Scissor Sisters To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of Self-Titled Album With Spring UK & Ireland Tour
Thursday, 31 October 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Scissor Sisters have announced a 2025 UK and Ireland anniversary tour.
The New York band will reunite to celebrate 20 years of their self-tilted debut album, alongside hits from 2006's 'Ta-Dah', 2010’s 'Night Work' and 2012’s 'Magic Hour', with shows in Nottingham, Glasgow, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Manchester, London, Leeds, Birmingham, Belfast and Dublin in May.
Support will come from Alison Goldfrapp. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on November 8.
Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis will return for the performances, but vocalist Ana Matronic will not due to commitments to other projects — read her full statement below. Shears said:
"It’s the 20th anniversary of our debut album, so it really feels like the right time to revisit all the intense excitement of that moment. I don’t think I’d seen that show since it was filmed in 2007, but we were all kind of surprised by how great it was. And chatting with fans during the screening really brought back what a special moment it was for all of us."
Babydaddy added: "There’s something really special about us being a gay band, a queer band, who really pushed into the mainstream with that album. We want to revisit that because there weren’t as many queer acts breaking through in that way 20 years ago. We do acknowledge that we did something pretty unique back then just by putting ourselves out there as queer people. We put queer culture in the mainstream at a time when there wasn’t much of it there."
Marquis also commented: "There will always be a little bit of anarchy and chaos in our live shows. That's the magic ingredient of the Scissor Sisters, and we're definitely going to bring that 'anything can happen' energy back again. This time I want to be really present on stage and celebrate how lucky we are to have achieved what we achieved. I don't think I was mature enough to deal with everything the first time around because it happened so fast."
The group's most recent studio album is 2012's 'Magic Hour', after which they went on an indefinite hiatus, though they collaborated with singer MNDR for a charity single, Swerlk, in 2017.
The 'Scissor Sisters' album will be reissued on vinyl on November 22 with a deluxe expanded version following in 2025.
Since the band took a break, Shears has pursued a solo career, putting out his self-titled debut album in 2018 and its follow-up, 'Last Man Standing', in 2023.
NEW // THEY'RE BACK. ✂️
Celebrating 20 years(!) of their chart-topping debut album, @scissorsisters will be returning to the stage for a HUGE arena tour this May.
Scissor Sisters Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri May 16 2025 - NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena
Sat May 17 2025 - GLASGOW OVO Hydro
Mon May 19 2025 - BOURNEMOUTH BIC
Tue May 20 2025 - CARDIFF Utilita Arena
Wed May 21 2025 - MANCHESTER Co-op Live
Fri May 23 2025 - LONDON O2 Arena
Sat May 24 2025 - LEEDS first direct Arena
Sun May 25 2025 - BIRMINGHAM Utilita Arena Birmingham
Tue May 27 2025 - BELFAST SSE Arena Belfast
Wed May 28 2025 - DUBLIN 3Arena
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