The Brian Jonestown Massacre announce 2025 UK and European tour

2 September, 2024

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, 2024

The Brian Jonestown Massacre have announced a new European and UK tour, set to kick off next year – find ticket details and a full list of dates below.

Announced this morning (September 2), the upcoming shows will see frontman, songwriter, composer, studio owner, multi-instrumentalist, producer and engineer, Anton Newcombe‘s band, embark on an 18-stop tour across the continent throughout January and February 2025.

It will start with shows in European cities Hamburg, Cologne and Tilburg in late January, and continue the following month with a number of UK stops.

These kick off with a show in Bexhill on February 1, and continue with stops in Bristol, Nottingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds and more. Show are also lined up for Ireland in the middle of the month, before Newcombe and co. head back to the UK to round off the tour.

A huge show at Manchester’s Albert Hall is planned for February 14, as is a stop at the O2 Academy Brixton in London on February 16. The dates wrap up with further shows in Birmingham, Brighton and Cardiff.

Tickets for all upcoming shows go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (September 6). Visit here to buy tickets and find a full list of tour dates below.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre 2025 UK and European tour dates are:

JANUARY
28 – Hamburg, Fabrik (Germany)
29 – Cologne, Die Kantine (Germany)
30 – Tilburg, 013 Poppodium (Netherlands)

FEBRUARY
1 – Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion
2 – Bristol, Marble Factory
4 – Nottingham, Rock City
6 – Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom
7 – Liverpool, Olympia
8 – Leeds, Beckett University Union
9 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, NX
11 – Belfast Ulster Hall
12 – Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre
14 – Manchester, Albert Hall
15 – Southampton, Guildhall
16 – London, O2 Academy Brixton
18 – Birmingham, O2 Institute
19 – Brighton, Dome
20 – Cardiff, University Great Hall

The announcement of the tour comes as the band are celebrating over three decades since the release of their first single ‘She Made Me / Evergreen’, which arrived in 1992, and as they’re coming up to the 30th anniversary of their 1995 debut album ‘Methodrone’.

The controversial documentary that followed the band, Dig!, which is still hailed as one of the best rock documentaries ever made, is also celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, and a remastered, expanded version premiered at Sundance in January.

Since forming the group, Newcombe has gone on to share a further 20 albums under the Brian Jonestown Massacre moniker with a range of different members. The most recent of which, ‘The Future Is Your Past’, arrived in February 2023 via the frontman’s record label A Recordings.

The upcoming tour dates will mark their first since they completed a massive world tour across 2022 and 2023, which saw them play 34 dates in North America, 25 dates across Europe and 16 dates in the UK.

Last winter, the band also made headlines for shocking fans in Melbourne, Australia, when members began brawling among themselves onstage mid-performance.

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