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The biggest UK tours in 2025: the ultimate guide
Here’s our ultimate guide to the biggest tours set to take place in 2025
2024 was a bonafide bumper year for UK concert tours: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour single-handedly transformed British fortunes by injecting nearly £1 billion into the economy, Charli xcx brought Brat to Britain and beyond, Stevie Nicks bewitched our shores, AC/DC shocked their legions of head-banging fans with a UK comeback, and Bruce Springsteen showed no signs of slowing down, ever.
Appetite for the communion of live music is greater than ever, and thankfully, there are plenty of mammoth tours set to unfold in the new year to provide your fix. Here’s our ultimate guide to the biggest tours set to take place in 2025:
Billie Eilish
When and where? 7 – 23 July 2025; Glasgow OVO Hydro, London The O2, Manchester Co-op Live
Alt-pop anomaly Billie Eilish is set to go hard when she returns to the UK on tour with her 2024 album Hit Me Hard and Soft in tow. Naturally, demand was so high she’s playing a run of shows spread across three weeks, so there’s ample opportunity to see the seven-time GRAMMY Award winner.
Buy tickets to Billie Eilish’s 2025 UK tour here
Sabrina Carpenter
When and where? 6 – 14 March 2025; Birmingham Utilita Arena, London The O2, Glasgow OVO Hydro, Manchester Co-op Live
The pop princess of the moment, Disney alumni and ‘Espresso’ singer Sabrina Carpenter brings her Short ‘N Sweet Tour to London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester in March, satiating the desperate sect of fans this side of the Atlantic that have been patiently waiting for her arrival. Short ‘n’ sweet her tour may be, but never fear – for those that have missed out, she’ll be returning to headline BST Hyde Park later in the summer.
Buy tickets to Sabrina Carpenter’s 2025 UK tour here
Dua Lipa
When and where? 20 – 25 June 2025; London Wembley Stadium, Liverpool Anfield
A full annual cycle after championing Glastonbury Festival, Dua Lipa is still set on spreading Radical Optimism. Illuminating London’s Wembley Stadium and Liverpool’s Anfield with her brand of empowered dance pop, not once but twice, the British-Albanian pop cultural powerhouse has duly earned her stripes as a stadium superstar.
Buy tickets to Dua Lipa’s 2025 UK tour here
Robbie Williams
When and where? 31 May – 14 June 2025; Edinburgh Murrayfield, Newcastle Town Moor, London Emirates Stadium, Manchester Co-op Live, Bath Royal Crescent
UK pop music’s great entertainer continues to endure as a top drawer draw. Typically earnest, honest, and cheeky (both off and on the stage), Robbie is set to take his classics on tour once the world has absorbed his story from a new perspective after the release of his left-field biopic, Better Man, which has garnered rave reviews. Just like Robbie’s performances have for the best part of 30 years then.
Buy tickets to Robbie Williams’ 2025 UK tour here
Stereophonics
When and where? 24 May – 16 August 2025; Neighbourhood Weekender, Belfast Ormeau Park, Huddersfield John Smith’s Stadium, Isle Of Wight Festival, Glasgow Summer Sessions, London Finsbury Park, Cardiff Principality Stadium, Heritage Live Festival
Stereophonics’ singer Kelly Jones might be diminutive in height, but his powerful, gravelly voice and his band’s stature on stage is anything but. The Welsh rockers return in 2025 with a stadium-sized tour that promises a stadium-sized setlist, playing hits from across their 30 year-plus career. With a new album set for release too, there may very well be a new earworm nestled in there for good measure.
Buy tickets to Stereophonics’ 2025 UK tour here
Fontaines D.C.
When and where? 5 July – 15 August 2025; London Finsbury Park, Newcastle Exhibition Park, Cardiff Castle, Manchester Wythenshawe Park
Post-punk’s poetic poster boys Fontaines D.C. have long been mooted for the mainstream: with the release of their lauded 2024 album, Romance, the Dublin natives confirmed they’re bound for the big time. A truly electrifying live band – whose newly luminous aesthetic is equally as eye-popping – 2025 is the ideal opportunity to witness a generational band in-the-making.
