The best UK music tours in 2025: from Mumford & Sons to Wolf Alice

The last month of 2025 is packed with tours from must-see music acts – whether you’re into mellow indie pop or high-intensity heavy metal. Here’s our pick of the top people to keep on your gig radar.

Mumford & Sons

It’s been a while since Mumford & Sons “hit the road with an arena production”, said Jacob Waite in TPi Magazine. While attendees can expect the “hallmarks” of a Mumford & Sons show from “changing set lists and instruments” to “trips out into the crowd”, the “ambitious” new production team are taking things up a notch. This is an indie folk band “on top of their game”, with stops in Birmingham, Cardiff and London in December. They’ve also been announced as the headliner for BST Hyde Park next summer.

Until 11 December; livenation.co.uk

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Bladee

Beginning in Australia this past summer, Bladee’s “Martyr World Tour” finally reaches Britain this December. The UK will “close things out” for the Swedish experimental rapper, said Matthew Strauss in Pitchfork, making for some can’t-miss tour dates. While the tour is set alongside his 2025 EP, “Ste the Beautiful Martyr 1st Attempt”, he is performing tracks from throughout his discography, including his 2024 album, “Cold Visions”.

13 December-17 December; ticketmaster.co.uk

Wolf Alice

With “bangers” like “Don’t Delete the Kisses” and “Silk”, it’s no surprise Wolf Alice have “built a cult following”, said Thomas Melia in The Manc. The London rock band’s “always-impressive discography” promises a tour perfect to “lose it a little bit” to. The tour makes eight stops throughout the UK, ending in Nottingham on 8 December.

Until 8 December; ticketmaster.co.uk

Ice Nine Kills

Ice Nine Kills is returning to Europe for “their biggest tour yet”, said James Wilson-Taylor in RockSound. “A Work of Art”, named after the band’s 2024 track (featured on the “Terrifier 3” soundtrack), is the “bloodiest” gig yet and will “climax at Wembley arena”, said frontman Spencer Charnas. With Creeper and The Devil Wears Prada as supporting acts.

8 December-12 December; livenation.co.uk

Bastille

This is a tour perfect for a trip down memory lane, featuring a “mix of fan favourites, deep cuts” and “intimate unplugged moments” from the band’s past 15 years, said Liberty Dunworth in NME. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to Youth Music’s “Rescue the Roots” campaign, which helps “marginalised young people make and monetise music”. “From All Sides” is playing in multiple venues across Wales, Scotland and England.

Until 10 December; ticketmaster.co.uk

The Last Dinner Party

The all-female five-piece band have made a “statement of intent” by announcing their worldwide 35-date tour in 2025, said The Indiependent. Their rise has been rapid, with an action-packed summer, including supporting Olivia Rodrigo and BST Hyde Park “cementing their reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting live acts”. Their new album “From the Pyre” dropped in October, and fans are relishing the chance to see it live.

Until 8 December, ticketmaster.co.uk