Following a series of sold-out shows across the UK, US, and Australia in mid-sized venues to round out 2024, the band will next perform live at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on August 1 and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on August 3, 2025. The announcement was teased on Saturday August 17, with the band sharing images of both stadiums on their X/Twitter account. A special fan presale will begin at 10 a.m. BST on August 21, with general ticket sales starting at 10 a.m. BST on August 23.

STADIUM HEADLINE SHOWS – AUGUST 2025

01.08 PRINCIPALITY STADIUM, CARDIFF, WALES

03.08 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM, LONDON, ENGLAND

PRE SALE STARTS 10AM WEDNESDAY https://t.co/HQ0aPadSew pic.twitter.com/rW8Mj3Hsvl

— Catfish&theBottlemen (@thebottlemen) August 19, 2024

The band is set to headline Reading and Leeds festival for the second time this coming bank holiday weekend, before they head to the US for a run of shows in cities along the East Coast.

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— Catfish&theBottlemen (@thebottlemen) August 18, 2024

This tour follows the release of their latest single, “Showtime,” in February, marking their first new music in five years. This comes ahead of the upcoming release of their as-yet unnamed next album to follow 2019’s The Balance, on which frontman Van McCann is currently working. The band also recently announced a special ten-year anniversary reissue of their debut album, “The Balcony,” set to be released on September 13. The reissue will be available in limited edition CD, cassette, and LP formats, featuring six bonus tracks.

The band, often referred to as The Bottlemen for short, formed in Llandudno, Wales, in 2007. They rose to prominence slowly, however, only coming to national attention with their debut album, “The Balcony,” released in 2014. The album featured hit singles such as “Kathleen” and “Cocoon,” which helped establish the band as a significant force in the indie rock scene. Their follow-up albums, “The Ride” (2016) and “The Balance” (2019), continued their success, with both albums charting highly in the UK and earning the band a strong following with their knack for anthemic choruses.

Indeed, reviewers have pointed out that the Bottlemen’s brand of singalong jangle pop makes the band’s jump to stadium venues a predictable progression, with Give It A Spin’s Charlie Wright commenting: “over three albums, the Llandudno four-piece built the perfect indie-rock formula to craft anthems designed to fill massive venues. Frontman Van’s hunger for writing tunes that send crowds into a frenzy was the DNA that flowed into the rest of the band.”

The band’s line-up has seen changes over the years, with frontman Van McCann remaining the constant driving force, leading to a sparser sound on the recent “Showtime” release, which received mixed reviews from critics.

The teaser comes just a week after the Pacifier band revealed they are headlining Reading & Leeds Festival, while also teasing another upcoming show or potential tour that was announced through a photograph posted of a sheet of paper reading: “5:00pm, DOORS, 6:00pm, SHOWTIME”. Fans who are signed up to the band’s mailing list also received an email simply stating “Thursday February 22”, possibly hinting at further news surrounding live show dates and ticket releases.

Keeping their eyes peeled for further updates, fans have also spotted the same posters in and around Manchester, suggesting that the band could return to the city for a comeback show. Although the majority of posters have now been taken down, some were sighted most notably in the city’s Northern Quarter and opposite the O2 Ritz, a possible clue towards the hosting venue of the show.

This has been spotted in Manchester pic.twitter.com/IHUTiTLKzB

— The Rock Revival (@TheRockRevival_) February 12, 2024

Having not performed since September 2021, rumours began to circulate about the band’s future and whether they had split not long after their appearances at Reading & Leeds and outdoor gigs at Swansea’s Singleton Park and Neighbourhood Weekender in Warrington. Now returning as a headliner at Reading & Leeds, they will also be joined by other huge acts such as Liam Gallagher, Blink-182, Gerry Cinnamon, Fred Again... and Lana Del Rey. Blink-182 are gearing up to take the festival’s main stage after more than a decade, while Gallagher is set to perform ‘Definitely Maybe‘ in full, marking its iconic 30th anniversary.

