in 30 years. Now, they are set to return to play the Great Oak Stage on Sunday July 13.It’ll follow ELO’s current ‘Over And Out’ tour in the US, serving as a final “goodbye” to their fans.“My return to touring began at Hyde Park in 2014,” explained Lynne.

Limp Bizkit have announced details of a new UK tour, taking place next year. Find ticket details below.Fred Durst and co.

P!nk has postponed four forthcoming concerts on her ‘Summer Carnival’ tour due to reasons “beyond her control”.The star was due to perform shows in Lincoln, Sioux Falls, Milwaukee and Des Moines starting tonight (October 20) before wrapping up on Thursday (24).But she took to Instagram to confirm that they have now been called off.She wrote: “Due to reasons beyond my control, we need to postpone our next four shows in Lincoln, Sioux Falls, Milwaukee, and Des Moines.A post shared by P!NK (@pink)“I’m so disappointed to share this news, but we are working on rescheduling each of these shows as soon as we can. Your tickets will still be valid for the new dates.

Zayn Malik has postponed his US tour following the death of former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne this week.Payne passed away earlier this week at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Per The Guardian, the Argentinian prosecutor’s office revealed that Payne’s cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.Malik was meant to head out to the States later this month in support of his fourth solo album ‘Room Under The Stairs’, which arrived in May.

Shakira has postponed her upcoming North American tour to upgrade from arenas to stadiums, only two weeks before the tour was set to kick off.The ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ singer was slated to play arenas over the US and Canada next month but shared on Friday (October 18) that the tour would be pushed back due to overwhelming demand.Now the tour, which will celebrate her recent album ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’, will start in May 2025 following her Latin American shows. The new dates will be announced Monday (October 21).Writing on her Instagram story, Shakira said: “Your incredible support since my tour announcement has truly been extraordinary, and it’s already making this the biggest tour of my career.“As Live Nation communicated earlier, the demand for tickets and more shows has reached the point that our tour now requires stadiums in the USA and more dates so I can see as many of you as possible.”She went on to call the concert’s production “larger and unlike anything I’ve done before.” “I know many of you made big efforts to be a part of these shows,” Shakira said.

Foals’ Yannis Philippakis has announced more UK shows with Yannis & The Yaw.The new run of dates comes as the band recently shared their critically acclaimed debut EP, ‘Lagos Paris London’, and celebrated the release with a number of intense live shows.During the gigs, the collective mixed up tracks from the EP, played Afrobeat-inspired jams, and took on late collaborator and Fela Kuti legend Tony Allen’s track ‘Afro-Disco Beat’.Now, following the huge response to the shows – which included a sold-out gig at London’s KOKO – Philippakis and co have announced details of a second headline tour.The new run of shows sees three new dates scheduled, all of which commence after their previously announced set at the Trans Musicales Festival in France (December 7). The new shows kick off with a stop at the New Century Hall in Manchester on December 9, followed by a show at the Marble Factory in Bristol the following night.The third new date sees them wrap up in London, with a gig scheduled for the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on December 11.

Rise Against have announced a UK and European tour, set to kick off in 2025. Check out all the information below.This year, the Chicago punk band have been on the road in Australia with Blink-182.

Hurts have announced shows in London and Berlin, celebrating the 15th anniversary of debut album ‘Happiness’.The alt-pop duo, formed by Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson, will be heading to the O2 Academy in Brixton first, for a show on May 22, before playing a show at Berlin’s Tempodrom two nights later (24).Both new dates come in celebration of the upcoming 15th anniversary of their breakthrough album ‘Happiness’, which was released in 2009 and launched the band to the top of the charts across Europe.“The year 2025 marks the 15th anniversary of our debut album ‘Happiness’. It’s hard to believe these songs are 15 years old. The period of writing and releasing the record feels like a strange dream.