Buy tickets to Fontaines D.C.’s 2025 UK tour here
Sam Fender
When and where? 6 – 15 June 2025; London Stadium, Newcastle St. James Park
When talking about truly meteoric rises in today’s music scene, you can’t look any further than Sam Fender. Newcastle’s newest hometown hero has gone from strength-to-strength with the releases of albums Hypersonic Missiles and Seventeen Going Under, the latter of which transformed Fender into an era-defining voice in British indie rock. Selling out his recent UK tour based on a 30-second snippet from recent single ‘People Watching’, Fender soon announced four massive stadium shows in 2025 – one at West Ham’s London Stadium and three in his native Newcastle, supported by The War On Drugs, whose main man Adam Granduciel produced his forthcoming album, People Watching.
Buy tickets to Sam Fender’s 2025 UK tour here
Guns N’ Roses
When and where? 23 – 26 June 2025; London Wembley Stadium, Birmingham Villa Park
Hard rock heavyweights Guns N’ Roses head back to British shores again in 2025, with two enormous shows at London’s Wembley Stadium and Birmingham’s Villa Park for their ‘Because What You Want & What You Get Are Two Completely Different Things’ tour. Though the riotous rockers haven’t released new material for some time, they’re superb value for money – the band frequently refuse to play for any less than three hours. Besides, who can resist rock classics like ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ and ‘Welcome To The Jungle’?
Buy tickets to Guns N’ Roses’ 2025 UK tour here
Lana Del Rey
When and where? 23 June – 4 July 2025; Cardiff Principality Stadium, Glasgow Hampden Park, Liverpool Anfield, London Wembley Stadium
Lana Del Rey is set to adorn stadiums around the country with her lovelorn, nostalgic balladry that exudes the allure and glamour of Hollywood’s yesteryear. Her stans have long vouched that Lana can easily make the step up to headlining stadium shows on her own accord, and they were proved right – tickets are close to selling out, so grab yours while you still can.
Buy tickets to Lana Del Rey’s 2025 UK tour here
Coldplay
When and where? 18 August – 8 September 2025; Hull Craven Park Stadium, London Wembley Stadium
Is there a greater pop rock band in the world right now? After their spellbinding performance headlining Glastonbury Festival for the fifth (!) time, Coldplay reiterated their stance as an act to experience in the flesh. Thankfully, they’ve given fans multiple opportunities in 2025, having announced not one, not two, but ten concerts at London’s Wembley Stadium alongside two concerts at Hull’s Craven Park Stadium.
Buy tickets to Coldplay’s 2025 UK tour here
Iron Maiden
When and where? 21 – 30 June 2025; Birmingham Utilita Arena, Manchester Co-op Live, London Stadium, Glasgow OVO Hydro
British heavy metal behemoths Iron Maiden celebrate 50 years of head-banging in 2025 with their Run For Your Lives World Tour, which will see them perform at West Ham’s London Stadium, the club the band’s founder Steve Harris has supported since boyhood. It’ll mark the Maiden’s biggest outdoor concert to date on home turf (aside from their many festival headline appearances), whilst they’ll also take their career-spanning setlists to Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester on their jet-set heavy metal homerun.
Buy tickets to Iron Maiden’s 2025 UK tour here
Alanis Morissette
When and where? 30 June – 5 July 2025; Belfast Ormeau Park, Cardiff Castle, Lytham Festival, Glasgow OVO Hydro
It’s certainly not ironic that Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette has roused UK fans for three decades now. Thankfully, she’ll be heading back to celebrate 30 years of her landmark album Jagged Little Pill in all its angst-indebted alt-rock glory. There’s a new album reportedly in the works too – Alanis fans rejoice.
Buy tickets to Alanis Morissette’s 2025 UK tour here
