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Christmas is coming! Tickets for next summer’s hottest gigs, such as My Chemical Romance at Wembley, Twenty One Pilots at All Points East or Florence + The Machine’s UK arena run, might already be on your list for Santa but there’s plenty of exciting stuff happening this side of the new year too.
Stadium star Ed Sheeran is getting intimate with a handful of smaller arena shows, Wolf Alice are stepping things up in a big way with their current tour and Ice Nine Kills are bringing the spooky goth vibes. Long story short, there are loads of reasons to leave the house this month – so put the mince pie down and get on the barrier!
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Ed Sheeran
Fresh from releasing a deluxe edition of his genre-hopping, joyful eighth album ‘Play’, Ed Sheeran is heading out on a brief arena jaunt. He’s promised that these shows will “obviously” be more intimate than his typical stadium shows “but will still be incredible.” With some of the biggest pop songs of recent times in his back pocket, we believe him.
Ed Sheeran plays:
DECEMBER
5 – CBS, Coventry
7 – Co-op Live, Manchester
Wolf Alice
Wolf Alice are one of the most beloved groups in Britain and this month, they head out on their first ever arena headline run. New album ‘The Clearing’ is a glam-infused celebration of the inspirational mythos of bands and live, it’s given the four-piece space to go bigger and more theatrical. We’ll see you down the front…
Wolf Alice play:
DECEMBER
01 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
02 – The O2, London
03 – The O2, London
05 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
07 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
08 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
10 – 3Arena, Dublin
The Last Dinner Party
This month, The Last Dinner Party kickstart a three-month tour that’ll eventually see them visit Europe and Australia. Before that though, they’ve got a huge UK headline run. In a recent interview, the band’s Georgia Davies said they were “re-designing” the whole show. “If you’ve been to a Dinner Party gig before, this will be a totally different experience because we’re levelling up,” she continued. “Obviously, there’s a load more new songs we want to play but we also want to step into the theatrics of it all a little more.”
The Last Dinner Party play:
DECEMBER 2025
2 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
4 – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
5 – Brighton Centre, Brighton
7 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
8 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
Madness
The ska legends are bringing “glittering hits of all shapes and sizes” to 13 cities this December. If the promise of hearing ‘Baggy Trousers’, ‘Our House’, ‘One Step Beyond’, ‘It Must Be Love’ and countless others wasn’t enough to tempt you, Madness will be joined by rock icons Squeeze for the tour. Now that’s a house of fun.
Madness play:
DECEMBER
4 – Sheffield, Utilita Arena
5 – Manchester, AO Arena
6 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
7 – Aberdeen, P&J Live
9 – Newcastle, Utilita Arena
10 – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
12 – Leeds, First Direct Arena
13 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
14 – Brighton Centre
16 – Bournemouth, International Centre
18 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
19 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
20 – London, The O2
Ice Nine Kills
Your Christmas tree might be up already but what’s wrong with a little festive spookiness? Horror rockers Ice Nine Kills are bringing their ‘A Work Of Art’ tour to venues across the country alongside vampiric punks Creeper. The European leg has already seen Terrifier’s Art The Clown invade the stage while the band play heavy metal songs inspired by the best scary movies. Ice Nine Kills are even hosting their own horror convention in London as a post-tour treat. If your favourite Christmas film is A Nightmare Before Christmas, this run of shows is for you.
Ice Nine Kills play:
DECEMBER
8 – Co-op Live, Manchester
9 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
10 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
12 – OVO Wembley Arena, London
Mumford And Sons
“We’re all fired up,” Marcus Mumford declared to NME recently. And the folk rock band has got plenty to be excited about. New album ‘Prizefighter’ is due early next year and Mumford And Sons recently confirmed they’d be headlining Hyde Park next summer alongside The War On Drugs. Before that though, there’s a UK arena tour to round out a busy year on the road. Don’t worry though, the band aren’t feeling tired. “We’re enjoying ourselves as a band more than we ever have,” said Marcus. “We have this sense of joy of being back.”
Mumford And Sons play:
DECEMBER
2 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
3 – Co-op Live, Manchester
5 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield
7 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
8 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
10 – The O2, London
Babyshambles
After playing their first gig in 11 years last month, Pete Doherty and co. are set to bring the curtain down on their long-awaited reunion with some more UK dates. The indie champions recently released new single ‘Dandy Hooligan’ but it’s hard to tell what the future holds for Babyshambles – according to Doherty, the band can’t tour internationally because guitarist Mick Whitnall hasn’t got a passport. Enjoy them while you can, is our advice.
Babyshambles play:
DECEMBER
1 – The Empire, Middlesbrough
2 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle
4 – O2 Academy, Glasgow
5 – O2 Academy Glasgow
7 – O2 Academy, Leeds
8 – Rock City, Nottingham
9 – O2 Academy, Bristol
15 – KOKO, London
Kennyhoopla
Kennyhoopla helped kick off the entire pop-punk revival with the release of his 2021 Travis Barker-produced mixtape ‘Survivors Guilt’. This brief UK jaunt, though, is in celebration of his brilliant new EP ‘Conditions Of An Orphan’. If you want an early taste of what’s going to be massive in 2026, this seems like a great place to start.
Kennyhoopla plays:
DECEMBER
10 – Cathouse, Glasgow
14 – Gorilla, Manchester
16 – Downstairs At The Dome, London
17 – Downstairs At The Dome, London
19 – Exchange, Bristol
Jamiroquai
The funk pioneers are back on home soil for their first UK gigs in more than seven years. As well as disco hits ‘Little L’, ‘Virtual Insanity’ and ‘Cosmic Girl’, a recent European tour has featured a handful of groovy new tunes (‘Disco Stays The Same’, ‘Shadow In The Night’ and ‘Queen Machine’) that has fans convinced a new album is right around the corner.
Jamiroquai plays:
DECEMBER
3 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
6 – Co-op Live, Manchester
9 – The O2, London
12 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
14 – The O2, London
Stereophonics
The Welsh rock giants’ new album ‘Make ‘em Laugh, Make ‘em Cry, Make ‘em Wait’ was created after the band tried to pull together a Greatest Hits collection. Their vision for the record was to make something “very concise, very compact and… how Sterophonics sound in 2025,” according to vocalist Kelly Jones. If you’re worried about missing out on the, the gigs are a full-throttle trip through their massive back catalogue of guitar anthems.
Stereophonics play:
DECEMBER
4 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
6 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle
7 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield
9 – P&J Live, Aberdeen
10 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
12 – Co-op Live, Manchester
13 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
16 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
18 – The O2, London
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