This year’s string of live shows will be their first since the departure of guitarist Johnny “Bondy” Bond in 2022, and is expected to showcase brand new material, their first major output since their UK number two album ‘The Balance‘ in 2019, which followed their Top 10 debut 2014 platinum album ‘The Balcony‘ and their number one sophomore album ‘The Ride‘.

Following a storm of speculation, Johnny Bond released an online statement in 2022, announcing that he had in fact left the band as early as March 2021, merely playing with them as a session musician during the summer shows. He commented: ‘To put it simply, I feel that both the professional and personal relationships had become entirely dysfunctional.’

He added: ‘I certainly don’t want this post to be entirely negative … You have given me some incredible experiences that will stick with me forever … I sincerely appreciate you and feel incredibly fortunate to have experienced all of this together and met so many incredible people.’

The band is currently made up of Van McCann (vocals) and Benji Blakeway (bass), with a fresh new line-up of other members soon to be unveiled. For a chance to catch a glimpse of Catfish and the Bottlemen’s return, tickets for Reading & Leeds 2024 are on sale now.

The festival is set to take place from 21 August to 25 August 2024 at Reading’s Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park in Leeds and will follow this year’s festival, which included headliners The 1975, Imagine Dragons, Billie Eilish and The Killers.

American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey is set to make her long-anticipated Reading and Leeds debut, as will London-based singer and DJ Fred Again. Pop-punk icons Blink-182 will return to headline the famed twin-venue festival for the first time since 2014, while Catfish And The Bottlemen are also set to return, making their first appearance at the festival back in 2021. Another headliner who also featured at the festival in 2021 is Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Cinnamon.

Watch the music video for Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness” below:

Liam Gallagher is yet another headliner making a return to Reading and Leeds, having also featured at the 2021 edition. The former Oasis frontman is set to play the entirety of Definitely Maybe to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the acclaimed album, with his appearance at the festival to be preceded by a tour dedicated to the anniversary of said album.

Festival Republic managing director Melvin Benn, the main promoter of Reading and Leeds festival among others, has said of next year’s event, “We are thrilled to announce the first wave of artists for Reading & Leeds 2024. I am very proud that the biggest artists in the world choose to play Reading & Leeds and to have three incredible UK festival exclusives – the electrifying Fred again.., a true generational talent Lana Del Ray and the legendary Blink-182.

Ben continued, “The iconic Liam Gallagher will return to play an all-time classic album ‘Definitely Maybe’ which will be a special moment indeed. We pride ourselves on nurturing artists from the early stages in their career, so to see acts like Catfish & The Bottlemen rising through the festival to headline for the second time is very rewarding. 2023 was a hugely successful year for attendance and sensational audience feedback, and we are eager to build upon this success even further at the UK’s biggest and best music festival.”

Watch the music video for Blink-182’s “What’s My Age Again?” below:

Tickets for the 2024 edition of Reading and Leeds will go on general sale on Thursday 30 November at 8.30am and will be available to purchase here.

The band also announced their 2022 UK Tour and will be performing before then at a homecoming concert in Cardiff entitled We’ll Keep A Welcome on December 18th.

The Welsh band formed in 1992 counts frontman Kelly Jones (Lead vocals, lead guitar and keyboards), Richard Jones (Bass guitar, harmonica and backing vocals), Adam Zindani (Rhythm guitar and backing vocals) and Jamie Morrison (Drums and percussion) as the band’s lineup. Tony Kirkham (Keyboards) is a touring member of the band.

Stuart Cable (1992-2003), who sadly passed away on June 7th 2010 and Javier Weyler (2004-2012) were previous bands members. The band’s debut album Word Gets Around released on August 25th 1997, reached number six in the UK Official Albums Charts and achieved Gold status in the UK.

The band’s second album release Performance and Cocktails achieved UK Platinum status and reached number 1 in the UK Official Charts. The band featured on Tom Jones’s single “Mama Told Me Not To Come” (2000) from his album Reload (1999). Tom is now also set to join the lineup of the band’s homecoming Cardiff concert along with Catfish and The Bottlemen.