Lenny Kravitz has shared details of a 2025 European tour, which includes a show in London. Find ticket details below.Announced today (October 18), the new dates come as an extension of the singer, songwriter and guitarist’s ‘Blue Electric Light’ tour, which has been underway since earlier this year.Celebrating the release of his 12th studio album, which arrived in May, 25 new shows have been added to the schedule, all set to take place between February and April 2025.

Rüfüs du Sol have announced a huge London show for next summer, alongside a string of European tour dates.Following the release of their new album ‘Inhale / Exhale’ earlier this month, the Grammy Award-winning group have confirmed a tour of the same name, which includes a stop at London’s Crystal Palace Park – marking their biggest show in the UK to date.The show is set to take place on July 5 2025 and will feature yet-to-be-announced support acts.Prior to the Crystal Palace gig, the Australian trio will kick off the European tour in Barcelona on June 11, before heading to Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome and Paris in the same month. Find a full list of dates further down.Speaking on their return to the continent, Rüfüs du Sol said: “Europe has always been a place that has inspired our music, we’ve spent countless hours on dance floors over there.

Sam Fender has shared details of a new UK and European tour, set to kick off later this year. Find a list of dates and ticket details below.Titled the ‘People Watching’ tour, the new run of shows follows the North Shields singer-songwriter teasing a new announcement recently – launching a countdown clock on his official website which is teasing something happening at midnight tonight (October 18).Billboards were also spotted by fans outside of major UK arenas earlier this week, suggesting that Fender was gearing up for his first UK tour since 2022.Now, the full list of dates for the tour have been shared, with UK and Ireland shows kicking off later this year, before the guitarist heads across Europe in early 2025.With Wunderhorse joining him as a special guest for the tour, dates commence on December 2 with an opening night at Dublin’s 3Arena.

made its final journey across the US in 2018, before coming to two cities a year later for its 25th anniversary.It was confirmed last month that the festival was planning some sort of return for next year, but very few details had been released until now, with the festival sharing the announcement on its official Instagram account.Meanwhile, founder Kevin Lyman told Rolling Stone, “Since 1997, I said I was hoping that there was some kid in a garage that was going to come out and kick Kevin Lyman’s ass someday, and put on a better festival.”Because there’s not been anything to replace the Warped Tour in the meantime, Lyman’s bringing it back: “People start remembering once something’s gone that it was important, it was fun — and I’m hoping to recapture a lot of that again.”Two-day tickets will begin at $149.98, including fees, while the presale begins next Thursday (October 24) at 12pm ET/9am PT. You can find out more here.A post shared by Vans Warped Tour (@vanswarpedtour)Next year, the festival, which focuses primarily on genres including punk, pop-punk and alternative rock, will begin at the RFK Campus in Washington DC on June 14 and 15, before coming to the Shoreline Waterfront in Long Beach, California, on July 26 and 27 and then finally Camping World Stadium Campus in Orlando, Florida on November 15 and 16.Of the decision to keep it small to begin with, Lyman explaining that his “body won’t take riding around on a tour bus for 40 cities,” but that he’d be open to adding more dates going forward if 2025 goes well.As for next year’s lineup, that’s yet to be revealed.

Busted and McFly have added extra dates to their co-headline tour across the UK and Ireland – find out more below.The initial news of the tour arrived last week, when Busted stormed the stage at a McFly show and announced that they’d be hitting the road together in 2025.At the London gig – which saw Tom Fletcher and co. sell out The O2 arena as they celebrated 21 years of their formation – the two bands confirmed that next year’s co-headline tour dates will see them go head-to-head.

Their newly announced performance at the Las Vegas festival – set to take place on April 12 2025 – will mark the band’s first show in 28 years.Acid Bath formed in 1991 and released two albums in their lifespan: 1994’s ‘When the Kite String Pops’ and ‘Paegan Terrorism Tactics’ in 1996. They broke up in 1997 when bassist Audie Pitre and his parents were killed in a car crash by a drunk driver.The reunion will include three of the band’s founding members, with lead singer Dax Riggs, guitarist Sammy ‘Pierre’ Duet and guitarist Mike Sanchez on board.

