Top Tickets This Week: Sam Fender, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Limp Bizkit, Sugababes, Lionel Richie
Thursday, 24 October 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Sam Fender
Photo: Niall Lea [St. James Park, Newcastle, June 2023]
The North Shields singer-songwriter will bring his People Watching Tour to UK and Ireland arenas this December.
He'll kick off his first UK and Ireland tour since 2022 in Dublin on December 2, before heading to Leeds, Manchester for dates, London for two shows, Birmingham, Glasgow for two gigs, and Newcastle, where he'll wrap up the run on December 20.
He'll then head to Europe in March next year, performing in Paris, Tilburg, Zurich, Cologne, Bergamo, Berlin, Amsterdam and Brussels.
Support in the UK will come from Wunderhorse, and tickets for all dates go on general sale at 10am local time on Friday (October 25). £1 from every ticket sold for the UK dates will be donated to the Music Venue Trust in support of grassroots venues - Compare and buy tickets here.
With high demand expected for his hometown show in Newcastle on December 20, tickets for that date will be available by ballot to customers with North-East postcodes only. The ballot required registration, which is now closed.
Fender has been working on his third studio album, the follow-up to 2021's 'Seventeen Going Under'. It's hoped news of the record or its first single will drop soon, possibly when the current countdown clock on his website expires.
Jeff Lynne's ELO
Photo: Carsten Windhorst
The legendary British band will bid farewell at BST Hyde Park next summer, with the legendary British band set to headline the London concert series on July 13. A supporting line-up is to be announced in due course.
BST Hyde Park have billed the performance as "the final show" from the group, who are best known for their '70s and '80s hits Livin' Thing, Mr Blue Sky, Last Train To London, Telephone Line and Evil Woman.
They're currently on a farewell US tour, billed as The Over And Out Tour, and play two shows at Los Angeles' Kia Forum later this week.
Earlier this year, BST Hyde Park hosted performances from Kings Of Leon, Morgan Wallen, Andrea Bocelli, Robbie Williams, Shania Twain, Stevie Nicks, Kylie Minogue, and Stray Kids.
Limp Bizkit
Photo: Live Nation
The nu-metal legends will return to the UK and Europe next year with their Loserville Tour.
They'll kick off the run at Glasgow's OVO Hydro on March 8, before calling at Dublin's 3Arena, Birmingham's BP Pulse Live, Manchester's AO Arena and London's OVO Arena Wembley.
The European leg will take them to Hamburg, Copenhagen, Leipzig, Łódź, Dortmund, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Antwerp between March 19 and April 1.
Support will come from rapper Bones, genre-fusing nu-metal trailblazer Ecca Vandal, synthwave artist N8noface, rising Brazilian punk star Karen Dió, and rapper Riff Raff.
Tickets for all shows go on general sale at 9am BST/10am CEST on Friday (October 25), except tickets for Poland, which go on sale at 10am local time the day before - Compare and buy tickets here.
Limp Bizkit released their latest album, 'Still Sucks', in 2021, which marked their first full-length release in over 10 years.
Sugababes
The London trio — Siobhan Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan — have announced shows at Leeds' First Direct Arena, the O2 Arena in London, Manchester's Co-Op Live, Birmingham's BP Pulse Live, Cardiff's Utilita Arena, Newcastle's Utilita Arena, Glasgow's OVO Hydro, the SSE Arena Belfast and Dublin's 3Arena for April 2025.
They'll then head to mainland Europe for concerts in Antwerp, Amsterdam, Cologne, Berlin, Paris, Zurich and Milan between April 22 and May 2.
Sugababes put out their debut album, 'One Touch', in 2000. Their most recent record is 2022's 'The Lost Tapes', which they released when the original line-up of Donaghy, Buena and Buchanan reunited, as the record features material that dates back to 2011. Various iterations of the group shared six more records throughout the noughties.
Lionel Richie
Photo: Dennis Leupold
The legendary singer-songwriter will bring his Say Hello To The Hits Tour to arenas in Manchester, London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Belfast and Dublin between May 31 and June 15.
He'll then head to mainland Europe, kicking things off on June 18 in Antwerp and concluding the run on August 2 at the Wiznik Center in Madrid.
The tour, as the title suggests, will see the vocalist performing his biggest hits, though it will feature new production not previously seen in the UK and Europe.
Tickets for all dates go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (October 25), except tickets for Poland, which go on sale at 10am local time the day before - Compare and buy tickets here.
Richie's latest studio album is 2012's 'Tuskegee', though he did release the live LP 'Hello From Las Vegas' in 2019.
He'll head back to Las Vegas with his King of Hearts show in November, January and April. Tickets for those dates are on sale now.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor will embark on her biggest headline UK tour to date next spring.
Alexisonfire have announced a summer show in London.
Alanis Morissette has announced a UK and European tour for summer 2025.
Blossoms have announced some big UK shows for next summer.
Babymetal have announced their first arena tour of Europe.
Lenny Kravitz will bring his Blue Electric Light Tour to London early next year.
Knocked Loose have scheduled their biggest UK and European headline tour to date for next spring.
Busted and McFly have added a final round of extra dates to their co-headline tour of the UK and Ireland next autumn.
The Rasmus have announced UK and European shows for 2025.
Red Rum Club have announced a spring show in their hometown of Liverpool.
Richard Ashcroft will perform as part of the Nocturne Live concert series in 2025.
Ludovico Einaudi has announced new UK and Ireland shows for next summer.
Michael Bublé has announced an exclusive outdoor UK show for 2025.
Cantopop duo Twins will bring their Twins Spirit Live Around The World Tour to the UK this winter.
Maribou State have confirmed a third London concert for 2025.
Rise Against have announced a UK and European tour for 2025.
Rüfüs du Sol have announced a huge London show for next summer.
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