Tour Announcements & Upcoming Gigs

[zahidf]

Sigur Ros 1st October 2025 Royal Albert Hall

[DDave]

2 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Sigur Ros 1st October 2025 Royal Albert Hall

30 Sep, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Oct. 

 

Only UK dates. 

[NorthernSoul52]

[NorthernSoul52]

[henry bear]

25 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

 

[4AssedMonkey]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

 

Genuinely surprised me that Offspring are booking/filling arenas.  Do we think they're still that popular?

[4AssedMonkey]

Seeing Therapy? doing Troublegum 30 in Nottingham next month.  First setlist of the tour below.  It's a cracker.

 

[NorthernSoul52]

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

What a tour that is for me. To be honest their last album was pretty good and had a lot of catchy stuff, granted they hadn't made a good album for years but any thought if headlining trees no chance.

[NorthernSoul52]

[Gejonimo]

18 minutes ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

 

Genuinely surprised me that Offspring are booking/filling arenas.  Do we think they're still that popular?

Yes. Subbed Download, headlined Slam Dunk. Very popular in the pop-punk/90s punk genre. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Did arenas on their last run. They weren't anywhere near full in Leeds, but also clearly could have shifted the city's O2 Academy three times over and not broken a sweat.

 

One of those groups who would benefit with more 7,000 to 8,000 capacity venues throughout the country, perhaps.

[Gnomicide]

1 hour ago, henry bear said:

 

 

[northernangel]

2 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Did arenas on their last run. They weren't anywhere near full in Leeds, but also clearly could have shifted the city's O2 Academy three times over and not broken a sweat.

 

One of those groups who would benefit with more 7,000 to 8,000 capacity venues throughout the country, perhaps.

I've always thought Leeds for some reason struggled more than other cities?, I might be wrong.

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, northernangel said:

I've always thought Leeds for some reason struggled more than other cities?, I might be wrong.

 

Generally does, mostly because Manchester is already on the tour. It's much easier to get back from Manchester to Leeds / Liverpool than it is to get back from Leeds to Liverpool, for example, which can mean that in additional to cannibalising sales, people will plump for the other out of convenience.

 

A lot really does just depend on the size of the market though. Iron Maiden did every UK arena on their 2017 run, and the only ones they didn't sell out? Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield.

 

You generally only make that mistake once as a booker though if you don't pull it off.

 

A Leeds absence from pop-punk tours can also suggest a slot at Slam Dunk however. There's a lot in play.

[JayDiesel]

38 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Real lack of amazement here that the Europe's largest indoor venue has been booked by a literal poet.

 

Bloke was playing 1,000 seaters last year, I know he's from the North, but that is an astonishingly optimistic booking

Edited October 14 by JayDiesel

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, JayDiesel said:

Real lack of amazement here that the Europe's largest indoor venue has been booked by a literal poet.

 

Bloke was playing 1,000 seaters last year, I know he's from the North, but that is an astonishingly optimistic booking

It will be hyper-reduced capacity. Top tier off, stage very far forward, floor seating.

[charlierc]

4 minutes ago, JayDiesel said:

Real lack of amazement here that the Europe's largest indoor venue has been booked by a literal poet.

 

Bloke was playing 1,000 seaters last year, I know he's from the North, but that is an astonishingly optimistic booking

You do get these interesting regional variations tbf. Courteeners being a stadium act in Manchester and playing theatres in the south. Plus comedians book arenas all the time, which I'm not a fan of as I think as an artform, stand-up is better suited to smaller spaces.

 

Though yeah, I'd be astounded if it came close to flogging all 20k+

[northernangel]

27 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

 

Generally does, mostly because Manchester is already on the tour. It's much easier to get back from Manchester to Leeds / Liverpool than it is to get back from Leeds to Liverpool, for example, which can mean that in additional to cannibalising sales, people will plump for the other out of convenience.

 

A lot really does just depend on the size of the market though. Iron Maiden did every UK arena on their 2017 run, and the only ones they didn't sell out? Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield.

 

You generally only make that mistake once as a booker though if you don't pull it off.

 

A Leeds absence from pop-punk tours can also suggest a slot at Slam Dunk however. There's a lot in play.

That might explain why. Often choose dates that might be cheaper but easier

 

[Gejonimo]

23 minutes ago, charlierc said:

You do get these interesting regional variations tbf. Courteeners being a stadium act in Manchester and playing theatres in the south. Plus comedians book arenas all the time, which I'm not a fan of as I think as an artform, stand-up is better suited to smaller spaces.

 

Though yeah, I'd be astounded if it came close to flogging all 20k+

Tbf, I f**king hate poetry (I have studied it a lot, I am well within my right), and even I'd consider going to this if the price was right. Feels like a seminal moment for him and the city.

[NorthernSoul52]

[Padjeq]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

 

That's the big arenas they're doing. Hydro, Co-Op etc.

[NorthernSoul52]

Some sizable sheds going on there.

[Ryan1984]

5 hours ago, henry bear said:

 

Cliff will be 85 by the time those shows come around. This image is very apt!

[NorthernSoul52]

Cliff should be retired.