Music Radar, artists and musicians are playing roughly 11 shows on average on the grassroots circuit in 2024 versus the 22 that used to be done in 1994. The statistics come from industry stakeholders, promoters and artists alike.The situation has been described as a “spiralling crisis” for all aside from the biggest artists and promoters by Sam Duckworth – the Noughties singer songwriter Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – who works for the Music Venue Trust.Duckworth also spoke at the Beyond The Music conference in Manchester last week and shared: “My first major tour was 54 dates.

Orla Gartland has announced a UK and European headline tour for 2025 – you can find all the details below.The Irish singer-songwriter is due to hit the road next year in support of her second album ‘Everybody Needs A Hero’, which was released earlier this month.Marking her biggest UK and European tour to date, the forthcoming run of dates will begin in Copenhagen on March 10. Further shows are scheduled for Stockholm, Oslo, Warsaw, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and other European cities throughout the month.On March 31, Gartland will take to the stage at the SWG3 TV Studio in Glasgow before performing at Manchester’s Albert Hall (April 1) and London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town (3).

PJ Harvey has announced a run of headline shows in Australia and Japan for 2025 – find all the details below.The singer-songwriter is due to head Down Under next March in support of her 10th and latest album ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’, which was released last summer.She’ll take to the stage in Perth, Adelaide, Meredith, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in the first half of the month before heading to Japan for gigs in Tokyo and Osaka.Australian artist Mick Turner will serve as a special guest support act in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.Tickets for the Australian dates go on general sale at 10am AEDT this Friday (October 18) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. The general sale for Japan begins here on Saturday November 2.Alternatively, fans can gain access to a pre-sale for Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane from 10am AEDT tomorrow (October 17) by signing up to Harvey’s mailing list community.Check out the announcement post and see the full list of shows below.A post shared by PJ Harvey (@pjharveyofficial)MARCH04 – Perth Festival, Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Perth07 – WOMADelaide, Adelaide 09 – Golden Plains, Meredith11 – Plenary, MCEC, Melbourne13 – Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Sydney15 – Great Hall, BCEC, Brisbane18 – Zepp Haneda, Tokyo19 – Gorilla Hall, Osaka Earlier this week, Harvey wrapped up her 2024 North American tour in Los Angeles, California.

buy tickets here.‘The Moog at 60: A Celebration’ will run from November 21 to November 24 and will include a sound installation and a show from Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. The events will conclude with a tribute to Kraftwerk in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the electronic pioneers’ classic album ‘Autobahn‘, which was released on November 1, 1974, while there’s also an afterparty on November 23 and a sound installation each day.The official anniversary of Robert Moog’s modular voltage-controlled synth is October 12 – 60 years to the day when the engineer first demonstrated it at the Audio Engineering Society’s New York convention.The Moog was the first commercial synthesiser and hit the mainstream with ‘Switched-On Bach’, an album of Bach compositions arranged for the synth by Wendy Carlos in 1968.

Taylor Swift has announced an official book to commemorate her huge ‘Eras Tour’, as well as the physical editions of her ‘Anthology’ album. Find all the details below.The pop star shared the news today (October 15) ahead of kicking off the final leg of her record-breaking, career-spanning world tour in Miami, Florida on Friday (18).Writing on social media, Swift said it was “hard to comprehend” the lengthy trek coming to an end.

Elbow have announced an outdoor UK tour for summer 2025 – you can find all the details below.Guy Garvey and co. are due to hit the road next June for huge headline shows in Cardiff, Gloucestershire, London, Manchester, York, Warwick and Tynemouth.“We are returning to venues we’ve really loved for summer ‘25 and also visiting some towns and cities that we haven’t been to for a while,” explained Garvey.

Oasis have added another show to their 2025 Australia tour dates, to take place in Melbourne. Find ticket details below.The dates down under will be part of Liam and Noel Gallagher’s first run of live shows together since 2009 next summer, following on from their announcement of their long-awaited comeback earlier this summer.The dates kick off with a huge run of stadium gigs in the UK and Ireland.