Badly Drawn Boy has announced a 25th anniversary UK tour for his 2000 album ‘The Hour Of Bewilderbeast’ – find all the details below.
The English singer-songwriter – real name Damon Gough – is set to celebrate his Mercury Prize winning-debut with a series shows across the UK in March and April of next year.
Complete with a full band, the musician will perform the record in its entirety, along with other classics and fan favourites from his back catalogue.
The tour kicks off at Birmingham Town Hall on March 13 2025, followed by stops in Oxford, Leeds, Brighton, Southampton and more, along with two nights at London’s EartH theatre. The run will then conclude with a gig at Manchester Factory International at Aviva Studios on April 5.
Tickets for all shows go on sale this Friday (October 4) at 10am BST, and you can purchase your’s here. Alternatively, fans can access pre-sales for select venues from Wednesday (October 2) at 10am BST
Badly Drawn Boy’s 2025 ‘The Hour Of Bewilderbeast’ 25th anniversary UK tour dates are:
MARCH
13 – Birmingham Town Hall
14 – Bristol O2 Academy
15 – Oxford O2 Academy
18 – Glasgow SWG3 Galvanizers
20 – Newcastle Boiler Shop
21 – Leeds Beckett Students’ Union
22 – Norwich Waterfront
24 – Cambridge Junction
25 – Brighton CHALK
27 – Nottingham Rock City
28 – Southampton The 1865
APRIL
3 – London EartH Theatre
4 – London EartH Theatre
5 – Manchester Factory International at Aviva Studios
In the meantime, Badly Drawn Boy is hitting the road with Squeeze this month for a 50th anniversary UK tour.
‘The Hour Of Bewilderbeast’ was originally released on Badly Drawn Boy’s own label Twisted Nerve through XL Recordings on June 26 2000.
The record won the Mercury prize in 2000, beating out competition like Coldplay‘s ‘Parachutes’ and Richard Ashcroft‘s ‘Alone with Everybody’.
The musician’s full discography spans nine albums, including the soundtrack to the film adaptation of Nick Hornby’s About A Boy and his most recent release, 2020’s ‘Banana Skin Shoes’.