Three dates have been confirmed by London Grammar with them saying via their Instagram “You asked, and we listened…  UK arena tour incoming!! “. The run of dates will see them perform at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro and Manchester’s AO Arena before finishing playing a huge show at the O2 arena in London on the 14th of November. As well as this the trio recently announced that they will be embarking on a European tour, playing dates in Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin in October and November this year.

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Tickets for their upcoming arena concerts will be available on general sale at 10am BST on the 12th of July and you can buy tickets here. Fans can also gain access to the pre-sale for the tour if they pre-order ‘The Greatest Love’ here before 3pm BST on the 9th of July. Access for the pre-sale for tickets will begin at 10am on the 10th of July.

The full list of London Grammar’s 2024 EU and UK dates are below:

Thu October 31 – PARIS Zenith
Fri November 01 – BRUSSELS Forest National
Sun November 03 – AMSTERDAM Ziggo Dome
Tue November 05 – FRANKFURT Jahrhunderthalle
Thu November 07 – BERLIN UFO Velodrom
Mon November 11 – GLASGOW OVO Hydro
Tue November 12 – MANCHESTER AO Arena
Thu November 14 – LONDON O2 Arena

This announcement follows the band  the release of their fourth album ‘The Greatest Love’. The three members of the group have all had their own individual projects going on alongside being in the band with lead singer Hannah being a painter and writing her own solo songs, Dot being a DJ and releasing his own electronic music and Dan being a producer for other artists.

Speaking on their upcoming fourth album, singer Hannah Reid said “This album is probably the last time that we’ll appear in our music videos. I love the fact that I can walk down the street and nobody knows who I am – and yet we can fill huge spaces with people who love our music. We’ve worked really, really hard, and it has paid off.”

She also added that she hoped the group will “keep making music together until we’re old, wrinkly, and completely irrelevant. As long as we prioritise the art, there is no reason why we can’t go on for decades.” 

The Indie pop trio have previewed the album with three singles so far titled ‘House’, ‘Kind Of Man’ and most recently ‘Into Gold’ which was released last month. ‘House’ was released with an accompanying video which you can watch below.

The band are just coming off the back of of an amazing headline performance of the Park stage at Glastonbury last weekend. They are also set to play at Latitude later this month.

Following technical issues at one of Manchester’s most famous arenas, huge artists such as: Take That, Olivia Rodrigo, and Keane, have been forced to postpone or cancel their performances on extremely short notice, leaving thousands of fans angered.

Usually, the arena can hold up to 23,500 people, and these seats were expected to be filled on the 20th April, as Rick Astley was due to perform in a test concert, and was the first show since the arena’s original opening. However, according to NME, only an hour before the show began, thousands of unfortunate concert goers received the fatal email that was cancelling their tickets. The arena claimed that this was in order to reduce the venue capacity to 11,000 for safety measures, however it did not appease attendees, some of which had already began on their travels to the show.

From here, the situation only worsened as A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s show on May 1st was cancelled ten minutes prior to the doors opening. It has been revealed that a component of the air conditioning system had fell during soundcheck, resulting in the abrupt cancelling of his show. As a result of the worsening difficulties with the venue, artists including A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Take That, have managed to change their shows to the Co-op Arena’s rival venue, the AO Arena.

The arena has stated that they are hoping to re-open on May 14th, despite recently undergoing work. According to the BBC, the venue had been warned in February that construction plans were around 35 weeks behind schedule. Nonetheless, the £365m venue is confident that they will soon be re-opening, and are keeping fan’s hopes up with the announcement of shows for this summer and the rescheduling of previously cancelled shows.

However, many artists have been unable to rearrange their shows, with Olivia Rodrigo, who has currently not managed to reschedule her show, stating she is “so bummed” that her show can’t go ahead

Hopefully the venue will be up and running again soon, as many despondent fans have been left miserable and confused at the sudden change of circumstances.

The show took place at Manchester’s AO Arena, and marks Eilish’s first show in England since her performance at Reading Festival in 2019. Before sharing the track, Eilish said: “We haven’t played a new song live before it’s out since 2017 or 2018…This is one we just wrote, and we just wanted to play for you.” Eilish performed the track alongside her brother and long-time collaborator Finneas, who toted an acoustic guitar during the song.

The tune is bare and melancholy, featuring tentatively strummed acoustic guitar chords and soft vocals from Eilish. From footage of the performance, you can hear Eilish sing “What’s the point of anything / All of my friends are missing again / That’s what happens when you fall in love”.  As the title of the sombre tune may suggest, some of the lyrics focus on the media, with a reference to the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial and the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States: “The internet’s gone wild watching movie stars on trial /While they’re overturning Roe v. Wade.”