Frontman Jones has also released solo material with albums Only The Names Have Changed in 2007 and Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day in 2020 with a documentary of the same name. The band are now back working together with the release of their new single, new album and UK tour.

In speaking of the new single frontman Jones said that the single was influenced by early ZZ Top and other musical influences, he said “Hanging On Your Hinges was influenced by my love of early ZZ Top and darker stuff like Masters Of Reality and maybe some Iggy Pop too”

The band’s new album Oochya is the band’s 12th studio album and replaces the band’s expected compilation celebratory album to mark their 25th Anniversary.

The album recorded in just seven days and set for release on March 4th will accompany the band’s 2022 UK tour due to start on March 18th in Manchester. Pre-sale tickets go on sale on September 8th. Those who pre-order the band’s new album will automatically be entered for pre-sale access to ticket’s.

2/2 By pre-ordering the album from our official store, you’ll be automatically entered to receive pre-sale ticket access this Wednesday! Pre-order ‘Oochya!’ here: https://t.co/RQLNkYSLh3 pic.twitter.com/lJ5XfKHAQs

— stereophonics (@stereophonics) September 6, 2021

Listen to Stereophonics new album Oochya here

See Stereophonics Tour dates below. Tickets are available here

18/12/21 Principality Stadium- Cardiff (Featuring Tom Jones, Catfish and The Bottlemen)

18/03/22 Arena- Manchester
20/03 P&J Arena- Aberdeen
21/03 Hydro- Glasgow
23/03 Arena- Leeds
24/03 Arena- Newcastle
26/03 Centre- Brighton
27/03 BIC- Bournemouth
29/03 Arena- Liverpool
30/03 Arena- Nottingham
01/04 O2 Arena- London
02/04 Resorts World Arena- Birmingham

The rescheduled date for Swansea Singleton Park is Saturday 29 May 2021https://t.co/xHT9TaP3HA pic.twitter.com/ZCNYRhKu0D

— Catfish&theBottlemen (@thebottlemen) June 3, 2020

The northern Welsh band planned to originally play the show last year on May 20th 2020, yet due to the pandemic, this had to be postponed. The quartet then rescheduled to May 29th 2021, but in light of the governments roadmap plan to lift lockdown restrictions, Catfish and The Bottlemen have had to reschedule again. All tickets from last year will remain valid for the September show however. They will be supported by Surrey four-piece You And Me At Six, Welsh indie rockers Feeder and pop-rock band Yonaka.

Their latest album ‘The Balance’, was released in 2019. It received a 3 star review from NME who stated that it is a “technically accomplished and assured record” and “There are solid pop-rock hooks and plenty of frontman Van McCann’s much-touted swagger.”

The band will have a busy weekend as they are also headlining Neighbourhood Weekender the day after their huge show at Singleton Park. On Sunday 5th September, Catfish and The Bottlemen will be on the main stage along with Sundara Karma, The Wombats and newcomers Sports Team. Tickets to the festival can be found here.

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The band are also headlining at Reading and Leeds festival at the end of August 2021, setting up a busy few weeks of live gigs and shows. However, after a long period of no performing, this will come as a huge relief and an exciting time!

Organisers took to Instagram to relay the news, saying, “#RANDL21 is going to be BIGGER and BETTER than ever.” There will be two main stages fo the first time ever, with both festivals running over 27th-19th August 2021. Check out the full line-up so far below.

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#RANDL21 is going to be BIGGER and BETTER than ever Here are your SIX HEADLINERS across TWO main stages NO MAIN STAGE CLASHES General on sale Thursday 3rd September at 9:00am

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Tickets will go on sale at 9am this Thursday, 3rd September, with headliners Stormzy, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Post Malone, Disclosure, Liam Gallagher, and Queens Of The Stone Age. Many of these bands and artists shared their excitement; Queens Of The Stone Age simply said, “HERE. WE. COME”, while Liam Gallagher reminisced on previous years, posting about the festival line-up from 2000, at which he performed as a part of Oasis.

