Oasis, Lady Gaga and You: Stereoboard's Guide To The Best Tours In The Second Half of 2025
Monday, 23 June 2025
Written by Stereoboard
Summer is well and truly here, and with it the usual festival shenanigans, but there are also countless massive, exciting shows away from those muddy fields throughout the coming months. The rest of 2025 is a star-studded affair for live music and we've got the perfect one-stop guide to make sure you don't miss a single minute of it.
July
Well, it’s been a long time coming. Oasis will kick off their reunion tour at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on July 4, with their blockbuster run also taking in multi-night stands at Manchester’s Heaton Park, Wembley Stadium in London, Edinburgh’s Murrayfield and Croke Park in Dublin before shows in North America and Australia. Expect fireworks, and probably the good kind.
Also doing big business this summer are Kendrick Lamar and SZA, who will kick off the UK leg of their megawatt co-headline Grand National run in the Welsh capital before two nights at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Ed Sheeran, meanwhile, has his eyes set on home comforts with three nights at Portman Road in Ipswich. It’s also very much festival season, with everyone from Sabrina Carpenter to Olivia Rodrigo and Neil Young making waves at the top of bills. Head here for our dedicated preview of all things tents and tunes.
Also in July: Alanis Morissette, Biffy Clyro, Billie Eilish, Drake, Fontaines D.C., Slayer, McFly, Judas Priest, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Busted, The Human League, Faithless
August
All eyes will be on Wembley Stadium in mid-August as Coldplay follow two shows at Hull’s Craven Park with 10 (10!) at Wembley Stadium, while Blackpink’s world tour is also set to swing through the home of English football for two massive nights of K-pop action. Fresh from a string of solo ventures, Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa’s London dates follow shows across North America and a handful in mainland Europe.
In Edinburgh, meanwhile, another of pop’s brightest stars will touch down for a couple of shows, with Chappell Roan set to accompany her headline sets at Reading and Leeds with two nights at the Royal Highland Showgrounds. For the rockers, meanwhile, as part of the summer European leg of their PWR Up TourAC/DC will also land in Edinburgh for a gig at Murrayfield on August 21.
Also in August: Catfish and the Bottlemen, Sam Fender, Shawn Mendes, Sugababes, The Libertines, Smashing Pumpkins, The Maccabees, Wallows, Will Smith, Becky Hill
September
Competing vibes here: Lady Gaga’s blockbuster run of arena shows meets Post Malone’s two-night engagement at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and a massive 40th anniversary celebration for Simply Red. Mother Monster’s MAYHEM Ball Tour is inked in for four nights of glam and theatre at the O2 Arena in London and two at Manchester’s Co-Op Live, while Posty’s The BIG ASS World Tour is set to bring special guest Jelly Roll and some uber laid-back country-pop jams to Spurs’ home following the release of ‘F-1 Trillion’ last summer.
Mick Hucknall’s jukebox of hits, meanwhile, will wind its way through Belfast, Dublin, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Nottingham, Liverpool, Birmingham, Cardiff and Brighton before three London shows, two at the O2 Arena and another at the OVO Arena Wembley. Choose your poison. Or don’t. Go to them all if you’d like.
Also in September: Busted vs McFly, Feeder, Jesse Reyez, Max Richter, Blondshell, Pinkpantheress, Pierce the Veil, Scene Queen, The Beta Band, Yusuf/Cat Stevens
October
We’re into a really exciting spell here, with the summer’s festival frolics fading into memory and a series of mega arena runs getting underway. Let’s start with Haim, who will follow up the release of ‘I Quit’ with shows in Nottingham, Cardiff, Brighton, London, Manchester and Glasgow, while Katy Perry’s two nights at the O2 Arena in London as part of her Lifetimes Tour will slot in alongside stops in Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham.
Fresh from the arrival of ‘Lotus’ and her curation of Meltdown Festival in London, Little Simz will play the O2 Arena and Manchester’s Co-Op Live, while Benson Boone’s stratospheric rise will continue with the UK and Ireland leg of his American Heart Tour, supporting the album of the same name. He’ll head to Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow and Birmingham, with two nights at Manchester’s Co-op Live in tandem with three at the O2 Arena in London.
On the heavier end of the spectrum, Architects will take their blend of metalcore crunch and synth-heavy melody to Manchester, Cardiff and London, while Killswitch Engage will play London’s OVO Arena Wembley amid a wider UK tour with Hatebreed, Fit For An Autopsy, and Decapitated. It’s anniversary time in Parkway Drive’s world, too, with the Aussie titans marking 20 years in the game at London’s OVO Arena Wembley, Birmingham’s Utilita Arena and Manchester’s AO Arena.
Also in October: Inhaler, CMAT, Ethel Cain, ABC, Refused, Beach Bunny, JADE, Bury Tomorrow, Counting Crows, Coheed and Cambria, Hard Life, Idlewild, Larkin Poe, John Grant, Lightning Seeds, Nova Twins, The Enemy, The Amazons
November
Lorde is back! Along with the tantalising prospect of new music from the Kiwi pop icon we have the chance to see how she bends some of the biggest rooms in the UK and Ireland to her creative will, with the Virgin Tour comprising two nights at the O2 Arena in London with further shows in Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and Dublin. Bastille, meanwhile, are about to get all nostalgic on us, with their For All Sides Tour intended to celebrate songs from across the first 15 years of their career.
Getting underway with two nights at Plymouth Pavilions, it’ll then wind its way through arenas in Cardiff, Nottingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton and London, with the O2 its final stop. Loyle Carner’s live plans following the arrival of ‘Hopefully!’ will take the rapper on a jaunt across the UK and Ireland, beginning with a hench four-night run at the O2 Academy Brixton in London, along with three shows at the O2 Academy Glasgow and Manchester's O2 Victoria Warehouse, two nights at the O2 Academy Birmingham and Newcastle’s O2 City Hall, with one-off arena shows planned for Cardiff and Dublin.
Also in November: Zara Larsson, JLS, Maren Morris, Sports Team, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Saya Gray, Cast, Getdown Services, Amy Macdonald, Four Tet, My Bloody Valentine, Everything Everything
December
So, around this time of year hangovers start to become big business and both Mumford & Sons and Wolf Alice have major arena tours lined up that begin at the end of November and spill into December like the aftermath of a festive party. For Mumfords, that means dates in Newcastle, Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Cardiff, and London, with two nights at the O2 Arena in support of their recent comeback with ‘Rushmere’.
Wolf Alice’s ‘The Clearing’ is out at the end of the summer, while their itinerary takes in UK and Ireland shows in Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, London Leeds, Glasgow, Nottingham and Dublin. For those with itchy dancing feet, meanwhile, Jamiroquai have got you covered. Jay Kay and his funky mates have lined up two gigs at the O2 Arena in London alongside stops at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Manchester’s Co-op Live and Birmingham’s Utilita Arena.
Also in December: The Wombats, Madness, Pete Tong’s Ibiza Classics, MJ Cole, The Slow Readers Club, Mew, Cian Ducrot, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Stereolab
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