The best music tours coming to the UK in 2025: from HAIM to Disturbed

The bands and singers to catch live, while you still can

Haim on stage
Alana Haim
(Image credit: Christian Bertrand / Alamy)

The coming months are 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 ones to keep on your gig radar.

HAIM

Until 31 October; ticketmaster.co.uk

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Disturbed with Megadeth

“Moshers, heshers, metalheads” get ready, said Amy Houghton in Time Out: nu-metal group Disturbed is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their breakthrough album, “The Sickness,” just in time for Halloween. Fans should expect to hear “The Sickness” – ”one of the most influential metal records of the century so far” – “in its entirety”. The second act of Disturbed’s 17-date European tour promises hits from the band’s other albums and an array of special guests.

Until 28 October; ticketmaster.co.uk

Busted vs McFly

The old Noughties rivalry is being brought back for a “reunion tour with a twist” as Busted and McFly team up for a “battle of the bands style show”, said Danni Scott in Metro. It’s the first time in over a decade that all seven members of McFly will be on stage at the same time, and ready to face their biggest competitors for the “ultimate face-off”. The tour is on until November, with stops in several cities including Glasgow, Liverpool and Sheffield.

Until 6 November, ticketmaster.co.uk

Lady Gaga

One-of-a-kind singer-actor Lady Gaga is coming to the UK in September, with a “theatrical and electrifying experience that brings ‘Mayhem’ to life” exactly how she wants to, said Metro. She wasn’t planning to tour this year but, following outcry after the release of her “Mayhem” album, she changed her mind. Her iconic Mayhem Ball plays in London for five nights, then in Manchester for a final two.

29 September-8 October ticketmaster.co.uk

The Pigeon Detectives

It's “time to roll back the years” as “old-school indie favourite” “The Pigeon Detectives” are stopping off in Manchester as part of their “Best of tour”, said Danny Jones in The Manc. The “Yorkshire lads” will be travelling around the UK this autumn to support the release of their new album “Still Not Sorry”. Shows are scheduled in Leeds, Nottingham and London as well as Manchester.

Until 29 November, ticketmaster.co.uk

2Hollis

2Hollis “first rose to fame” following the release of his debut album, “White Tiger”, in 2022, said Morgan Carmichael in The Glasgow Times. Fast forward a couple of years and the 21-year-old’s hit song “Poster Boy” “was included on EA Sports FC 2024’s soundtrack”. The UK dates celebrate the release of his 2025 album, “The Star Tour” and he’ll play at Manchester, Glasgow and London.

21-25 November; ticketmaster.co.uk

Benson Boone

The young American icon dominated the charts last year, with his five-times-platinum hit “Beautiful Things” the most-streamed song in the world in 2024, capping off a “phenomenal few years (to say the least)”, said Radio Times. He is no stranger to the UK, or the spotlight, after opening for Taylor Swift at her Eras Tour in London, and performed “Bohemian Rhapsody” live with Queen’s Brian May at Coachella. You can catch him in all corners of the UK and Ireland, performing in Belfast, Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham with three bumper final nights in London.

23 October-5 November, ticketmaster.co.uk

Rizzle Kicks

“If you’re after a healthy dose of nostalgia, then you definitely can’t miss this”, said Joanna Magill in Radio Times. The Brighton hip-hop duo – Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sulé – will be getting “Down with the Trumpets” in November, with a handful of shows in locations including Cambridge, Bristol, Birmingham and Norwich.

12-28 November; ticketmaster.co.uk