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Reading Festival 2000

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The headliners will be supported by none other than Lewis Capaldi, Two Door Cinema Club, AJ Tracey, Doja Cat, Mabel, and MK. Tickets purchased this year will remain valid, or fans can still receive a refund from the point of purchase.

The Managing Director of Festival Republic, Melin Benn, said in a press release; “After an absence of a year we are delighted to announce the 2021 return to Reading’s Richfield Avenue and Leeds’ Bramham Park in 2021 with our most epic plan yet. Two main stages, six headliners, the best line up of acts 2021 will see and 200,000 fans are going to celebrate the best music in the best music festivals in Britain.”

When Reading and Leeds 2020 festival was cancelled back in May, fans were offered a plan for the future, in which they were promised that “Reading and Leeds in 2021 will be worth the wait.” The line-up included big names Liam Gallagher and Stormzy, who will return next year, along with Rage Against The Machine, Courteneers, Aitch, Sam Fender, Mahalia, and Georgia.

HEADLINING @tramlines
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND
SATURDAY 01 AUGUST 2020

TICKETS ON SALE NOW https://t.co/TYirDAtPRg pic.twitter.com/He21yDm5hF

— Catfish&theBottlemen (@thebottlemen) February 4, 2020

The festival, which will be celebrating its 12th year, will also see performances from the likes of Pale Waves, The Kooks, DMA’s, and Dizzee Rascal. The opening night of the festival, Friday 31st August 2020, will see a headline performance from Ian Brown, followed by Catfish And The Bottlemen, on Saturday 01st July 2020, before Madness conclude the weekend, on Sunday 02nd August 2020, on Sarah Nulty’s Main Stage.

Ian Brown will headline @Tramlines Festival at Hillsborough Park, Sheffield on Friday 31st July 2020. Tickets are on sale now from: https://t.co/HlbCSb6UzK pic.twitter.com/gokM3ZIpo7

— Ian Brown (@ianbrown) February 4, 2020

Speaking about the line-up, Tramlines’ operations director, Timm Cleasby, said: “I’m proper excited for us to bring this line up to Sheffield. Big names for Sheffield’s biggest party. Gettin the F.E.A.R. with Ian Brown on Friday Night, right through to Sunday Madness, It Must Be Love. With some of Yorkshire’s finest bands too, I Hate To Say I Told You So, but it’s going to be Bonkers. See you in the park.”

We’re headlining Sunday at @tramlines in August! https://t.co/BiujUFzeBp pic.twitter.com/1ZnHHhBEQL

— Madness (@MadnessNews) February 4, 2020

Joining the trio of stellar headliners is The Pigeon Detectives, La Roux, The Big Moon, The Blinders, The Lathums, Kawala, The Hara, and Full Colour. The following acts are also on the bill and will be joining the already impressive line-up is The Sherlocks, The Magic Gang, Lucy Spraggan, Fickle Friends, Twisted Wheel, Vistas, Everly Pregnant Brothers, Lauran Hibberd, Aaron Smith, and Lucia and the Best Boys.

Rounding out the line-up is The Hives, The Fratellis, Sister Sledge, Sundara Karma, Easy Life, The Snuts, The Reytons, and The Orielles. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here, they are priced at £99.50 (plus booking fee) for the weekend or £45-50 per day -plus booking fee.

The festival teased the line-up earlier today (February 18) with a Facebook live feed that allowed fans to piece together the line-up via cryptic song lyrics. However, all has been revealed tonight, at 5pm. Joining the festival headliners across the three day will be Snow Patrol, Gerry Cinnamon, Bastille, Richard Ashcroft, Sigrid, Jess Glynne, Years & Years, The Kooks, The Wombats, Tom Grennan, The Amazons, and many more.

Speaking about the line-up, TRNSMT boss, Geoff Ellis said: “Having Stormzy as the headliner, we wanted to make sure that on the Friday we had a lot of rap, hip-hop and Grime. It’s a real coup to have both Stormzy and Gerry Cinnamon. Gerry is arguably is arguably the biggest band on the bill at that day, he can sell out a lot of venues at this point in time. Two years ago he was opening up the King Tut’s stage at TRNSMT.

