Top Tickets This Week: The Cult, Il Divo, Arcade Fire, Yellowcard
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
The Cult
Led by co-founding members Ian Astbury (singer) and Billy Duffy (guitarist), the rock band will bring their 8424 Tour across the Europe in the summer and the UK in the autumn, performing songs spanning their 11-album discography.
Following dates in Europe, they'll head across the UK, calling in Leicester, Swansea, Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol, York, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Wolverhampton and London, where they'll take over the Royal Albert Hall on November 4. Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time on Friday (April 19) - Compare and buy tickets here.
Il Divo
Photo: Mario Schmolka
The vocal group — Urs Bühler (tenor) of Switzerland, Sébastien Izambard (tenor) of France, David Miller (tenor) of America and new member Steven LaBrie (baritone) — will bring their 20th Anniversary Tour to London, Cardiff, Bournemouth, Southend, Nottingham, Bristol, Brighton, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester during October.
Il Divo also celebrated their milestone year with the release of their tenth album, 'XX', in February.
Arcade Fire
The Canadian Grammy Award-winning band will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 2004 debut LP 'Funeral' with two shows at London's O2 Academy Brixton on July 4 and 5.
Support will come from London-based post-punk collective Warmduscher, and tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday (April 19) - Compare and buy tickets here.
They have a previously scheduled concert at Dublin's Malahide Castle in the diary for July 7, as well gigs in Italy, Portugal and Spain alongside festival appearances at Shaky Knees Music Festival, NOS Alive and BBK Live. Tickets for those shows are on sale now.
Yellowcard have announced a UK and European tour celebrating 20 years of their fourth album, 'Ocean Avenue'.
The pop-punk veterans have announced nine shows, kicking off on November 12 at the O2 Academy Glasgow before stops in Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and London.
Following the UK run, they'll head to the Netherlands, Belgium and France, wrapping up the tour on November 24 in Germany.
Support will come from St. Louis post-hardcore group Story Of The Year and California acoustic duo This Wild Life. Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time on April 19 - Compare and buy tickets here.
Also announced this week:
Will Young has announced his Light It Up Tour for the autumn.
The Chats have announced a UK and European tour for later this year.
Due to demand, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have added extra dates to the UK and European leg of The Wild God Tour.
IU will bring the HEREH World Tour to Europe this summer.
Jonas Brothers have rescheduled their spring/summer UK and European tour.
Head here for a full list and to find your tickets.
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