Eilish also recently announced a London-based, climate-focused event entitled Overheated, which coincides with her current “Happier Than Ever” UK tour. The event will commence tomorrow (June 10^th) and intends to unite designers, musicians and climate activists at various UK venues to discuss the climate crisis.

The subjects set to be explored include climate friendly approaches within the music industry, sustainable fashion and the impact of plant-based diets. The event will also feature live performances and screenings of the Overheated documentary. Live performances will be given by the likes of Sigrid and Yungblud. More information regarding the event can be found here.

Richard announces new October headline shows in Manchester and Brighton
Tickets go on general sale 9:30am Friday from https://t.co/CDauzTJiPv
But Fans can get presale ticket access from 9:30am Thursday via https://t.co/QiZy3QVb8Q pic.twitter.com/oTwoqSMBjA

— Richard Ashcroft (@richardashcroft) March 22, 2022

The tour promises to have a number of Ashcroft’s old The Verve hits, as well as some new tracks, such as from his latest album, Acoustic Hymns Vol.1. Released in October last year, the album seemed to please fans, reaching no. 2 on the UK Official Albums Chart and featuring Ashcroft reimagining “some of his biggest shows“. It even featured another star of the nineties, Liam Gallagher, on the album’s track “C’Mon People (We’re Making it Now)“, a remix of which was released in January.

Some other things Ashcroft’s got coming up include a part in Edinburgh’s The Big Top concert series, occurring on 17^th June at the Royal Highland Centre. The festival has managed to attract a number of big names, with the likes of Madness, Biffy Clyro and Fatboy Slim also due to headline.

Then there’s news of an all-day special performance in London’s Crystal Palace Bowl, joining in a series of gigs by South Facing Festival, which is still to announce some of the other performers joining its stage in the near future.

It’s good to see him back in action, especially after pulling out of last year’s Tramlines Festival in Sheffield, not feeling comfortable with it being used by the government as a “testing programme“ for COVID-19’s transmissibility. He said at the time “Apologies to my fans for any disappointment but the festival was informed over 10 days ago that I wouldn’t be playing once it had become part of a government testing programme. I had informed my agent months ago I wouldn’t be playing concerts with restrictions. The status of the festival was one thing when I signed up for it, but, sadly was forced to become something else. “

If you want to order Ashcroft’s latest album, you can look here. His upcoming tour dates can be seen below. As for future endeavours, Ashcroft’s not shy about who he’d like to work with, recently talking of his hopes to write hits for Rihanna, arguing that his “big melodies and big choruses“ could be a good match for the pop star.

Richard Ashcroft UK Tour Dates

12-14/05/2022 – Highest Point Festival – Lancaster
17/06 – Royal Highland Centre – Edinburgh
16/07 – Millennium Square – Leeds
22-24/07 – CarFest North – Chester
23/07 – Wollaton Park – Nottingham
24/07 – Splendour in Nottingham – Nottingham
06/08 – Crystal Palace Bowl – Bromley
06/08 – Crystal Palace Bowl – Bromley
14/10 – AO Arena – Manchester
15/10 – Brighton Centre- Brighton

The tour, initially planned to kick off last year, was delayed until next year after COVID-19 restrictions cancelled essentially everyone’s plans. But according to Bieber in a press release with NME, “We’ve been working hard to create the best show we’ve ever done, and we can’t wait to share it with fans around the world. I’ll see you soon,”. So fans should be confident the tour will be well worth the wait.

The UK gigs will take place after a 52-night tour of the US, after being rescheduled to March – June of 2022. Bieber will then visit Europe, South America, Africa, and Australia, before returning to Europe for the UK shows almost a full year after the tour begins. As of yet, the tour is set to finish in Poland on March 25^th 2023. See the full list of dates on the world tour here.

So far, the only support act announcement to be made for any dates with Bieber is with Jaden Smith, Eddie Benjamin, and TEO performing on the North American Leg of the tour. The other 4 legs of the tour will be given tour support presumably in the not so distant future.

Bieber has also announced his involvement with The Wave XR, a digital concert-going experience. His final performance with the service will be today. See below for details on how to catch the final date.

Today @thewavexr 6pm PT / 9pm ET #BieberWave Join me here: https://t.co/8KNStRidql pic.twitter.com/yj5ULPrV7R

— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 18, 2021

See below the current line-up of dates on Bieber’s tour.

08/02/2023 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow
11/02 – P&J Live – Aberdeen
13/02 – The O2 – London
14/02 – The O2 – London
16/02 – The O2 – London
22/02 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham
23/02 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham
25/02 – AO Arena – Manchester
26/02 – Utilita Arena – Sheffield
04/03 – AO Arena – Manchester