“The two of them sit well together as well. Though they’re different musically, the synergy around the fact that they’re both people’s poets and from the streets and connect with real people. They’re both disrupters, they don’t follow the traditional paths that they’re meant to follow as an artist.”

Among the other names announced is AJ Tracey, Fredo, Amine, Mabel, Gus Dapperton, Example, Mist, Mahalia, Jimothy, The Big Moon, Cassia, and Kobi Onyame. The following acts are also on the bill and will be joining the already stellar line-up are DMA’s, Sundara Karma, The Snuts, Sam Fender, The Hunna, Steve Mason, Jade Bird, Fontaines D.C, Cavetown, The Dunts, Arkells, Skinnt Lister, Circa Waves, Mystery Jets, SWMRS, Catherine McGrath, Sea Girls, Retro Video Club, and WhenYoung.

There it is! Your full line up for TRNSMT 2019.

Share a picture of it alongside #TRNSMT2019, and we’ll give away 3 pairs of VIP weekend tickets! pic.twitter.com/Lg5Ag8XDQ5

— TRNSMT Festival (@TRNSMTfest) February 18, 2019

Last year’s event saw the likes of Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Liam Gallagher, and Queen+Adam Lambert play the festival. Last year’s festival also saw a larger line-up than this year. “Some people have asked why it’s only one weekend this year, but that’s not to say that it won’t be two weekends in the future, but we base that really on the availability of artists. Last year there were a lot of artists around to make it work over two weekends – next year, who knows,” says Ellis, about the size of the line-up.

NEW US AND CANADA DATES ANNOUNCED!!!!!!!!

TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY!

Gon be class this! X pic.twitter.com/95rFpZwiHx

— Catfish&theBottlemen (@thebottlemen) June 13, 2016

Catfish’s second album ‘The Ride’ came out a few weeks ago in May and has been met with widespread commercial success but somewhat mixed critical reception, very similar to their debut album ‘The Balcony’.

However despite this mixed critical reception, success has still been large enough that they have been able to announce details regarding a new North American tour this Autumn.

Please find the dates and venues for this tour below:

18/9/16 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
22/9/16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
23-25/9/16 – Las Vegas, NV – Life is Beautiful Festival
28-29/9/16 – Englewood, CO – Fiddler’s Green Ampitheatre
30/9/16 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
2/10/16 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
4/10/16 – Alberquerque, NM – Isleta Ampitheatre
5/10/16 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
6/10/16 – Chula Vista, CA – Sleep Train Ampitheatre
7-9/10/16 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
10/10/16 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
12/10/16 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
13/10/16 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
14/10/16 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
16/10/16 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
18/10/16 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
21/10/16 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
22/10/16 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
26/10/16 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
27/10/16 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works

Listen to the single ‘Soundcheck’ from their new album below:

‘Twice’ is currently available for stream through the standard sites; Spotify and Apple Music.

‘Twice’ is the fourth (!) single released by Catfish and the Bottlemen from their new album ‘The Ride’. The other three songs (Soundcheck, 7 and Glasgow) have all been met with positive reviews and growing excitement regarding their second album.

Listen to ‘7’ below:

‘7’ seems to be their token acousticy/emotional song, similar to ‘Hourglass’ from their debut album ‘The Balcony’. However other singles released so far ‘Soundcheck’, ‘Glasgow’ and ‘Twice’ seem to follow in a similar ilk to the rest of the hard rock enthused album.

Here at Mxdwn.uk we have covered Catfish and the Bottlemen quite a lot recently and whilst that is partly due to the fact they’re one of my favourite bands, it is also because of their ever growing reputation in music. Their debut album released in 2013 ‘The Balcony’ was very well received commercially and has managed to propel themselves into the forefront of UK indie music.

Get yourself ready for next weeks release with a song from their debut album, listen to ‘Tyrants’ below: