Top Tickets This Week: Guns N' Roses, Nelly, Santana, Ricky Gervais, Matt Goss
Thursday, 12 December 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Guns N' Roses
Photo: Guns N' Roses
The legendary Los Angeles rockers have lined up stadium shows and festival dates across Europe and the UK for the summer, featuring support on select dates from special guests Public Enemy, Rival Sons and Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter.
The 24-date tour includes UK shows at Birmingham's Villa Park on June 23 and London's Wembley Stadium on June 26, as well as stops in Georgia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Turkey, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Austria.
Their itinerary also includes concerts in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, plus festival appearances at Rock For People in the Czech Republic and Wacken Open Air in Germany.
Tickets for the UK and European tour dates go on general sale at 9am local time on Friday (December 13) - Compare and buy tickets here.
At the start of 2024, Guns N' Roses released the single The General, which was written during the sessions for their latest album, 2008 'Chinese Democracy'. The song originally dropped as a b-side to the December 2023 single Perhaps.
Earlier this month, Guns N' Roses bandmates bassist Duff McKagan and guitarist Slash teamed up with Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian for a charity single, I Can Breathe.
Nelly
The Grammy-winning rapper has announced the Where The Party At Tour, which will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his debut studio album, 'Country Grammar'.
He'll kick off the trek with a run of Australian and New Zealand dates next March, joined by St. Lunatics, Chingy and Jermaine Dupri.
He'll then embark on the first of two North American legs, with shows lined up in Halifax, Moncton, Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver between April 11 and 24. Next up will be the European leg, which features arena gigs in Birmingham, London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin between June 4 and June 11, as well as gigs in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and France.
The second North American leg will take place between July 23 and September 19, and includes festival slots at Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Crossroads 41 Festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
The US and Toronto dates will be feature support from Ja Rule, Eve, Chingy and Jermaine Dupri, though Chingy will not appear on the bill in Halifax, Moncton, Hartford, Houston and Greenwood Village. Ja Rule and Eve won't appear in Oklahoma City and Greenwood Village. There will be no support on the festival dates.
Tickets for the UK, North American, Australian and New Zealand dates go on general sale beginning at 10am local time on Friday (December 13). Tickets for the European leg go on general sale at the same date and time, except for the shows in Germany and France, which go on sale at 10am local time on Thursday (December 12) - Compare and buy tickets here.
Nelly released his most recent studio album, 'Heartland', in 2021. He'll play two shows this weekend in Durant, Oklahoma with Tiera Kennedy, and on December 30 and 31 will play Belly Up Aspen for shows billed as Ringing in the 25th Anniversary of Country Grammar. He'll also appear at San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in Texas on February 21 and Florida Strawberry Festival on March 8.
Santana
The legendary guitarist will bring his Oneness Tour to Glasgow's OVO Hydro, Manchester's Co-Op Live and the O2 Arena in London between June 18 and 21. The dates are part of a European leg that will follow US dates in the spring.
The gigs will see Santana and band performing songs from throughout his discography, including fan favourites from his 'Abraxas', 'Woodstock' and 'Supernatural' albums. Tickets go on general sale from 10am local time on Friday (December 13) - Compare and buy tickets here.
Santana recently scheduled a new round of dates for his ongoing Las Vegas residency, An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live, scheduled for early 2025. Tickets are on sale now.
His most recent studio album, 'Blessings And Miracles', was released in 2021. He has since put out a series of live records, and a feature documentary titled Carlos, which was released worldwide in 2023.
Ricky Gervais
The award-winning stand-up comedian, writer and actor has added more UK shows to his Mortality Tour next year.
He'll now also perform at Cambridge Corn Exchange, Bournemouth International Centre and Glasgow's SEC Armadillo on February 4, 11 and 18, respectively.
He's also confirmed new dates at the Anvil in Basingstoke on March 17, Utilita Arena Cardiff on April 1, Bristol Beacon on June 16, Leeds' First Direct Arena on June 26 and Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena on December 4.
Tickets for all the above new dates go on general sale at 10am on Friday (December 13) - Compare and buy tickets here.
The trek also features previously scheduled stops in Cardiff, Ipswich, Manchester and Birmingham in January, as well as 14 nights at the London Palladium and two at the OVO Arena Wembley in the autumn.
As well as the UK, the Mortality Tour will visit mainland Europe, North America and Ireland in 2025, and will be filmed for a new Netflix special. His previous one, Armageddon, is currently streaming on Netflix.
Matt Goss
The vocalist and former frontman of Bros will take The Hits & More Tour to 19 cities in March and April. Stops include Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham, Nottingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Southampton, Manchester, York, Leeds and London, where he'll perform at the Palladium. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday (December 13) - Compare and buy tickets here.
Goss will also appear at Rewind Festival Dublin on June 1 and Rewind Festival Cork on June 21. Tickets are on sale now.
His latest solo album, 'The Beautiful Unknown', was released in 2022. The following year, he dropped the collection 'Along for the Ride: B Sides and Rarities'.
Also Announced This Week:
Sabrina Carpenter is the next headliner to be announced for BST Hyde Park.
Jack White will bring his No Name World Tour to the UK and Europe in 2025.
Viagra Boys have announced the Infinite Anxiety Tour for 2025.
Deftones have announced two new UK shows for summer 2025.
The Corrs have lined up shows in the UK and Europe for next summer.
Rumer has scheduled a UK tour celebrating the 15th anniversary of her debut album, 'Seasons of My Soul'.
Atreyu have announced a UK and European tour that will celebrate their sophomore album, 'The Curse'.
Pete Tong will return to the road with his Ibiza Classics show in 2025.
King Diamond will return to Europe and the UK in 2025.
Phil Rosenthal has announced a series of UK shows for the spring.
Greg Davies has extended his Full Fat Legend Tour into 2026.
Riley Green has added a third London show to the UK and Ireland leg of his Damn Country Music Tour.
Kaytranada will bring his Timeless Tour to the UK and Europe next spring.
Sting has announced a third London show for autumn 2025.
Zucchero "Sugar" Fornaciari will play London's OVO Arena Wembley in summer 2026.
McFly are the next headliners to be confirmed for the Rock N Roll Circus concert series.
Reef have announced a UK tour that will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, 'Replenish'.
James Bay has added a second Scottish show to his Up All Night Tour.
Jorja Smith has added a Scottish show to her Falling Or Flying Tour.
Train have announced UK and Ireland shows for the summer.
Joe Satriani and Steve Vai will tour the UK in the summer as the Satchvai Band.
Judas Priest have announced two UK shows for the summer.
Travis Scott, Chappell Roan, Hozier and Bring Me The Horizon will headline Reading and Leeds 2025.
Paw Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure will tour the UK and Ireland next summer.
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