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Top Tickets This Week: Pulp, Post Malone, Sam Fender, Lil Baby, Tom Jones

Thursday, 20 February 2025 Written by Jon Stickler

Pulp

The Britpop legends, led by frontman Jarvis Cocker, will take their You Deserve More Tour to UK and Ireland arenas in the summer.

Stops include Glasgow's OVO Hydro, Dublin's 3Arena, Birmingham's Utilita Arena, Manchester's Co-Op Live and London's O2 Arena, where they'll play two nights, between June 7 and 21. Tickets go on general sale at 9.30am on Friday (February 21) - Compare and buy tickets now.

The dates will take place ahead of the group's Sheffield homecoming performance headlining Tramlines Festival at Hillsborough Park on July 25. Tickets for that date are on sale.

Pulp's latest album is 2001's 'We Love Life'.


Post Malone

Photo: Adam DeGross​

The Texan singer and songwriter has scheduled the European leg of The BIG ASS World Tour for late summer.

He'll play his first stadium shows this side of the pond between August 8 and September 14, mixing headline dates with festival appearances. The only UK date on the run will see play London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 7.

Support at his shows in Berlin, Paris, Hanover, Arnhem, Barcelona and Lisbon will come from Jelly Roll. Tickets for the UK gig go on general sale from 10am local time on Friday (February 21), with the European headline dates following at 12pm local time the same day - Compare and buy tickets here.

The UK and European leg will take place after the North American leg, which runs between April and July and features support on select dates from Sierra Ferrel.

The tour supports Posty's 2024 album, 'F-1 Trillion'.


Sam Fender

Photo: Sarah Louise Bennett

As part of his ongoing People Watching Tour, the North Shields artist has announced three new summer shows in the UK and Ireland.

He'll play Manchester's Wythenshawe Park on August 16, Edinburgh's Royal Highland Showgrounds on August 22 for the city's Summer Sessions, and Belfast's Boucher Road Playing Fields on August 28 for the Belfast Vital series.

Olivia Dean will support Fender at the shows in Manchester and Edinburgh, with CMAT supporting in Belfast. Further support acts are still to be announced. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday (February 21) - Compare and buy tickets here.

As part of the tour, Fender will head to Europe and North America in the coming months, before playing his biggest headline show to date at London Stadium, and three hometown concerts in Newcastle, in June. Tickets for those dates are on sale now, and £1 from every ticket will be donated to the Music Venue Trust in support of grassroots venues. 

The tour shares its name with Fender's third album, which is due out tomorrow (February 21). He recently shared the fourth single from the record, Remember My Name, which follows on from the previously released Arm's Length, Wild Long Lie and the title track.

Fender was also recently confirmed as the first headliner for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, which takes place at Sefton Park in Liverpool in May. He'll also serve as the ambassador for this year's Record Store Day UK on April 12.

Last month, he was nominated for BRIT Awards in the Artist Of The Year and Alternative/Rock Act categories. Head here for a full list of nominations. He'll also perform at the ceremony at London's O2 arena on March 1.


Lil Baby

The Atlanta rapper will kick off his Wham World Tour with US shows in June and July, before the European leg in September, which includes stops at Manchester's Co-op Live on September 26 and The O2 in London the next day.

October will see him head to Australia and New Zealand, with shows lined up in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland. 

BigXThaPlug will support in the US (except LA) and Down Under. NLE Choppa will also support in the US (except Miami), as will Loe Shimmy. The openers for the other dates are still to be confirmed.

Tickets for all shows go on general sale at 10am local time on February 21 - Compare and buy tickets here.

The tour takes its name from Lil Baby's new album, 'WHAM [Who Hard As Me]', which came out in January.


Tom Jones

The legendary Welsh vocalist has announced summer shows at Dreamland on July 6 for the Margate Summer Series, Dundee's Slessor Gardens on July 27 for Discovery Festival, and a Depot Live show in Cardiff on August 20 for the Live At Bute Park series.

The icon has also lined up new Jockey Club Live concerts at Haydock Park Racecourse on July 4, Newmarket Racecourse on August 1, and Market Rasen Racecourse on August 16, alongside a previously scheduled performance at Sandown Park Racecourse, Surrey on July 30. He said:

Get pre-sale tickets for the shows at Haydock Park RacecourseNewmarket Racecourse and Dundee's Slessor Gardens via Gigantic now. Tickets for his shows in Margate and Cardiff go on general sale at 9am on Friday (February 21), with his racecourse dates and show in Dundee following at 10am - Compare and buy tickets here.

Earlier this month, Jones, 84, was confirmed as a headliner for this summer's Camp Bestival Dorset, alongside Sugababes and Basement Jaxx.

The new dates are part of the singer's 2025 Defy Explanation Tour, which also heads across North America in the spring. Tickets are on sale now.

His latest album, 'Surrounded By Time', arrived in 2021.


Also Announced This Week:

  • BLACKPINK will return to the UK for a show at London's Wembley Stadium this summer.
  • Sabrina Carpenter has announced a second BST Hyde Park show.
  • Camila Cabello has announced a UK and European tour for the summer.
  • Tate McRae has added extra UK and North American dates to her Miss Possessive Tour.
  • Queens Of The Stone Age are the next headliners to be confirmed for the Rock N Roll Circus concert series in Sheffield.
  • Old Dominion have announced their How Good Is That World Tour.
  • Billy Idol has announced a huge summer London show.
  • Mariah Carey and Sugababes will headline Brighton Pride's Pride On The Park event this summer.
  • BINI have announced a London show for the spring.
  • Kane Brown will bring The High Road Tour to the UK and Europe this autumn.
  • Alessia Cara has announced two UK shows for the summer.
  • The Jacksons will return to the UK in the summer.
  • Doves and Squeeze have been announced for Live At The Piece Hall in Halifax.
  • Tim Minchin has added even more shows to his Songs The World Will Never Hear Tour.
  • Erasure vocalist Andy Bell has announced a new solo album, 'Ten Crowns', and accompanying tour dates.
  • Jess Glynne has added a show in Shropshire to her summer schedule.
  • The Midnight will return to the UK and Ireland this autumn as part of their European tour.
  • Sarah Silverman will return in the spring for her first UK show in 12 years.

Head here for a full list and to find your tickets.

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